The Physics of Why Olympic Curlers Sweep The Ice
It's a strange sport, but we can't stop watching.
DINA SPECTOR, BUSINESS INSIDER
24 FEB 2018
Curling is one of the more unusual sports of the Winter Olympics, often drawing comparisons to shuffleboard, but played on ice.
A roughly 42-pound curling rock, or stone, is pushed then slides down a sheet of ice, while two players furiously sweep the surface in front of the stone. The sweeping motion heats up the ice, causing it to become slick, which reduces friction between the stone and the ice.
https://www.sciencealert.com/physics-why-curlers-sweep-the-ice-olympics-pyeongchang-2018-curling
