As the 2026 Winter Olympic Games kick off in Italy, various sports are coming into the limelight as dozens of athletes take home well-deserved medals. Several of these sporting events are based entirely on how well athletes can skate on ice.
Ice skating can be quite challenging for beginners to learn, and the feats performed at the Olympics seem to defy physics. So how does ice skating actually work? How is it possible that two metal blades could help people slide on something so slippery? Click on to find out.