Just now, in the third round of the men's curling round robin tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team defeated the Danish team! This is also the first victory won by Chinese men's curling at the Winter Olympics.
Recently, folk challenges have also come.
Packaging boxes, water bottles, beverage cans, woks, steamers, pressure cookers, etc., can be described as all things can be "curling".
The scene of the curling folk sub-venue
Of course, let's not just look at the hilarity, many people still don't quite understand why athletes keep "wiping the floor"?
Arrangement! Today I will answer your questions for you...
It turns out that the athletes "mopping the floor" on the field is the most important link in this competition.
One is to reduce the friction between the Xiaoice pot and the ice surface, and the other is to adjust the direction of the curling so that it slides faster and farther.
The ice surface of people's curling competition is not as flat as you think, in fact, there is a special layer of tiny particles on the competition track, during the competition, in order to make the curling slide faster, the athletes can only quickly wipe the ice surface in front of the curling, so that the ice surface melts to form a thin layer of ice water mixture, in order to reduce friction, let the curling slide farther, in addition, the rubbing can also control the trajectory of the curling.
Now, do you understand?
Congratulations to the Chinese men's curling victory!
Source: Popular Science China