The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, begin Friday, February 12. For the athletes, medaling requires a finely-tuned combination of high-tech equipment, intense training and the ability to harness complex physics and biomechanics. Here's the science behind seven of our favorite events.

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