Kids grabbed plastic sleds and helmets, hitting the slopes for ... as well as love for the sport of luge,” said Melanie Bonsu, a community relations manager with Norton Saint-Gobain.

Gravity and energy Gravity is what powers the sleds down the ice-covered tracks in bobsled, luge and skeleton events. The big-picture physics is simple – start at some height and then fall to a lower ...

luge and skeleton — they’re all high-speed sports at the Winter Olympics. All three require a sled and a steep, icy track that winds down a mountainside. But just how do these three sled ...