<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/links-physics-of-the-winter-olympics.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Ask the expert: The physics of the Winter Olympics</title><description/><pubDate>02/04/2026</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2026/2020-02-physics-of-winter-olympics-preview.png" alt="Ice skater holding a position while skating on green ice"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2026/02/ask-the-expert-physics-of-the-winter-olympics</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Discovery Science</categories><broadcast>pa</broadcast></item>