How do these athletes pull off such head-spinning moves without toppling over?
Top figure skaters spin at such unbelievably fast speeds -- as many as six revolutions per second -- that it can make even spectators feel a little woozy.
Curious viewers of the Beijing Winter Olympics want to know why."How do figure skaters not get dizzy?" has been one of the top Google searches over the past week.So how do these athletes pull off such head-spinning moves without toppling over?As skating events continue in Beijing this week -- the women's free skate program airs Thursday night on NBC and Peacock -- we turned to experts for answers.
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