True or false? A larger man has an advantage in downhill skiing?

going in a straight line the heavier person will have momentum and will go faster but when you have to turn and go through race gates you need to have good technique and a fat guy with poor technique won't beat a smaller guy with great technique

All else being equal, the heavier person will have more energy in the moving body hence will go further with less loss of speed across a flat area. This is basic physics. Add into the equation increased friction which will slow a heavier person faster, also air resistance becomes another factor. For downhill racing, the steep slopes nearly negate the increased weight. As a practical issue, no one really knows how or why the difference in speed. The distance between first and third in the mens downhill was about 8 feet. The section times seem to indicate that Bode Miller ran out of wax on the bottom section.

More weight means more momentum, which means carrying more speed into the flats, but a smaller guy might have more agility, being able to come closer to the gates, getting the better line. I would say somewhere in the middle would have the most advantage.

To an extent, true. The HEAVIER racer will have some advantage.

It has to do with gravity. I can't explain fully as I'm not a physicist.

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false. you dont want a huge person speedin down the hill knocking people over. and if you're REALLY large you won't be able to get back up when you fall.

umm..is hes "large" down there..would his knees be scraped?

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