It’s widely known how some Olympic sports work, like hockey or figure skating. Other events, though, feature athletic feats that seem impossible to the spectator’s eye. When the Olympics open in Pyeongchang next week, Olympic timekeeper Omega will be there to quantify — and perhaps demystify — those sports, like ski jumping, whose practitioners can appear to be insane.
Omega, which has been timing the Winter Olympics since 1936, according to the company, will return in that role for the 2018 Games with some new technologies that will likely enhance viewers’ understanding of what goes into the Olympics’ more complex sports.