Francisco featured in Winter Olympics segment

2009-12-11

Professor Joseph Francisco is featured in an NBC News science segment as part of the network's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the story, he explains how cross-country skiers train their bodies to efficiently convert oxygen into muscle energy. The video clip, The Internal Athlete: Cross-Country Skiing, can be viewed on NBC Learn—the educational web site of the network's news division. The 16-part series unravels the science and engineering behind the Olympic Winter Games.

Watch the clip below on YouTube. Professor Francisco appears at 2:05 in the clip.