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🏅 The Olympic games aren't just a sporting spectacle, they're a showcase of how the science and engineering of summer sports has advanced over the past four years. One key development we're excited about? Additive manufacturing. Here's where it's in use. And it's not always in the ways you'd expect! 🛹 The world's first 3D-printed skatepark:  Designed by Saint-Gobain, the venue features 3D-printed concrete modules, a first-of-its-kind. This method allows the creation of complex, bespoke shapes that were previously difficult to realise. It also makes it possible to reduce waste by using just the right amount of materials. 🚴 Team GB's seamless track bike:  Renishaw used additive manufacturing to build the crank, seat stay bridge, dropouts and seat post of Team GB's bike. The process allowed British Cycling to make several design iterations to optimise aerodynamics that would have been impossible using traditional methods. 🧤 3D-printed wheelchair racing gloves: Using Selective Laser Sintering, CRP USA transformed the production of racing gloves for Paralympic gold medalist Tatyana McFadden - professional. Traditional gloves often fail to meet the standards required by athletes, so CRP USA laser sintered Windform XT 2.0 (a composite material) to produce gloves that were high strength and durable, yet weighed 50% less than conventional gloves. Have you noticed any displays of #AdditiveManufacturing at the Paris Olympics? Which one would you select for Gold? 🥇 #ParisOlympics #3DPrinting

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Photo credits: Saint-Gobain, CRP USA, British Cycling/Renishaw

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