What is Slippery Fish? A secret project to win Olympic speedskating medals with help from an app

By HOWARD FENDRICH, Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — All it took was the mere mention of the words “Slippery Fish” for U.S. Speedskating national team coach Ryan Shimabukuro to purse his lips and shake his head.

There wasn’t even a full question asked about the secret project using computer technology aimed at shaving fractions of a second off speedskating times to help the Americans bring home gold medals from the Milan Cortina Olympics. Just those four syllables were enough to catch...