Fueling Team USA: Natural Gas Behind Olympic Training
The elite performance of America’s Olympic athletes does not come solely on the ice, on the slopes or the track. It builds in the places athletes train every day, where natural gas helps provide reliable energy that supports everything from training to recovery and nutrition.
Across the country, U.S. Olympic training environments look a lot like other high-performance campuses. They include dorms, dining, sports medicine spaces and specialized venues like pools and indoor training areas. Keeping those spaces comfortable and ready on demand takes steady heat, hot water and dependable energy for cooking.
That is where natural gas often plays an essential role. For many commercial buildings, natural gas is used directly for space heating, water heating and cooking. Nearly 190 million Americans and 5.8 million businesses rely on natural gas, while commercial and industrial companies have saved $655 billion thanks to natural gas in the last decade. Large facilities like the ones where Olympic athletes train require a lot of energy, and affordability makes a difference.
That matters for training facilities because energy needs are not optional. Hot showers and laundry support recovery and health. Kitchens rely on natural gas to provide hot and healthy meals to athletes. Pools, ice rinks and buildings need stable temperatures in every season. In many locations, natural gas can also support resilience through on-site generation and combined heat and power systems that keep critical operations running when the grid is strained.
When athletes are chasing fractions of a second, the infrastructure behind them has to be just as disciplined. Natural gas helps make sure the facilities are ready when Team USA is.