Winter Olympic Games 2030 Bid Process

[dodge 1,014]

4 hours ago, Josh said:

Summer Olympics, hell yeah I’m all for it! 

 

Winter Olympics, absolutely not. 
 

Cross-country running events are held in the winter, but that doesn’t make it a winter sport, sorry. There is one caveat though if it were to, let’s say get added to to the Olympic program hypothetically, because it would weaken the strength of distance fields drastically due to scheduling. 

 

Edit: None of this is directed at you, just the idiots (like Coe) that think this (putting a summer sport in the winter Olympics, not cross country running at the Olympics) is a good idea…

Hi, idiot here, cross country running and cyclo cross should ABSOLUTELY be in the winter games but the same 20 odd countries are afraid of opening up their games to outsiders 

 

They have their rule about games being needed to be played on snow and ice but IMO that’s a far more ridiculous idea than allowing cross country running in. 
 

 

[JoshMartini007 2,507]

Just create a sub-event and call it "snow cross-country" if that is all it will take for it to be permissible at the Winter Olympics.  

[Faramir 354]

Cross country running does not add anything to the Games, it'd be a repeat of the 10k. With basically the same athletes having a shot every 2 years instead of 4. Then they should add short course swimming as well.

[intoronto 5,493]

1 hour ago, dodge said:

Hi, idiot here, cross country running and cyclo cross should ABSOLUTELY be in the winter games but the same 20 odd countries are afraid of opening up their games to outsiders 

 

They have their rule about games being needed to be played on snow and ice but IMO that’s a far more ridiculous idea than allowing cross country running in. 
 

 

Yea no. It's not a winter sport. It should not be held on the WOG. If WA wants it so badly, they can drop the steeplechase and add this.

[NearPup 2,983]

57 minutes ago, intoronto said:

If WA wants it so badly, they can drop the steeplechase.

[NearPup 2,983]

2 hours ago, dodge said:

Hi, idiot here, cross country running and cyclo cross should ABSOLUTELY be in the winter games but the same 20 odd countries are afraid of opening up their games to outsiders
 

 

I second this.

[dodge 1,014]

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

Yea no. It's not a winter sport. It should not be held on the WOG. If WA wants it so badly, they can drop the steeplechase and add this.

The last world curling championship was held in April. The last mixed championship was held in October 

 

But they’re “winter” sports 

[JoshMartini007 2,507]

Handball has their World Championships in December/January while men's ice hockey is in May, schedules can be weird