NearPup 2,167 Posted January 5 #171 Share Posted January 5 23 hours ago, De_Gambassi said: Some info about the 2030 long track issue. One (new) option could be to use a temporary track in an already existing hall somewhere (anywhere really) and then reuse it as a training facility up into the mountains with limited costs for the french speed track program (which is currently being reinstalled by the roller sports federation). IMO, this would be the best case scenario as a permanent long track rink sounds very much like a dead option (who would want on its territory a huge infrastructure guaranteed to run at a multi-millions loss every year ?) Once again, the IOC will do *literally anything* to not host long track outdoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted January 5 #172 Share Posted January 5 5 hours ago, NearPup said: Once again, the IOC will do *literally anything* to not host long track outdoors. There are no track in the country (outdoor or indoor). The one from Albertville was converted into an athletic one right after the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,483 Posted February 29 #173 Share Posted February 29 George_D and Josh 2 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,252 Posted Friday at 08:30 PM #174 Share Posted Friday at 08:30 PM Stoss also hinted that both sides are already looking beyond the likely awarding of the Games in July, suggesting that discussions about new sports have already begun. “Immediately after the election we will come together to finalize the Olympic Program and it will be time in 2025 or 2026 to talk about new sports,” Stoss said. “We have some ideas, we discussed it already,” he said about the organizing committee’s option to propose additional, locally relevant sports to the Winter Olympic program. https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/french-alps-2030-winter-olympics-bid-could-cost-2-billion-euros-work-needed-to-develop-ice-cluster-in-nice/ Snow volleyball anyone? Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,763 Posted Friday at 08:42 PM #175 Share Posted Friday at 08:42 PM France is hosting an Olympics this year, I would rather they not get another one so soon… Same thing applies for Salt Lake City, although for me it’s even worse because that’ll mean it’ll be back to back Olympics in United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,167 Posted Friday at 11:09 PM #176 Share Posted Friday at 11:09 PM (edited) 2 hours ago, intoronto said: Stoss also hinted that both sides are already looking beyond the likely awarding of the Games in July, suggesting that discussions about new sports have already begun. “Immediately after the election we will come together to finalize the Olympic Program and it will be time in 2025 or 2026 to talk about new sports,” Stoss said. “We have some ideas, we discussed it already,” he said about the organizing committee’s option to propose additional, locally relevant sports to the Winter Olympic program. https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/french-alps-2030-winter-olympics-bid-could-cost-2-billion-euros-work-needed-to-develop-ice-cluster-in-nice/ Snow volleyball anyone? I know it's a discipline but I wouldn't be shocked if free riding got added. Other than ski mountaineering I'm not sure what sports (that aren't under the FIS umbrella, like speed skiing) are "locally relevant". Ice climbing, maybe? Edited Friday at 11:09 PM by NearPup intoronto and Josh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,252 Posted Friday at 11:36 PM #177 Share Posted Friday at 11:36 PM 27 minutes ago, NearPup said: I know it's a discipline but I wouldn't be shocked if free riding got added. Other than ski mountaineering I'm not sure what sports (that aren't under the FIS umbrella, like speed skiing) are "locally relevant". Ice climbing, maybe? Yea or Telemark Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,763 Posted Friday at 11:57 PM #178 Share Posted Friday at 11:57 PM 20 minutes ago, intoronto said: Yea or Telemark Telemark skiing is an FIS discipline. But I wouldn’t mind seeing it get added to the Olympic programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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