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Apparently, World Athletics is pushing (again) for Cross Country to be included at the Winter Olympics

 

(in french)

 

https://stadion-actu.fr/le-cross-country-aux-jeux-olympiques-dhiver-en-2030/

 

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  On 8/19/2024 at 9:18 AM, De_Gambassi said:

Apparently, World Athletics is pushing (again) for Cross Country to be included at the Winter Olympics

 

(in french)

 

https://stadion-actu.fr/le-cross-country-aux-jeux-olympiques-dhiver-en-2030/

 

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One of those things that make me think "I don't see why it'd be needed, but if it's there, I'd definitely enjoy it" :p 

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  On 8/19/2024 at 9:18 AM, De_Gambassi said:

Apparently, World Athletics is pushing (again) for Cross Country to be included at the Winter Olympics

 

(in french)

 

https://stadion-actu.fr/le-cross-country-aux-jeux-olympiques-dhiver-en-2030/

 

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

 

Winter Olympics, absolutely not. :facepalm::hairpull::bones:
 

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…

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  On 8/19/2024 at 9:28 AM, heywoodu said:

One of those things that make me think "I don't see why it'd be needed, but if it's there, I'd definitely enjoy it" :p 

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My fear is that every sports/disciplines not on the program will see it as a way in, and we end up with the World Games + Ski&Ice

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  On 8/19/2024 at 9:53 AM, Josh said:

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

 

Winter Olympics, absolutely not. :facepalm::hairpull::bones:
 

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…

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To be fair, cross-country running also isn't a summer sport. Like cyclo-cross, it's basically a season-independent sport, almost by definition it can be done in any and all conditions.

 

I don't think I'd go for it in the end, like @De_Gambassi said, it'd open up the way for lots and lots more and not sure that'd be a great idea.

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I feel like I'm going crazy when I read these stories. Isn't it obvious and common sense that the point of the winter games is for things on snow and ice, looking at what is already on the programme and has been throughout history? It might be done in winter similarly to how we sometimes here describe rugby as a 'winter sport' but that's a whole different meaning to the phrase winter sport than the one we use for the Winter Olympics. I don't even think it needs explaining it's that obvious.

 

It's all about a new part of the world to have a shot at something.

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  On 8/19/2024 at 9:53 AM, Josh said:

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

 

Winter Olympics, absolutely not. :facepalm::hairpull::bones:
 

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…

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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. 
 

 

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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. :p 

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