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[Faramir 365]

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 5,643]

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 3,051]

57 minutes ago, intoronto said:

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

[NearPup 3,051]

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 1,024]

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 2,538]

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

[dodge 1,024]

Agreed. Winter sports can include sports played at winter like cross country and cyclocross

[TeamGB 174]

I think this came up before, but for me, any sport should only be in the winter olympics if it doesn’t have summer alternative with the same skillset. Realistically you don’t want any athletes doubling up between winter and summer.

[Federer91 2,797]

3 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 

 

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. 
 

 

Everything is open to everyone. There are no "insiders" and "outsiders". If people from Ireland, for example, don't want to partake in ski-jumping and luge, that is their problem. Why should the countries, that do compete in these sports be blamed, that others don't. 

 

Also, there are 25 out of 35 sports at the SOG, that could be played anytime in the year. By this logic there shouldn't be any "summer" or "winter" OG. You should just call it the February Olympic Games and the July Olympic Games, or Part 1 and Part 2, if they are not going to be distinguished.

 

It will never cease to a amaze me, how much it bothers people from particular regions, that Winter Olympics exist. If they were called the Winter Sports Games, probably no one will bath an eye, but because it has the word "Olympics", it tears their soul, that there are OG for sports they don't watch, care, like or participate in, even though it's their own fault.  

 

But the sad truth is that in 20 years (or sooner, because glimpses are starting to appear) they would transfer 10 indoor sports, because the Winter Games need to be more "marketable and inclusive" and not because the never ending pure greed for money. 

[JoshMartini007 2,538]

30 minutes ago, TeamGB said:

I think this came up before, but for me, any sport should only be in the winter olympics if it doesn’t have summer alternative with the same skillset. Realistically you don’t want any athletes doubling up between winter and summer.

Cross-sport participation exists. We have athletic athletes participating in bobsled and cyclists participating in speed skating