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Winter Olympics sports resist push to add cyclocross and cross-country running to their program
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FILE - Olympic rings are seen near a slope of the Stelvio Ski Center, venue for the alpine ski and ski mountaineering disciplines at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Organizers of traditional snow and ice sports said Wednesday they do not want events from summer federations added to their Winter Olympics program. Cyclocross and cross-country running — even indoors sports — have been suggested as additions to the Winter Games for the 2030 Olympics hosted in the French Alps and Nice. Those would be unwelcome “piecemeal proposals,” the Winter Olympic Federations group of governing bodies said in a statement.