
The Real XC
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The Real XC
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The Internet's Home for the History of Cross-Country Running. Buy the book: https://t.co/XEoUAhx3s7


Road Racing is doing things incredibly well. I have had 4 different corporations that have never been involved in the sport reach out to discuss how they might get involved. Always willing to preach the benefits of supporting the most overlooked demographics. Low hanging fruit.




📌 No crossover: There will be no summer sport disciplines at the sports programme of the French Alps 2030 Olympic Winter Games, the IOC President Kirsty Coventry announces after today's EB meeting. - Only sports on snow and ice.



The IOC has confirmed that disciplines like trail running, cross-country running, cyclocross, and gravel cycling will not be added to the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps, but stopped short of closing the door permanently on so-called “crossover” sports at future Winter Games. ❄️ 🏔️ IOC president Kirsty Coventry was clear about 2030 and said, “No summer sport and no all-season sport will be included. It will only be snow and ice.” However, Coventry suggested the 2034 Salt Lake City Games could potentially open the door to innovative non-traditional disciplines and added that the IOC needs to “figure out how we want potentially new sports, innovative sports and disciplines to come onto the programme.”

IOC President confirms no summer sport disciplines will feature at @Alpes_2030. The matter will be reviewed by the Olympic Programme Working Group in phase two of the Fit for the Future process. Watch the full press conference on IOC Media YouTube 👇 🔗youtube.com/live/NToyWkkS1…

IOC President confirms no summer sport disciplines will feature at @Alpes_2030. The matter will be reviewed by the Olympic Programme Working Group in phase two of the Fit for the Future process. Watch the full press conference on IOC Media YouTube 👇 🔗youtube.com/live/NToyWkkS1…

The question of adding summer sport disciplines to Olympic Winter Games will be addressed by the Olympic Programme working group in a second phase of the Fit For the Future process with a view to Olympic Winter Games editions after 2030.




Everything we know about the 2027 Changchun Winter University Games Cross Country Running: Welcome to Changchun World Sculpture Park, the site for the 6.5KM XC footrace, featuring four 1,600 meter laps. @FISU @SeeChangchun @JilinChina











Jess Hull Should Be Seb Coe’s Favorite Athlete 👑 "Since graduating from Oregon in 2019, Jess Hull has run at EVERY championship that she could have reasonably competed in—all 13 of them! Let’s list them out so you can understand her dedication to the World Athletics calendar, and appreciate the vast quantity of airline points she’s likely accrued: 1. 2026 World Indoors – Poland 2. 2026 World Cross Country – United States 3. 2025 World Outdoors – Japan 4. 2025 World Indoors – China 5. 2024 Olympics – France 6. 2024 World Indoors – Scotland 7. 2023 World Road Running – Latvia 8. 2023 World Outdoors – Hungary 9. 2023 World Cross Country – Australia 10. 2022 World Outdoors – United States 11. 2022 World Indoors – Serbia 12. 2021 Olympics – Japan 13. 2019 World Outdoors – Qatar Hull yeah!" 📫 Read more via @TheLapCount: thelapcount.substack.com/i/192027406/je…






