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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.”

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.

Some people run 3 days a week, never race, and just enjoy being outside. No watch, no plan, no pressure. Others run 100 mile weeks, track every split, and build their entire life around shaving 2 minutes off a time that 99% of people will never care about. Both are getting exactly what they need. That’s what makes this sport different from everything else.