I think the IOC would agree that cross country *could* be contested entirely on snow or ice, but the point is that their policy is that a sport always *must* be contested on snow or ice to get into the Winter Games.
The fact that XC's rules do not require a snow covered course disqualifies it. Kurt Bray >I know Fred that you live in Florida, but you can run a cross-country race >entirely on snow and ice. Once I went to compete in a cross-country ski >race >but it had rained the night before then froze. The director changed it into >a running race over the same course. My shoes never touched ground. >Tom Derderian >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Fred Finke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Shawn Devereaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "ghill" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "track list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:04 AM >Subject: RE: t-and-f: Interesting Tidbit from the IOC > > > > Actually I investigated getting XC as an olympic event 4 years and even >got > > a response from the IOC. The reason that it will NEVER be possible (as >I > > was told) is that all winter sports must take place on snow or ice. > > > > > > ******************************************************* > > Fred Finke, LDR Men's Coach Selection Coordinator > > --- O Men's Team Leader, World Cross, Morocco, 1998 > > -- <^_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- \/\ > > ******************************************************* > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shawn Devereaux > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 5:47 PM > > To: ghill; track list > > Subject: Re: t-and-f: Interesting Tidbit from the IOC > > > > > > how about indoor track at the winter olympics? > > > > > > --- ghill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > From: Ed and Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Reply-To: Ed and Dana Parrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:19:12 -0700 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: t-and-f: Interesting Tidbit from the IOC > > > > > > > > X/C should be added to the winter Olympics, absolutely. Not sure >why > > > there > > > > hasn't been more of a push for this. Nice simple 12K and 4K >distance > > > for > > > > both men and women with team medals only but with qualification only > > > by the > > > > team the same way some other team sports qualify. Have the worlds > > > after the > > > > Olympics the same way that I believe several other sports do.>> > > > > > > Basketball should also move to Winter to ease the crowding of Summer > > > (and > > > make Winter even more popular). Unfortuately, the IOC retains its >caveat > > > that all Winter sports must be conducted on frozen water. This was >their > > > "recent" response to basketball suggestions. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
