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It's rare to uncover an event w/ Prefontaine that has never been shared...alongside
✓ Inaugural OR girl's state meet
✓ Fastest prep harrier team
✓ Fastest JuCo harrier team
✓ 13 year-old barrier-breaking phenom
...all in the same race 45 years ago.
link.medium.com/ope3eKIwS0
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Jun 10
During an International Olympic Committee executive board press conference, Dr. Karl Stoss, the Chair of the IOC's Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, did not entirely shut the door on cross-country and cyclocross being added at the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Stoss: "We decided, very clear, for the upcoming Winter Olympics that we would like to keep the identity of Winter sports of snow and ice. These are the Winter Olympic Games. No crossover. It's a moment. But that does not mean that in the future, it could be a discipline that would come to the program....We will check it. If it comes to the table, we will discuss it, find a solution and decide."
Cross-country and cyclocross were left off the program for the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps since the Olympic Charter requires sports to be played on snow and ice.
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A legend returns.
Help us welcome Chris Solinsky as our new Director of Track & Field and Cross Country!
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May 28
One of my favorite parts of XC is yelling stuff at athletes...
You can see it in their eyes while racing if they hear you and respond to it.
Your voice as a coach or fan can help.
Take the time to figure out what works/resonates with athletes.
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May 20
The standards we need in the arena must also be there in training. What you accept in training is all you can expect in the arena. Excellence is something that must be practiced.
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May 13
Wish the same could be said for cross-country!
May 13
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.
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May 12
#eastbay Remember the Eastbay catalog? Here’s the story of how Art Jeudes and Rick Gering took $4k and 400 pairs of track spikes and built a business that preceded online sales! The book is #thebookofeastbay, at bookofeastbay.com ! All profits will be donated!
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May 9
3 takeaways from the IOC press conference (before more intel is gathered):
1. OLY Alpine XC was always a coin flip. The Fit 4 Future team is still in favor. Utah will be just as epic.
2. The best version may not have been in 2030. Longevity quality.
3. Talks don’t stop here.
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But has the IOC considered these sports can and do often have snow and ice and that people would love to watch them in the Winter Olympics?
May 8
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.”
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May 8
This is a poor decision.
Cross-country would be perfect for the winter Olympics. Put the emphasis on tough terrain and pure racing over times.
And it'd add in a lot of countries that traditionally never compete in the winter Olympics, expanding its reach.
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/NToyWkkS1JQ…
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Sometimes you win, and sometimes you learn. On to Phase 2
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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.
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"The Varied World of Cross Country Running" (1971) Runner's World Magazine, Bob Anderson and Joe Henderson
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Apr 9
Interested in the history of sport? Considering postgraduate study? Want a distance-learning course that is flexible and offers full and part-time study routes? Our MA Sports History and Culture could be for you! @ICSHC @dmuleicester
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Happy 130th birthday to the modern #Olympic Games.
6 April 1896 to the present day
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This would be the first time cross country running was featured in a Winter Games format. ❄️ 🇺🇸
Apr 2
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
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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
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The course, located on Renmin Avenue, Nanguan District, Changchun, will incorporate scenic views and paths through the trees around the park.
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For American university athletes looking to compete, information can be found here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1nmJ…
Dates: January 15-25, 2027
Cost: $2,995 per athlete (7 nights)
Includes: Room/Board in athlete's village, transportation, opening/closing ceremony etc.
@UniUSATeam
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