Cross-country running and cyclocross could be added to Winter Olympics by 2030

Indoor sports such as judo could switch to winter Games

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Cross-country running and cyclocross have a good chance of being added to the 2030 winter Games in France, Sebastian Coe has predicted, as part of what could be the biggest overhaul of the Olympics in a generation.

The World Athletics president also confirmed that switching some indoor sports – such as judo – to future winter Games was on the table as part of the International Olympic Committee’s new “fit for the future” plans, designed to keep the Games relevant.

Lord Coe has long argued for cross-country’s inclusion in the Olympics, but the willingness of the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, to explore new ways of doing things, and the support of the UCI president, David Lappartient, has left him increasingly optimistic it will get the go-ahead.