Check out what the thed of the skating federation has asked for.Imagine if the IAAF guys do this for track:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/chi-figure-skating-boss-proposes-radical-changes-to-sport-20140325,0,3069833.storyHersh wrote:
He also proposes eliminating the two longest Olympic long track events (5,000 meters for women, 10,000 for men) because they are ”not attractive distances for the majority of the skaters, TV viewers, etc.” His revised Olympic program also would eliminate the 1,000 and turn the 500 into a single race rather than the aggregate time of two.
With the abolition of the longest races and the 1,000, he writes, there no longer would be a need for the sport’s oldest and most revered competition, the World All-Around Championships, or the World Sprint Championships.
He also suggested the possibility of changing the track size at the Olympics from 400 to 250 meters because building new facilities with the bigger rink is more expensive.
Might track ever do that? I do think track should get rid of the 8 lane 400 tracks. Do whatever you can get into an NFL/soccer stadium.
Get rid of 10,000 in replace it with xc.