sure this has been dragged through the mud before but love the idea brojos mention of cross in the summer olympics
winter...cant do it, has to require snow and ice, cut and dry
but i (and im sure many others) have said that they should cut down on distance on the track and add cross to the summer olympics
in my opinion
take out the 10,000...too many laps to be entertaining
take out the steeplechase...its stupid, makes tracks more expensive to built, and is intended to simulate cross country anyway
put in an 8000, European style cross country race with 5-7 men per country with team scoring...hay bales, mud pit, barriers, man made hills, whatever the hell else to make it entertaining and tv/spectator friendly
8000 is short enough and long enough to allow guys from 1500 to marathon to be competitive
also, if possible place it as far from the rest of the track competition as possible
anyway, thoughts?