If a 12k XC race was added to the Winter Olympics on a fairly tough course (but obviously with at least *some* snow on the ground), who would stand the best chance of being able to medal in existing events at the Summer Games as well as the new XC event at the Winter Games?
Name the runners who would have the best chances at medals in both Summer Olympics and XC at Winter Olympics
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kipchoge. but he wont go
all the good runners are on the roads nowadays, boys -
Geoffrey Kamworor
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Ben True
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For men
Kipchoge
Kamworor
Rupp -
John Ngugi won a winter Olympic style CC in '92 and the Seoul 5000.
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? long ago somebody of the ilk of an Eric Heiden could've been a great triathlete.
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Jordan Hasay
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Garrett Heath.
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Not a runner, but Canada's Clara Hughes has won summer and winter Olympic medals in cycling and cross country skiing. I think the number of dual medallists is pretty small.
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Bekele (how exciting would a Bekele XC return be)
Kipchoge
Rupp
Kamworor
Cheptegei
Maybe Ben MF True.
Garrett Heath loves cross but wouldn't pick him for the track, -
epicTCK wrote:
kipchoge. but he wont go
Well it's a nonexistent event so it's safe to say everyone won't go -
Why are people picking Rupp? Don't they realize a winter XC course is not possibly Rupp certified?
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um ever heard of Clara Hughes? wrote:
Not a runner, but Canada's Clara Hughes has won summer and winter Olympic medals in cycling and cross country skiing. I think the number of dual medallists is pretty small.
lol. Perhaps you meant speedskating? -
Yeah, sorry... fingers typed before brain completed thinking. Which tells you how fast I type. Or how slow I think... :-)
CC cyclist wrote:lol. Perhaps you meant speedskating? -
Lolo almost did it.
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Google found me this list of athletes with medals both winter and summer:
* Eddie Eagan, USA (2/0/0)
SUMMER: Light Heavyweight Boxing gold (1920)
WINTER: Four-man Bobsled gold (1932)
Eddie Eagan became the first person to win a medal in the Winter Olympics and in the Summer Olympics in different events. He is the only Summer and Winter medalist to win Gold medals in different events.
* Jacob Tullin Thams, NOR (1/1/0)
WINTER: Ski Jumping gold (1924)
SUMMER: 8-meter Yachting silver (1936)
* Christa Luding-Rothenburger, GDR (2/2/1)
WINTER: Speed Skating gold at 500 meters (1984) and gold 1000 m (1988), silver at 500 m (1988) and bronze at 500 m (1992)
SUMMER: Match Sprint Cycling silver (1988)
She is the only athlete to ever win medals in both Winter and Summer Games in the same year.
* Clara Hughes, CAN (1/1/4)
SUMMER: Individual Road Race Cycling bronze (1996), and Individual Time Trial Cycling bronze (1996)
WINTER: Speed Skating gold at 5000 meters (2006), silver at Team Event (2006), bronze at 5000 m (2002) and bronze at 5000 m (2010)
Clara Hughes is the first person to win multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Games and holds the highest number of medals of any olympian to win medals in both the Summer and Winter Games.
* Lauryn Williams, USA (1/2/0)
SUMMER: Athletics 4x100 m Relay gold (2012), and 100 m silver (2004)
WINTER: Two-woman Bobsleigh silver (2014) -
Lolo Jones
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Ingrid Kristiansen
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Lolo.
