Sebastian Coe would love to see a cross-country running race brought back to the Olympics at the 2030 Winter Games.

The president of World Athletics has long argued for the event's inclusion in the Olympics, but he said the willingness of new IOC president Kirsty Coventry to explore ways of doing things has helped.

“The new president is clear they want to put everything on the table at the moment,” Coe told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday. “It’s a very different atmosphere. It’s very much how can we improve together rather than we’ll tell you how to do it. She’s blown some oxygen into the organization.”

Coe said he's discussed bringing the event in for the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps, or possibly in Salt Lake City four years later.

Cross country was in the Sum

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