Overview
- Kyodo News reports the IOC is giving serious consideration to reallocating some sports from the Summer Olympics to the Winter edition as part of cost-cutting efforts.
- The Winter Olympic Federations issued a formal statement rejecting what they called piecemeal additions from summer bodies, warning it would dilute the Winter Games' identity.
- Cyclocross and cross-country running have been floated in media reports, but adding non–snow-and-ice disciplines would require amending the Olympic Charter.
- The IOC’s Olympic Programme working group was created in September under the “Fit for the Future” review, and no final decisions have been announced.
- Discussion of expansion notes the Winter Games feature far fewer medal events than the Summer program, while winter leaders point to ski mountaineering’s inclusion as the preferred model for evolution.