Could this ever happen to swimming?
We've seen events featuring distance swimming added to the Olympics in the form of the open water 10k and triathlon.Meanwhile, cycling is losing Olympic distance events. Read more here.
...the Olympics will lose track cycling's iconic event — the 4,000-meter individual pursuit for men and 3,000-meter pursuit for women.
One reason for the change is gender equity. Another is the short attention span of today's sports fan.
Is it possible that we'll see the 1500m free taken out of the Olympic program one day? Let's hope not.
"It is the advice of the UCI that the new format would be more appealing," Rogge said at a news conference. "Of course, the concerned riders regret that. This is perfectly understandable, but the executive board of UCI considered the new format would be far more appealing.
"There is a general shift as you know from endurance events more to sprint events," he added. "That is a consideration being made by the experts of cycling, not the IOC."



























