World Athletics is proposing adding a mixed-gender cross-country relay to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The event would include two men and two women running 2.5 kilometers (1.55 miles) twice, World Athletics president Seb Coe said Thursday. The IOC would have to approve it.
“We’re right at the start of the journey of the discussions with the IOC,” World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon said, noting it’s not decided until the end of the year. “We think it will bring another exciting discipline to the Olympics.”
Previously, Coe and World Athletics discussed adding cross-country to the Winter Games, but it never came to fruition.