
France's ski mountaineering athlete Emily Harrop speaks during an extraordinary session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne on June 25, 2026. The roughly 100 members of IOC approved on June 25, 2026 the re-inclusion of ski mountaineering in the program for the 2030 Winter Olympics, which will take place in the French Alps, after the "additional sport" made its Olympic debut at Milan-Cortina in 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)


