Kelsey Mitchell, rear, seen here racing in January with Melissa Lotholz, will join an elite club of athletes who have taken part in both Summer and Winter Olympics. Mitchell won a gold medal in track cycling in Tokyo in 2021 and will be part of the two-woman bobsleigh competition this year in Italy. Mayk Wendt/The Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — Olympic winter sports must be played on snow and ice, according to the Olympic Charter. But could a muddy field of play get its chance at a future Winter Games, even as soon as in the French Alps in 2030 or Salt Lake City in 2034?