Sean Ingle’s suggestion of holding the Olympics every two years is an interesting one (Paris Olympics were great, so why not hold summer Games every two years?, 30 December). However, another option would be to take some or all of the indoor sports out of the summer Olympics and put them into the winter Games, alongside the current sports that under International Olympic Committee (IOC) statutes require snow or ice to be an essential and inherent feature.
As well as maximising the profile of the Olympics every two years, this would reduce the financial and logistical loads of hosting the summer Games, while also spreading the excitement and interest in the winter Games beyond the reducing number of countries capable of hosting them.
