Because it is a sport you could ask the same about running... Why did running come into the olympics? Because it is a sport!
Africa but that was survival
the sport of long distance cross country running
Trail Running is comparable with Cross Country Running. The one exception is that Trail Running is done on longer routes. Trail Running is running and hiking over trails. It is considered to be a running sport.
Golf and Cross Country Running
Orienteering.
Most popular sport in Canada is Hockey. Why? It is too cold to play Beach Volleyball and Cricket is a strange game.
It can.
Cross country running, paintballing, orienteering.
A sport that requires the ability to perform for long periods of time at low intensities, such as marathon ,running and cross-country
Chess comes from India.
Hell no... I ran in high school and was popular and the homecoming king.