How Do You Capture the Natural Sound of a Sport?

There's some sport that she just cannot capture the natural sound, cross country skiing, a biathlon is another one. As camera lenses have gone up undred, these cameras are able to see a half a kilometer down the course. Now how do you replicate that sound? Essentially, if youve got cameras that far apart from each other, you're putting 20 or 30 microphones to fill as the athletes are coming to you - which is not practicall. I am not a purist whatsoever in sound production. I truly believe that whatever the tool takes to deliver a high quality, entertaining soundscape, it's all fair gang.