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Published: Fri, 13 Nov 2009
Description: Female ski jumpers fight for right to compete in 2010 Winter Games
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" I -- back at -- in the world -- training for the 30 Winter Olympic Games are set for February in Vancouver Canada. Today though fourteen elite ski jumpers are fighting just to take part in the games they aren't allowed in because they are women. But what they do hear the stuff is incredible -- pretty great video of some of it is up Lindsey -- she holds the longest flight on record. At this Olympic facility in Vancouver -- to get to see you. Women are allowed to box in the Olympics and -- but not ski -- is that right. Yes -- correct women are allowed to do every sport the Olympics summer and winter except ski jumping. So you guys are going to court and explain this to me what you're asking for a much -- We are asking the Vancouver organizing committee to tell the International Olympic Committee that it is against their lives. Because government money is being spent to build a facility that does not include women so we want. The Vancouver organizing me to tell the International Olympic Committee that they cannot hold the event as planned. Because -- against. Canadian law. Just our viewers know what the IOC has set about the -- read a statement that they gave estimate there -- put it up on the screen the IOC says with too few athletes athletes competing in this events. And no world champions until world championships until one year before the -- Olympic Games. Women's ski jumping does not reach the necessary technical criteria. And as such does not yet -- took place. Alongside other Olympic events to they have a point there is your competition just. Not good enough Lindsay. -- that they have absolutely no point we have more athletes and more countries than bobsled luge skeleton skier cross and snowboarding so. That is actually no argument whatsoever in this case and it's not a new sport means for men it's been around since the very beginnings of the games right. The modern games yeah ski jumping was in the original. First Olympics in 1924. And so is actually not a new sport it's a very traditional sport -- final -- for a long time and women have been competed in the sport the whole time. This surprising I didn't know that there was no women's ski jumping is incredible watching guys on at its Atlanta let us know what happens today had expected decision today. On the Sunday may get a decision today I am hopeful that doesn't mean it's -- nerve wracking waiting to hear decision like this you know. You base your whole future on so I'm I'm hoping get a decision this afternoon picked it back to you -- is. American and that the considered the best female ski jumper out there than to get back thanks."
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