Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Women's ski jumping

It seems odd to me that this is the only sport that women cannot COMPETE in at the 2010 Olympics, but are free to test ride off of. Lindsey Van holds the record for both men and women off the normal jump, which says to me that this is a competitive sport that women are surely capable of. From the medical standpoint the article so briefly mentioned, it didnt state why it was in fact a medical debate. Also, to the issue of overloading athletes rooms, I am sure that such an enormous city can maintain them and if the sport was added, Vancouver would have easily been able to accommodate the under 100 women.
Is it sexist? Yes, i feel that it is. I feel that the IOC does not give substantial reasoning for the exclusion of the sport. The fact that womens snow cross was added when it is a FAR NEWER sport seems utterly ridiculous to the fact that Ski Jumping has been around since the very first winter games.

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