Friday poll! Should female ski jumpers be allowed to compete at the Winter Olympics?
Aug 14th
Posted by Liz in polls
Women ski jumpers believe their battle to be included in the Vancouver Winter Olympics played a factor in the International Olympic Committee’s decision on Thursday to add women’s boxing to the 2012 London Summer Games.
Chris Rudge, chief executive officer with the Canadian Olympic Committee, said including women’s boxing shows the IOC’s commitment to gender equality in sport. But he doubted it would open the door for the female jumpers to compete at the Vancouver Games.
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Boxing Australia 4th September 2009
Fantastic news about women’s boxing in the 2012 Olympics. Australia will hopefully be represented by some strong talent