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  1. Signatures
    463 out of 10,000
    Petitioning
    1. International Olympic Committee
  2. Created By
    Sarah Nelson
    Brainerd, MN
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How We Won

Apr 08, 2011

The International Olympic Committee has caved -- women will be able to participate in the ski jump event in the upcoming Winter Games in Russia.

Currently, Ski Jumping is the only Winter Olympic Event that excludes women athletes. Let's ask the IOC to rethink the current regulations and include women in a sport that is currently only open to men. Women's Ski Jumping has International Ski Federation Jump Competitions, it's own World Championship, and hundreds of athletes already competeing. Curently, Lindsay Van, a female skier hold the world record for ski jumping on the Vancouver. Why would the IOC not allow women to compete?

Women ski jumpers, like Lindsey Van, deserve the chance to compete at the highest level- the Olympics. The reasons given by the IOC for their exclusion are not good enough. It's that simple.  With the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver well underway, focus for change can be directed at the 2014 games scheduled to be held in Russia.

 

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Inclusion of Women Ski Jumpers in 2014 Olympic Games

Greetings IOC Members,

It's time to end the exclusion of women from the Ski Jumping event in the Winter Olympic Games. Women have proven their aptitude in the sport and deserve the chance to compete in the most elite competition available- the Olympic Games. With women holding world records in distance and height in ski jumping, and more than 100 women athletes competing in international competition, Women's Ski Jumping has reached a level of Olympic-worthy contest. The growth of the sport demands a change in current regulation from the IOC, and a recognition of equal opportunity for all qualified athletes.

We are asking that Women's Ski Jumping be considered as an Olympic Event for the 2014 Games to be held in Sochi, Russia and the International Olympic Committee hold to their commitment of gender equality in athletic competition as they have pledged to do in the Olympic Charter.

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