Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games

Olympic Ski Jumpers sue Vancouver organizers

Canadian female ski jumper joins lawsuit

A 17-year-old female ski jumper has become the first active Canadian athlete to join a lawsuit over the sport’s exclusion from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Zoya Lynch is among 10 female athletes — most from the United States and Europe — suing Vancouver Olympic organizers because female ski jumping isn’t on the lineup for the 2010 Games.

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The IOC votes events in and out of the Olympics.  I’m not sure why they would sue the Vancouver organizers instead of the IOC.  The are suing because Men’s Ski Jumping is included and Women’s Ski Jumping is not.  They say it violates their equality rights.  Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

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