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Female ski jumpers to appeal court decision
A group of elite women ski jumpers fighting to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympic has decided to appeal last week's B.C. Supreme Court decision that rejected their legal bid to have them as part of the Games.
"We took a few days for our lawyers to review last week's judgment and to canvass our plaintiffs to see what everyone thought and now we're ready to continue our fight to get the women into 2010," said Deedee Corradini, president of Women's Ski Jump-USA and spokesperson for the group.
Lawyer Ross Clark filed the appeal with the court this morning, hoping to have it heard in time for the women to jump at the Olympics in February if their argument is successful.
"[VANOC] cannot host events on Canadian soil that implement discrimination," Clark pointed out.
In her ruling released on Friday, B.C. Supreme Court Judge Lauri Ann Fenlon agreed that the women were discriminated against, but said that the International Olympic Committee, which made the decision to keep the women out, was beyond the reach of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedom.
"We were so disheartened by last week's decision, but we're competitors: we won't give up," said Canadian ski jumper Katie Willis.
Ski jumping is the only discipline at the Winter Olympics still restricted to men, as it has been since 1924.
Jul 16, 2009 | 3:07 PM ET
Oh boy. Another Olympic sport. Just what we need. Hey, let's make everything a sport, and hold the Olympics year round!! Anything to make them longer...LOL Get off it already!! They said NO! Take something important to court for gods sake!
Jul 16, 2009 | 3:06 PM ET
I wish this group would quit wasting the courts time. Sue the IOC please. I do not agree with the Olympic IOC not allowing Women's ski jumping, but the IOC is at fault NOT the Vanoc! I will only support this if the correct party is nailed! Until they do this the right way the Canadian Wemon's ski jumpp team will not have any support from my household! Quit trying to do an end run around the rules saet by a committee that should have been replaced with intelegent humans years ago!
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