Freddie P's Blog

May 22, 2008 @ 10:15

I'll be joining my good friends Mark Hebscher and Donna Skelly on CHCH Live at 5:30 this afternoon.

The issue is a decision by the IOC not to allow women's ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

In a twisted use of logic, several female ski jumped have gotten together and decided to sue the Vancouver Organizing Committee, using the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Problem is, the VOC had nothing to do with the decision. It was strictly the IOC, which has determined that women's ski jumping does not meet technical standards.

There aren't enough jumpers to make the event valid, and the sport is grossly underdeveloped. There's never even been a world championship held.

It's a little on the hysterical side, and I plan to make that point this afternoon.