The International Ski Federation (FIS) voted Friday to add a women’s individual ski-jumping event to the 2009 World Championships in the Czech Republic. This is a necessary (but not sufficient) step for including the sport in the Olympics. If women ski jumpers are to compete in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, both the Canadian organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee must still approve the event.
Women’s Ski Jumping USA has more on these high-flying women. Good luck to them in their pursuit of equality for women’s sports.