From BBC News:Women fight Olympic ski jump ban
A group of international female ski jumpers has gone to a Canadian court to try to force the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics to include their events.
The British Columbia Supreme Court has begun hearing the discrimination case. The 15 women accuse Vancouver's Olympic organisers of violating Canadian human rights law by excluding them, while men compete in three ski jumping events.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says women's ski jumping is not developed enough to merit inclusion. The Vancouver Olympic organising committee (Vanoc) argues that the decision not to include women's ski jumping was made by the IOC, which as an international organisation is outside the jurisdiction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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