After an unsuccessful legal battle for inclusion to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, women's ski jumping won its place Wednesday on the program for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
The International Olympic Committee Executive Board also approved the addition of Halfpipe skiing for men and women, mixed relay in biathlon and team events in luge and figure skating.
"The inclusion of these events... is sure to be appreciated by athletes and sports fans alike," said the President of the IOC Jacques Rogge. "These are exciting, entertaining events that perfectly complement existing events on the program of sports, further appeal and increase the number of women who participated in the games."
Proposals for inclusion in snowboard slopestyle events and freestyle skiing and a team event of Alpine skiing were waiting for another review.
The IOC rejected twice for Vancouver Olympics women's ski jumping, 2010 saying that sport was not enough competitors elites. Women jumpers have taken their case to the Supreme Court of the Canada, but did not set aside the decision of the IOC.
"I am relieved," said the Calgary Taylor Henrich jumper, 15, who has provided the Canadian team in Sochi. "It makes me want to try my more hard and go for gold."
"The world will be watching us even more now.". We want to go good, so we will have to pump it up a little more.
Women apparently sealed their case at the Championships of the Nordic world in Oslo in early March, when competitors jumped in a thick fog and strong winds. Member of the Commission of IOC Gerhard Heiberg's Norway said he was impressed by the level of competition and recommends the inclusion of the event to Rogge.
"If you compare the previous World Championships in the first, there was much more quality and depth from 2009," Director of sport of the IOC, said Christophe Dubi. "At the time where you had a handful of really good jumpers." If you compare 2009 and 2011, you have a very large increase in technical capacity. ?
Jump to skiing and Nordic combined, which showcases jump ski and cross-country skiing, winter only Olympic events open only to men.
In October, the IOC said that he "considered favourably" on all the events proposed but postponed a decision after the world championships this winter.
Said Dubi needed more time to study the technical aspects of the slopestyle and Alpine team events, but they could still be added to the Sochi programme. A final decision on these events is scheduled for late may or early June, said Dubi.
To the slopestyle athletes to do stuff at the bottom of the mountain and "features" - rails, big jumps and bumps. U.S. snowboarding star Shaun White, who won gold in the halfpipe in Vancouver, said he would like to add types to its schedule, if it is approved for Sochi.
Ski slopestyle is similar to the version of snowboard.
Halfpipe skiing, skiers points score to perform tricks and jumps on the same course used for the halfpipe snowboarding.
Canadian Freestyle Ski Association CEO Peter j. said that his organization and athletes are ecstatic on the timeliness of Halfpipe skiing and optimistic that once the IOC has the opportunity to examine slopestyle he too will be included.
"We were cautiously optimistic that the IOC in favor of Halfpipe skiing and we knew that it was a bit of a blow for slopestyle," judge said in a statement. "Still, the two sets of athletes showed incredible talent and two certainly deserve Olympic inclusion."
Dubi said the decision of the IOC to accept events is not influenced by Sochi organizers or their hopes of Russian medals.
"He has never in the discussion," he said. "They have athletes successful in slopestyle, snowboarding in particular".
Women's ski jumping U.S. gathered in Park City, Utah), for a teleconference listen to the announcement that their sport would be included in Sochi.
"It's a relief," said Lindsey Van, 2009 World champion. "We have worked very hard for this." It feels really good to finally complete. "It is just a great relief for me and I'm really excited for the future of the sport".
At 26 years, Van is not known if it will still be competing in three years.
"I was fighting for sport and the future of the sport, not necessarily for my future," she said. "Then, it's exciting to see what is happening in the future."
With CBCSports.ca files
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