Women's ski jumpers lose in court
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Hide captionCanadian women ski jumpers, from left, Lindsey Van, Marie-Pierre Morin, Jessica Jerome and Karla Keck attend a news conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, May 22, 2008. The women, on behalf of female ski jumpers, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the B.C. Supreme Court to try and get women's ski jumping as a official sport for the 2010 Olympics. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)
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Hide captionSki jumper Lindsey Van, centre, of Park City, Utah, wipes away a tear while speaking to reporters after a British Columbia Court of Appeal denied a bid to have women's ski jumping included in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The women were appealing a lower court ruling that allowed Games organizers to hold a men's ski jumping competition but not a women's event - something the women say violates their charter rights. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
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Hide captionDeedee Corradini, president of Women's Ski Jumping USA, speaks to reporters outside British Columbia Court of Appeal in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. A British Columbia Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about why female ski jumpers should have the right to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
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Hide captionSki jumpers, including Lindsey Van, left, of Park City, Utah, Karla Keck, second from right, of Oconomowoc, Wis., and Jessica Jerome, right, also of Park City, Utah, listen as Deedee Corradini (not shown), president of Women's Ski Jumping USA, speaks to reporters outside British Columbia Court of Appeal in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. The court is hearing arguments that female ski jumpers should have the right to compete at the 2010 Winter Games based on the Canadian Charter of Rights. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Darryl Dyck)
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Hide captionSki jumper Lindsey Van, of Park City, Utah, center, is surrounded by other ski jumpers as she speaks to reporters while Deedee Corradini, president of Women's Ski Jumping USA, right, listens, outside British Columbia Court of Appeal in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. A British Columbia Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about why female ski jumpers should have the right to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
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Hide captionSki jumpers Katie Willis, right, of Calgary, Alta., and Jessica Jerome, of Park City, Utah, look on after a British Columbia Court of Appeal denied a bid to have women's ski jumping included in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. The women were appealing a lower court ruling that allowed Games organizers to hold a men's ski jumping competition but not a women's event - something the women say violates their charter rights. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
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