OLYMPICS:

Women's ski jumping, slopestyle aim for Olympic inclusion

Oct. 23, 2010 ― The Canadian Press 

ACAPULCO, Mexico ― Women's ski jumping and new events in snowboarding, alpine skiing, figure skating, biathlon and luge are being considered for inclusion at the next Winter Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee will decide on additions to the program for the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia, at a three-day executive board meeting opening here Sunday.

Olympic officials are meeting to approve winter sports that will be contested in the North Caucasus mountains.

Proposed for inclusion are women's ski jumping, men's and women's snowboard and alpine slopestyle, men's and women's ski halfpipe, a parallel racing alpine team event, mixed relay in biathlon, a team event in figure skating, and a luge team competition.  S-Magazine