One giant leap for womankind

Posted: 1:00 AM CST Monday, Feb. 10, 2014

SOCHI, Russia -- Ski jumping was one of the eight original sports at the first Winter Olympics in 1924, but it has taken 90 years for women to take flight.

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SOCHI, Russia -- Ski jumping was one of the eight original sports at the first Winter Olympics in 1924, but it has taken 90 years for women to take flight.

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SOCHI, Russia — Ski jumping was one of the eight original sports at the first Winter Olympics in 1924, but it has taken 90 years for women to take flight.

They finally get their chance Tuesday, when women’s ski jumping makes its Olympic debut.

What took so long?

“Question of the century,” said Sarah Hendrickson, the 2013 world champion. “Sure, 20 years ago we didn’t have enough women to have an event. I think we were ready in 2006 and definitely ready in 2010, but unfortunately they pushed it to 2014. But now we’ve made it.”

In 2011, the IOC announced it would add women’s ski jumping to the program for the Sochi Games.

— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel