We are live here in new york tonight and welcome to rock center. Just under a year from now next winter russia the olympic winter games will get under way. They will feature six new sports including one that a lot of casual viewers probably thought was already an olympic sport. Womens ski jumping, but it hasnt been until now. For a number of reasons, some of them pretty outrageous as youre about to hear, only the men have been able to ski jump at the olympic level. Women have been banned. Now youre about to meet a big reason why the gapes have been changed. A woman of great courage who fought for it. Her name is lindsay van. Its one off lindsay vaughn, but with a lot of the same wiring. Her story tonight from nbcs kate snow. When you watch lindsay van hurl herself down this track, barreling up to 60 miles an hour and then letting go youre watching an athlete defy gravity, but youre also seeing history in the making. At 28, lindsay van is training to do something no woman has done befor
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