I’m not sure if anyone heard me on the Mark Johnson Show this morning talking about the Olympics, but I had several call-in questions which I pretty much tanked on. Just when you think you have it all covered, someone – I think it was Mike from Stowe – asks about the possibility of telemark skiing becoming an Olympic event.
As is now clear, I am not much of an expert on telemark skiing. I did know there was such thing as Tele World Championships, because a friend of mine, Hedda Berntsen, was the tele women’s World Champ before taking up alpine racing. I telemark ski myself and though I know it’s a fast-growing sector of the ski industry, but as to whether it will ever become an Olympic event…different story.
The official answer is to make it onto the Olympic program, a sport first has to be recognized: it must be administered by an International Federation which ensures that the sport’s activities follow the Olympic Charter. If it is widely practiced around the world and meets a number of criteria established by the IOC session, a recognized sport may be added to the Olympic program on the recommendation of the IOC’s Olympic Program Commission.
Beyond that, I have a call in to the USTSA to ask them why their sport is not in the Olympics. Check out this video! IMO it’s a totally legit addition.
The other question I got was about whether or not David Babic, a Vermont moguls skier, had made the Olympic Team. I was confusing him with someone else and sorta blanked. Sadly, David did not make the Olympic Team this year. His best finish so far this season was 9th at Deer Valley, but he’s won World Cups in the past. Apologies to listeners and David for the confusion.
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