Yes, many times. In August and September, 2009, the women ski jumpers who sued VANOC wrote to IOC president Jacques Rogge asking him to clarify how they don’t meet the criteria for the Games. The jumpers once again offer universality and participation numbers as an example of how they do qualify for the Games. The women offer to drop the lawsuit appeal if the IOC grants them one event in Vancouver. Rogge never answers the question but says the IOC has added women’s ski jumping to the inaugural Youth Games in 2012.

See letters written to Rogge and his responses:
• Aug. 17, 2009
• Aug. 21, 2009
• Sept. 4, 2009
• Sept. 18, 2009
• Dec. 18, 2009

Last updated on January 9, 2010 by WSJ USA