show jumping

(Newser) - Whoah. Saudi Arabia has decided to allow female athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time in history. The move ends speculation that the country might have faced banishment from the London Olympics for gender discrimination. The only female competitor currently up to Olympic standards is show jumper...

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia should be banned from participating in the London Olympics unless it includes a female athlete, says a scathing new report from Human Rights Watch. The nation is one of three that regularly participate in the games that has yet to send a women to the Olympics. Saudi Arabia'...

(Newser) - The daughter of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg suffered a concussion and a fractured spine when she tumbled from her horse during a show-jumping competition on Friday. Georgina Bloomberg, 27, is continuing to undergo tests in a Manhattan hospital today. Bloomberg, considered one of the nation's top show jumpers, was...