Once again there will be something new at the Winter X Games. Last year, we were thrilled with the inaugural run of Snowmobile Speed & Style, but this year competitors will break a much more significant barrier. For the first time at the X Games, we will have fiscal gender equality atop the podium as male and female athletes will compete for identical prize money purses.
"X Games and Winter X Games will feature equal prize money for both men and women in 2009. ESPN has been a leader in promoting and programming women's athletics, and this recent action sports prize purse increase is the latest example. This past summer saw the X Games feature women's motocross for the first time, and the upcoming Winter X Games will feature a host of female Olympic medalists from several different countries. Starting with Winter X Games 13 in January, 2009, men and women athletes at all X Games events will compete for equal cash awards."
For a competition that prides itself on all things extreme, this move is pretty straightforward. That is to say, it was a long time coming. Kudos ESPN! Today you certainly own the title "The Worldwide Leader in Sports."
Winter X Games 13 will take place January 22-25, 2008 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen.
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