Olympians to Obama: climate change is jeopardising winter sports' survival

75 sports champions warn of warmer winters in latest effort by environmental campaigners to urge president to act on climate Olympic medallists in snowboarding and skiing have called on Barack Obama on to save winter sports by taking ambitious measures against climate change. In a letter to the White House, 75 champions, including pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones and Olympians Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Jacobellis said a run of record warm years and sporadic snowfalls jeopardised the survival of thei...