The suit scandal of the Nordic Ski World Cup also hovers over the World Cup jumping in Oslo-but the main causes of the quake will not be part of the Holmenkollen: The Ski World Association FIS intervened and, in addition to three Norwegian team officers, the two-time ski jumping world champion of Trondheim, Marius Lindvik, as well as his teammate Johann André Forfang temporarily suspended.
Against the two athletes and head coach Magnus Brevig, assistant coach Thomas Lobben and service employee Adrian Liveltenum will be determined in the World Cup decision by the Großschanze last Saturday because of their “alleged participation in illegal material manipulations”. With their jumpers, the Norwegians are said to have reinforced the inside seams with solid material, which increases the stiffness of the suits and thus the ability to fly.
All jump suits that had been borne by the Norwegian teams in special jumping and the combination at the home World Cup have already been confiscated and are now being subjected to a new review.
“Little desire to meet a Norwegian on the ski jump”
The scandal also has an impact on the athletes of other nations, as the FIS explains: “Given the severity of the case”, the guidelines for the attachment control for the rest of the World Cup season in ski jumping and in the Nordic combination would be “immediately adapted”. You will be talking about the adjustments on Wednesday evening in Oslo at the team captain meeting, when jumping on Thursday (5 p.m./ZDF and Eurosport) you should already work.
The FIS is massively duty, the supposedly so healing aircraft family is torn after the scandal. “I actually have little desire to meet a Norwegian on the ski jump,” said Andreas Wellinger, secondary World Cup from Trondheim on the normal hill behind Lindvik near Servustv.
Lindvik and Forfang, who also won gold together in the mixed team, assured on Monday in a statement that he did not knowingly jump into manipulated suits-which is considerably questioned. Not only from experts like Sven Hannawald, who would like to “throw everyone out”, but also from the jumpers themselves.
“I can hardly imagine that,” said Wellinger. He knew from his own experience that changes to the jump from the jumper would be noticed. If something is different, you ask “what was changed?” For him, the manipulation of the suits is a “fooling” for all other jumpers.
“If you are not caught, you haven't cheated”
Another Norwegian, the team Olympic champion from 2018 Daniel-André Tande, of all people, poured further oil into the fire on Wednesday. “Everyone really does that,” Tangel told Norwegian broadcasting NRK and said: “Yes, I dare to say that I have done it several times.”
In addition to Tande, Jacobsen and Johan Remen Evensen also admitted to participating in competitions during their careers with manipulated material. “Fraud” is a “hard word,” said Jacobsen, who won the four -hill tour in 2007. “But I can't say with my hand on my heart that I didn't do it. Because if fraud by definition means having a suit that is a little too big, then I cheated. “
According to Tande's opinion, the responsibility for the manipulations is primarily at the Ski World Association FIS, which too often acts arbitrarily and inconsistently. “The principle in the sport is if you are not caught, you didn't cheat,” said Evensen: “And that is an attitude problem that has spread into the entire leap in all nations.” Tande claimed that FIS would influence the results through random and arbitrary controls. “It is best for the product if a Norwegian wins when ski flying takes place in Norway, or an Austrian when ski flying takes place in Austria,” said Tande: “This is known.”
The FIS now wants to inform about its quick measures promptly. Only a suit could be allowed for every jumper. As reported by NRK, the suits outside of the competitions are to remain in the care of the FIS and will only be handed over to the athletes for around 30 minutes before the first jumps. Subsequent changes, such as the seam incorporated by the Norwegians to stabilize, should be made impossible. A retrospective discretion of the Norwegian World Cup medals also no longer seems to be excluded.
