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Ski jumping scandal shakes Norway: fraud with suits uncovered!
Scandal at the Nordic World Ski Championships: Doping allegations shake Norway's ski jumpers while the FIS is under pressure.
Ski jumping scandal shakes Norway: fraud with suits uncovered!
A scandal rocks the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim 2025! Secretly filmed recordings reveal brazen manipulations by the Norwegian ski jumpers, who are dragging fair play in ski jumping into the mud. Instead of celebrating the impressive achievements of top athletes like Johannes Hoestflot Klaebo or the emotional farewell of the legendary Jarl Magnus Riiber, the fraud drama overshadows the entire event. The allegations against the Norwegians are not new, but after the incident, mistrust in the industry has heated up, as critics are fundamentally questioning the values in ski jumping and protests against the results have already begun, reports laola1.at.
The machinations apparently went deep: Norway's ski jumpers manipulated jump suits and even left official controls behind. FIS equipment controller Christian Kathol had to admit that there were too many loopholes in the regulations for such manipulations. Even previous successes such as Ingvild Synnöve Midtskogen's women's gold medal are now under a dark shadow after she was disqualified for wearing non-compliant suits. During the World Cup, ski jumpers from Germany and Austria were already the target of suspicions of fraud, a circumstance that seriously questions the level and integrity of the sport, according to the assessments of numerous experts, such as that of ski jumping legend Sven Hannawald.
Personal tragedy for Kubacki
While the ski jumping scandal dominates the headlines, Polish ski jumper Dawid Kubacki is struggling with a personal tragedy. He ended his season early because his wife Marta was hospitalized with serious cardiac problems. The former world champion said on social media that doctors were fighting for her life. The family has two children, and given this dramatic situation, the upcoming competitions in Lahti and Planica are now unimportant for Kubacki. He remains optimistic and emphasizes that his wife is a fighter, it was reported freenet.de.