Norway under pressure: Ski jumping team in the suit scandal shaken!

In the ski jumping scandal around the Norwegian team, the wave of the consequences continues: According to head coach Magnus Brevig and ADZCHNEIDER Adrian Livelten, assistant coach Thomas Lobben from the Norwegian Ski Association (NSF) has now also been suspended. Lobben confessed to his participation in the manipulation of the competition suits, which were used at the Nordic Ski World Cup in Trondheim. "It was a very bad decision," he regrets his role in the matter, as he gives himself.

The suspension -related dismissal of Lobben follows the publication anonymously filmed videos, which show how the Norwegian team has worked on suits in an unsportsmanlike manner. This manipulation included the attachment of an unpaid seam that should give the jumpers additional stability in flight, which in turn caused turmoil in the ski jumping community. The Norwegian Association announced that all affected suits were handed over to the Ski World Association FIS for further investigation in order to clarify the scope of the fraud, as well as Sport.sky.de reported.

Association President Tove Moe Dyrhaug emphasized the willingness of Norway to "fully" work together with the FIS in order to clarify the incident. Despite this cooperation, there is already speculation about possible disadvantage of medals that the Norwegian athletes have won during the World Cup, which could further tighten the already tense Situation. The background to these violent measures are the internal investigations of the NSF, which have led to the suspension of lobben, while the FIS now clarifies the framework of the size of the manipulation, what krone.at reported.