Norway in the ski jumping scandal: credibility in ruins!

Norway in the ski jumping scandal: credibility in ruins!

Oslo, Norwegen - The ski jumping sport is upside down! A scandal about manipulated suits at the Nordic Ski World Cup shaked confidence in Norway's celebrated team. Anonymously filmed videos have proven that the athletes of the renowned Scandinavian team have violated the rules to improve performance in the air. On Saturday, the Springer Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang were subsequently disqualified, while Lindvik was able to keep his gold medal from the normal hill. These incidents were sharply criticized by experts, whereby Austria's ski jumping icon Toni Innauer emphasized: "You have driven everything in the sand", such as Laola1.at reported.

Both jumpers deny that they knew about manipulation and insist that they had full confidence in their coaching team. In a statement, Lindvik said: "None of us would have jumped with suits that we knew about were manipulated." Nevertheless, coach Magnus Brevig had to take his hat the day after the World Cup, which strengthened the tensions within the team. Jan Erik Aalbu, sports director of the Norwegian Ski Association, also admitted the manipulation and admitted that only two suits were affected, which many consider unbelievable. German ski jumper also share this view, who described the incident as "dizziness" and "nonsense", such as Srf.ch reported.

aftermath and education

The allegations have not only harmed the individual athletes, but the entire sport. Andreas Wellinger expressed that he does not believe the explanations of the Norwegian jumpers and questions how one cannot notice as a athlete that the suit has changed. The FIS, the International Ski Association, now sees itself under pressure to initiate a comprehensive examination and take clear measures in order to strengthen the regulations in the ski jump. Swiss-Ski also commented and demanded that misconduct are strictly sanctioned.

The incident not only questions the credibility of the Norwegian jumpers, but also raises fundamental questions about the integrity of the entire skiing. It remains to be seen which further consequences of this scandal will have and how the FIS will clarify the incident.