Ski jumping scandal: dismissed Norwegian trainers and assistant!

Ski jumping scandal: dismissed Norwegian trainers and assistant!

in the ski jumping scandal, which makes headlines with deliberately manipulated suits, there are further personnel consequences for the Norwegian team. After the premature suspension of the trainer Magnus Brevig, his assistant Thomas Lobben was now released from his tasks with immediate effect, as the Norwegian ski association confirmed. Another affected employee, Adrian Livten, also had to go. According to General Secretary Ola Keul, Lobben has admitted to being involved in manipulation of the competition suits.

The Norwegians have undertaken to work fully with the investigation by the World Association FIS and have already provided all requested suits. Anonymously published videos show how the team in the presence of Brevig has inadmissible. An unpecified seam has been added, which should give the jumpers additional stability in the air, which confirms the allegations of the fraud. Sports director Jan Erik Aalbu had announced that he would take consequences and later confessed that he had known nothing of these practices. Previously, he had only referred to the incidents as a "violation of the rule", directly after the Großschanzen-Einzel, in which Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang were disqualified, such as OE24 reported.

The scandal throws a bad light on the sport of ski jumpers, and the Norwegian team is now faced with serious allegations. The revelations and the willingness of the association to cooperate with the FIS are at the center of this matter, the far -reaching effects on the credibility of ski jumping, as well as Tagesspiegel reported.