Scandal about Norway's ski jumper: Manipulation of the competition suits exposed!

Scandal about Norway's ski jumper: Manipulation of the competition suits exposed!

A scandal shakes the world of ski jumping! Norway's national team is at the center of a serious suspicion of manipulated jump suits. After a sensational video has appeared that shows team members when falsifying the suits in the hotel, the FIS initiated initial investigations. This led to the discretion of Marius Lindvik's silver medal, the vice world champion from the Großchanze. The scandal is all the more explosive, since Lindvik previously won gold on the normal hill and is now exposed to a deep loss of trust, such as The ex-ski jumper Martin Schmitt, who was on site as a Eurosport expert, expresses violent doubts about the explanations of the team. He notices that the hesitant confessions of sports director Jan Erik Aalbu and the suspended head coach Magnus Brevig are only a minimal admission. Schmitt is skeptical about the statements of the affected athletes Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang, who claim not to know anything. "The explanation makes little sense," says Schmitt. A trainer who knows the pressure of a competition would never make unannounced changes to suits, in addition by a completely unknown procedure. The spectacle also arouses massive doubts, since world-class jumpers can not notify noticeably adjustments in the tension behavior of their suits, such as Laola1.at reports .

The situation has led to the FIS wants to check all the suits used, which puts the Norwegian team under pressure. Schmitt criticizes that Norway should have immediately made all World Cup suits available in order to clear out ambiguities. Instead, they only seem to admit what is undisputedly detectable. This fraud could shake confidence in the team. In view of such incidents, it remains to be seen how Norway and the FIS will react to this scandal and whether there is a clear schedule to ensure sports integrity.