Mar 13, 2025 09:05 PM IST
Three extra Norwegian ski jumpers suspended in dishonest scandal
Three extra Norwegian ski jumpers had been suspended on Thursday in a widening dishonest scandal that has shocked the game.
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World championships medalists Robin Pederson and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal had been provisionally suspended together with Robert Johansson over suspicion of unlawful manipulation of soar fits, the Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation stated.
They comply with the suspensions on Wednesday of Olympic gold medalists Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang in a scandal that got here to mild after Norway workforce officers manipulated fits to enhance aerodynamics and assist athletes fly farther.
FIS stated it was requested to grab all soar fits utilized by Norway on the world championships in Trondheim final week and located no irregularities in these utilized by girls’s or mixed males’s and ladies’s groups.
But it surely stated findings that “raised additional suspicions of manipulation” led to the suspensions of Pederson, Sundal and Johansson, who won’t be able to participate in any occasions organized by FIS or nationwide ski associations.
“No, there’s no play. There’s no game here. It’s only rules.”
It’s not recognized how widespread the apply of manipulating pre-approved fits is inside ski leaping.
Lindvik and Forfang stated they knew nothing about intentionally altered gear, however their coach Magnus Brevig and gear supervisor Adrian Livelten confessed and had been stood down from their jobs.
The investigation can be made by the FIS impartial ethics and compliance workplace.
“We are all aware that this is not the best moment for ski jumping, but I think this is the way that we want to go,” FIS race director of ski leaping Sandro Pertile stated. “In this case we have, we are into an intentional manipulation.
“We cannot communicate all the details but I think that we are on a good way to clarify the topic.”
FIS said all suits would be checked at the event in Oslo.
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