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Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FIS plans to announce first results in Norwegian jumping suit probe
Norway ski jumping team coach Magnus Brevig (L) and sports director Jan-Erik Aalbu answer questions from the press in Granasen after two Norwegian jumpers were disqualified and accused of cheating after the men's large hill competition at the World Ski Championships in Trondheim. Terje Pedersen/NTB/dpa The ruling body FIS has said it plans to announce first results from its investigation into manipulated suits of the Norwegian ski jumping team on Wednesday. The affair overshadowed the final days of the Nordic skiing world championships in Trondheim where three jumpers from hosts Norway were disqualified and the coach suspended after the team admitted to have tampered with the suits for aerodynamic reasons. Advertisement The Norwegian ski federation meanwhile said on Tuesday that its team will compete at the Raw Air Tour in Oslo and Vikersund from Thursday onwards, and include the disqualified athletes from the worlds. Normal hill and mixed team gold medallist Marius Lindvik originally won silver on the Trondheim large hill on Saturday but was then disqualified along with fourth-place finisher Johann André Forfang after equipment control. Team-mate Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal was also disqualified but allegedly for a different violation. An anonymous and secretly video taken before Saturday's event through a keyhole or a door slit showed illegal stitching of an extra seam into the suits which gives the jumpers more stability in the air. Head coach Magnus Brevig was seen watching the procedure. The Norwegian team has admitted to the manipulation, and Brevik was suspended along with equipment official Adrian Livelten. Advertisement The FIS launched an investigation via its administration and its ethics and compliance committee, speaking of a very serious matter and pledging to work with all stakeholders in a fair and orderly probe. FIS secretary general Michel Vion said that every measure would be taken to restore respect and fairness, and that equipment regulations could see big changes if necessary. There are concerns that the affair could affect more athletes and results from Trondheim, and could also concern Nordic combined skiing, which includes ski jumping. Norway won several golds in Nordic combined as well. But they also had their athlete Jørgen Graabak disqualified for a binding infringement in the team event.
The Guardian
10-03-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Norway suspends staff members in ski jump cheating scandal at world championships
The Norwegian ski federation has suspended a ski jumping coach and an equipment manager over their alleged role in a cheating scandal which shook the world championships this weekend. The federation said coach Magnus Brevig and equipment manager Adrian Livelten were suspected of modifying ski suits by sewing in an extra seam in an attempt to create more lift in the air. Norway is one of the traditional powers within ski jumping, and the cheating attempt at its home world championships has caused a massive outcry in a country that prides itself on its winter sports prowess. Two Norwegian ski jumpers, Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, were disqualified from Saturday's men's large hill competition after organisers said their suits broke the rules. Lindvik had finished second in the event before he was disqualified. The federation on Sunday admitted that the suits had been deliberately altered, after a video emerged online of the alterations being made. 'The way I consider this … we have cheated,' said Jan-Erik Aalbu, general manager of the federation. 'We have tried to cheat the system. That is unacceptable.' Brevig told Norwegian media on Monday that several team members had been involved in the decision to alter the suits, but added that: 'I should have stopped it.' He claimed it was the first time they had stitched in an extra seam, but made a sailing analogy to explain why a stiffer suit would help the jumpers fly farther in the air. 'A tighter sail is better than a loose sail,' he said. The federation said Brevik and Livelten would be suspended indefinitely while inquiries continue. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation said Sunday that it had opened its own investigation.
