“Nothing against us in hand”
Ski jumper accusations – also against Germany
April 24, 2025 – 10:39 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The Norwegian ski jumping team cheated in the end of the season and admitted this. The jumpers were then closed – Robin Pedersen is now defending himself.
The ski jumping scene was shaken by a fraud scandal of the Norwegian team last season. In response to this, Johann André Forfang and Marius Lindvik were suspended during the World Cup in Trondheim. During the RAW-Air series in Oslo, Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal, Robin Pedersen and Robert Johansson also met. The latter had recently practiced sharp criticism of the World Association (FIS) because of the suspenders (you can read more about his outrage here). Now Pedersen is also adding – and is the person responsible for the World Association.
“What they accuse us of is not valid. All independent lawyers have found that they have nothing against us,” said the 28-year-old about the Norwegian medium “Rana Blad”. The Norwegians’ suits were confiscated for reviews. Pedersen criticizes that they would not have known the exact time and that nothing was found to this day.
The World Cup bronze winner with the team also means in relation to the FIS: “You have the whole power. You control, who can jump, you control the equipment, you control the product. If there is anything that runs counter to your wishes, just do what you want.”
But not only the world association is the focus of Pedersen’s criticism-also the German press. According to Pedersen, there should be rumors among the Norwegians that German media have threatened to boycott the “RAW Air” tour if Norwegian athletes were not excluded from the World Cup. The ski jumper became clear: “You tried to capitalize to get a few more medals. We three athletes are easy to acidify when it comes to millions of television rights.”
The World Association raised the suspends against the Norwegian ski jumper in early April, after the end of the season. However, the investigation of the ethics and compliance offices in relation to the suit fraud during the World Cup have not yet been completed.