The scandal about manipulated material of the Norwegian ski jumper at the World Cup in Trondheim may get an even greater scope. Bindings are also said to have been manipulated. Bindings on ski that Marius Lindvik flew against Andreas Wellinger in his victory.
The suit scandal in Norwegian ski jumping may pull even larger circles. According to media reports, the binding of normal hill world champion Marius Lindvik is also said to have been manipulated. The report of the Norwegian private broadcaster “TV2“On Monday (10.03.2025) and the German”Picture“-Zeitung on Tuesday (03/11/2025).
Photo is supposed to show Lindviks Ski of March 2nd
A photo can be seen in both media that allegedly shows Lindvik’s left ski and the skiing attached to it. This binding is said to have been sanded down on one side-which would have made the ski easier and gave the jumper an advantage when transitioning to the V-style of the jumper. In addition to the manipulation itself, it is explosive that the photo should be the image of the ski, which Lindvik should have jumped when jumping from the normal hill. According to the metadata of the photo, the recording on March 2, the day of the decision by the normal ski jump is said to have been created.
Normal hill: Lindvik in front of Wellinger, violinist fourth
On the small Bakken, Lindvik won just with only 2.3 points ahead of Andreas Wellinger. With Karl Geiger as fourth, another German missed the medals. Silver medalist Wellinger had already on Sunday and on Instagram said: “The manipulations also raise many questions for me. What would have been in the other competitions where I and we as a team would have been very close.”
The now suspended Norwegian ski jumping trainer Magnus Brevig said at “TV2“That the photo that shows a ski that leans at a wooden hut is not about the ski from Lindvik: “This is not Lindvik’s ski. Lindviks bonds were checked from material control before jumping.” According to “TV2” information, other members of the Norwegian team could not rule out that the photo was the ski from the normal hill world champion.
Norway’s Marius Lindvik in action
Polish trainer: “Seen many suspicious things”
Polish trainer Thomas Turnbichler has great doubts about the explanations of the Norwegians. The Austrian reports on “TV2” that he has seen again and again how Norwegian ski jumpers would have entered material control without skiing. In addition, he would have seen many different photos of Norwegian ski bindings in the course of the season. “I saw a lot of suspicious things”said Turnbichler, who demands from the World Association FIS: “The entire Norwegian material of the entire World Cup must be checked again. The rules allow it to be clearly allowed.”
Technicians Livelten: Springer knew nothing
In the Norwegian TV station “NRK“In the meantime, the material technician Adrian, which was also suspended in addition to Brevig, said that he would manipulate the ski suits “Return to the rest of my life”. Livelten is said to have sewn sewn sewn sewn at the suits of the ski jumper Johann André Forfang and Marius Lindvik. A video of irregular manipulation appeared before jumping from the Großchanze, which led to the disqualification of the two jumper and got the scandal rolling. “I want to apologize primarily with Johann and Marius. They have come into a situation for which they cannot do anything.”
Hannawald does not believe Lindvik and forfang
Sportschau expert Sven Hannawald has little left for this innocence assurance of the two ski jumper. Hannawald already said after jumping from the big hill that an athlete will notice changes in the ski or the suit. On Monday, he added again in the SWR: “If I am now Read from Norwegian Johann André ForfangThat he didn’t know about anything – I could turn back on my heels in the circle until it smoke. I just can’t understand how you can really be so brazen to lie to all of us “according to the former world champion and four-hill tour.
Hannawald: “Monitoring by machine”
In order to prevent future manipulations, Hannawald pleads for automated computer tests. “Perhaps the monitoring of the suits must be handed over to a machine. As the scanner exists, there is also the possibility to have it checked by a computer program.”
Material boss Bauer: “Like 3-D scanner at the airport”
Andreas Bauer, head of the FIS material commission, also advocates body scanners. “So far everything has been checked by hand, human measurements cannot be ruled out”said the former national coach of the German ski jumping women in an interview with “Allgäuer Zeitung“,”Stuttgart news” and “Stuttgarter Zeitung“: “We now have to switch to modern technology as soon as possible and use 3-D scanner as at the Airport. We can scan the body dimensions of the jumper and we can then scan them in the suits. With modern technology we will manage to prevent fraud of this kind in the future.“