The ski jumping season 2024/25 was dominated by the Austrians at will. Daniel Tschofenig, Jan Hörl and Stefan Kraft were on the podium both in the overall ranking of the four -hill tour and in the overall World Cup. However, force does not necessarily expect this development to continue.
“That would be desirable, but the competition is not sleeping,” said the 32-year-old in an interview with the “Kleine Zeitung” and followed: “You will try to copy, but we will also develop. You also have to see how the new changes in the rules have an impact.”
These also provide for new punishments to contain the material fraud, which caused violent discussions on the edge of the World Cup among the Norwegians. For the first time, yellow and red cards will be distributed to jumpers from the new season, which are striking or disqualified during controls.
Ski jumping: Norwegian fraud is annoyed
“I am an absolute advocate of it,” said Kraft about the changes initiated by the World Association: “With Mathias Hafele and Jürgen Winkler, FIS has now installed two absolute specialists as inspectors. They have the chance to make it consistent. And they will no longer need strict rules in the future.”
According to the veteran, manipulations that apparently made the Norwegian team last winter will no longer exist: “I do not think that you still dare. If 40 liters of air permeability are allowed, then you will no longer try it with 39.3 liters. This is not because you are threatened with a lock of two World Cup weekends.”
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The Austrian annoys that it came far. “It is not yet clear which judgment the FIS is. But the Norwegians have not yet shown any regrets,” said Kraft: “With the best will, I cannot imagine that you didn’t know about it. And if you knew about it, at least an apology is due.”