New difficult allegations against Norway

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Ski jumping scandal: New allegations against Norway

Ski jumping is currently not calm. A long -time supervisor now reports on further offenses from the Norwegians – and reveals details.

The manipulation scandal around the Norwegian ski jumping team is expanding. Even more: there is another scandal that could draw even larger circles. Because now a former supervisor of the team has ventured forward – and reported on previous violations.

Fredrik Bjerkeengen, once a ski jumper and long -time supervisor of the team, does not look confidently into the future: the current scandal will not lead to sustainable change in SKPort. “This culture will stop for a while, and then it will start again,” said Bjerkeengen in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper “Verdens Gang”-and described that manipulations had already occurred during the World Ski jumping World Cup in Zakopane. At that time, Marius Lindvik, which was currently suspended due to the revelations around manipulated suits, was suspended in front of the Slovenian Anže Lanišek.

Bjerkeengen explained in detail how manipulated: “We stirred wood glue and brushed it on the jump suit.” The aim: “It was about making the suit stiffer because it then looks even more like a wing that ensures buoyancy.” Nobody noticed the violent interventions, because: “The glue became shiny and disappeared. And when we bent off in the suit and used it, he gradually dissolved. The suit passed all tests.”

When asked why he was involved in this fraud, Bjerkeengen said: “It was the only way to assert himself.” According to his statements, the Norwegians had deliberately exploited that the inspectors did not have the capacity to carefully examine all material requirements for every jumper and every competition.

So it came to the manipulations: “we spoke how we can shift the boundaries with the other things that are probably not controlled.” Particularly explosive: Norway’s long -standing manager Clas Brede Brathen accuses his assertion of having known about the manipulations. “He had a large proportion of what happened on the trip,” said Bjerkeengen. “Clas was there when it happened. Something different would be a lie,” emphasized the former supervisor.