The Ski World Association FIS has been horrified at the manipulation scandal in ski jumping at the World Cup in Trondheim and announced a precise processing of incidents around Norway’s stars.
“I’m shocked. We would not have expected something like that,” said FIS race director Sandro Pertile after the disqualification of Marius Lindvik, Johann Andre Forfang and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal in the competition from the Großschanze.
“After the competition we were able to better control the suits. Some had something striking,” said Pertile: “Here the seam was the problem. It was a different material in the seam. We have to look at the situation in peace and do an analysis.”
Piquant: Lindvik won gold from the normal ski jump in front of the German jumper Andreas Wellinger six days earlier. However, a subsequent disgrace of a title is inconceivable. “When the controls are finished, the competitions are ready. We don’t know when that happened. We got some pictures that were from last night,” said Pertile. On videos you can see how Norwegians probably sew on their suits in the team hotel.
The German Ski Association (DSV) also reacted with shake of the head. “That makes me sad and angry alike. For me it seems that it will be made systemic. For me, this is the decisive factor,” said DSV sports director Horst Hüttel.
Shaking the head at the DSV
Hüttel cannot imagine canceling older results – with one exception: “Unless there are any further information and clear evidence. But I’m not a lawyer.”
The Norwegians had argued that the suits that can be seen in the video were intended for the upcoming World Cup weekend in Oslo. Hüttel could hardly believe this argument. “When the technicians of the other nations heard that, it torn them. It is as if someone takes illegal medication here and says he takes them for next week. I can’t follow at all.”
A comment on the suit tub here in the video:
Austria’s head coach Andreas Widhölzl announced details of the manipulation. The point of view on the suit is “in principle from the knee to the step where the seams run on the inside”, there was “a stiff ribbon sewn together, then sewn and glued together again. And that is clearly manipulation, which is not allowed either. Of course, it is also good that it is then sanctioned.” How Hüttel assumes that this did not happen for the first time.