Andreas Wellinger does not believe that his suits disqualified in the scandal about manipulated ski jumping colleagues around Marius Lindvik have not noticed anything about the fraudulent methods.
“As a ski jumper, you immediately notice when your suit has been fiddled with your suit. Even if nobody told you anything beforehand,” said the 29-year-old “ZEIT ONLINE”.
Wellinger added: “In this case, even more, because here a stabilizing seam has been moved in from the leg to the step. The suit becomes significantly more immobile.
Wellinger’s feeling: cover -up
The Norwegian world champion Lindvik and his team -mate Johann André Forfang claimed in a joint association announcement: “None of us would have jumped with a suit that we knew about was manipulated.”
Wellinger said: “I have the feeling that the Norwegians only admit what they can no longer deny. And that they cover up what they can cover up. All athletes, supervisors and experts are of the opinion.”
Lindvik’s World Cup title on the normal ski jump has existed
On anonymously filmed videos, which was played and in the Nordic World Ski Championships of Trondheim Media, you can see how the Norwegian team manipulates competition suits in an inadmissible way. Lindvik and Forfang were disqualified for the big hill in the title fights.
You and other Norwegian jumpers and officials have now been suspended and are no longer allowed to take part in competitions from the World Association FIS. At the World Cup, Lindvik had won the gold medal on the normal ski jump – in front of the second -placed Wellinger. This evaluation has existed.