Can Andreas Wellinger subsequently hope for World Cup gold due to the fraud affair in ski jumping? Sport.de expert Luis Holuch brakes – for the moment – expectations – and estimates the state of affairs.
“You can feel that the situation is very, very tense away from the ski jump. FIS racing guide Sandro Pertile has a significant part in it,” said the ski jumping journalist and TV commentator, who is currently in the World Cup final in the Slovenian Planica. “His statements are very surprised, because everything stands and falls with the result of the independent examination, which was initiated by the FIS. This has not yet been completed and will take some time.
The Italian had indicated to the “dpa” that Andreas Wellinger could still be considered with the World Cup title afterwards. On the edge of the title fights in Trondheim, the FIS had excluded such consequences.
But Pertile now explained: “We didn’t know what happened on Saturday evening. You have to understand and understand the whole situation when this manipulation started. The decisions will then be very consistent.”
Ski jumping: FIS wants to wait for “facts”
The Norwegians had made illegal changes to their suits at their home World Cup, which had anonymously revealed and published videos.
The now suspended Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang were disqualified for the big hill till after the clips were public. A week earlier, Lindvik in front of Wellinger won the singles on the normal hill.
If the Lindvik result is deleted, Wellinger would get gold instead of silver. Karl Geiger would move to the bronze rank from fourth place.
The FIS has commissioned an external commission to deal with the reappraisal. “First we need facts on the table,” said Pertile. The results are expected in summer.
“The emotional moment is not to return Andreas Wellinger”
Exactly this schedule is the “crux of the matter”, emphasized sport.de-In -expert Holuch. “Because it is only after the examination of the investigation it is clear whether a recommendation will be made at all to change the World Cup results afterwards. That would be a matter for the FIS or in the worst case even go to the International Sports Court CAS.”
According to Holuch, a World Cup title on the green table would only be a weak consolation for Wellinger. “The emotional moment can no longer be returned. After all, that would have been the reception of the gold medal at the Medal Plaza in Trondheim.”