I'm flummoxed.
Previously:
Three more Norwegian ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal
What? Have to use speedos?
“Microchips? Crotch area? ‘Filmed from behind a curtain’? I’m flummoxed.”
Do an image search on Vigeland Park and everything will make sense.
They were wearing lefse underwear.
The suits were just a diversion. The real advantage comes from their secret bean-based diet.
And when I awoke,
I was alone.
This bird had flown.
So I lit a fire.
Isn’t it good
Norwegian wood?
Although I’ve read the story, not sure what exactly happened.
Crotch stitching, microchips, a voyeur camera and a snitch ?
Does this involve gnomes and profit ?
They could just shave their legs like bicycle racers do.
/s
“tearing apart the seams of the crotch area”
Hope they let them take the suits off, first.
Aerodynamic Crotches...
I hope the offenders were not wearing the offendings suits at the time. Ouch.
Microchips for Ski Jumping suits - leveling the playing field and reducing waste
The custom-made suits worn by ski jumpers are among the most scrutinized equipment in winter sports, and for good reason. As well as having a thickness of 4-6mm, and possessing a specific permeability, excess slack (tolerance) can unfairly aid “flight”.
Coaches and athletes continue to ask suit manufacturers to push the boundaries in terms of materials used to maximize distances. And while jumpers from top nations can use multiple outfits in a competition - some getting through 40 or 50 in a season - those from smaller nations may only be able to source a handful for an entire campaign.
In order to promote fairness and reduce waste, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has limited the amount of suits an athlete can wear per season. To achieve this, suits will be marked with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips for identification purposes.
From now on, an athlete can only wear one suit per competition and a maximum of eight per FIS Ski Jumping World Cup season with an extra two for FIS World Championships.
Why would a ski jumper use multiple suits?
Ski Jumping suits comprise a number of sections - nine for men’s suits and 11 for women’s due to their different cut - stitched together. Tiny holes which allow air through expand with use, increasing permeability and reducing performance.
A new suit with holes of original size, only available to teams with bigger budgets, would counter that reduction in performance. A different cut, or even a slightly bigger suit, may also offer increase distances. However, the latter carries the risk of being discovered by race control.
FIS Ski Jumping Men’s Race Director Sandro Pertile says, “Every extra centimeter on a suit counts. If your suit has a 5% bigger surface area, you fly further. Of course, this is a competitive sport and everyone’s on the limit with the rules because everyone wants to win.
SNIP
Read more at the link.
This is racist. It discriminates against all African skiers.