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  • Norwegian ski jumpers suspended amid cheating scandal over modified suits

    03/13/2025 4:18:34 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 28 replies
    Sky News ^ | 03 12 2025 | Staff
    Two Olympic gold medalist ski jumpers have been suspended over their alleged involvement in manipulating ski suits to make them more aerodynamic. Three staff members embroiled in the cheating scandal - including the head coach - have also been stood down from their jobs. SNIP It has emerged that team officials manipulated pre-approved and microchipped suits to increase their size and improve aerodynamics to help athletes fly further. It was revealed in footage secretly filmed from behind a curtain then sent by a whistleblower to international media. A FIS official said the illegal alterations were only confirmed by tearing apart...
  • Three more Norwegian ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal

    03/13/2025 9:11:26 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 23 replies
    AP ^ | 03 13 2025 | JAMES ROBSON
    Three more Norwegian ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has shocked the sport. World championships medalists Robin Pederson and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal were provisionally suspended along with Robert Johansson over suspicion of illegal manipulation of jump suits, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said. They follow the suspensions on Wednesday of Olympic gold medalists Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang in a scandal that came to light after Norway team officials manipulated suits to improve aerodynamics and help athletes fly farther. FIS said it was asked to seize all jump suits used by Norway...