{"id":257839,"date":"2025-03-12T22:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T22:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/norwegian-ski-jumpers-suspended-in-cheating-scandal-over-modified-suits\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T22:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T22:36:04","slug":"norwegian-ski-jumpers-suspended-in-cheating-scandal-over-modified-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/norwegian-ski-jumpers-suspended-in-cheating-scandal-over-modified-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal over modified suits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two Olympic gold medallist ski jumpers have been suspended after their ski suits were\u00a0deliberately manipulated to make them more aerodynamic.<\/p>\n

Three staff members embroiled in the cheating scandal – including the head coach – have also been stood down from their jobs.<\/p>\n

Athletes Marius Lindvik, 26, and Johann Andre Forfang, 29, will now not compete in a World Cup event that starts in Oslo this Thursday.<\/p>\n

The pair had denied involvement since the allegations emerged over the weekend – but were suspended on Wednesday pending an investigation by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS).<\/p>\n

Initially, both athletes were backed by the Norwegian team – until their head coach, Magnus Brevig, and equipment manager Adrian Livelten, confessed.<\/p>\n

It has emerged that team officials manipulated pre-approved and microchipped suits to increase their size and improve aerodynamics to help athletes fly further.<\/p>\n

It was revealed in footage secretly filmed from behind a curtain then sent by a whistleblower to international media.<\/p>\n

A FIS official said the illegal alterations were only confirmed by tearing apart the seams of the crotch area on the offending ski suits.<\/p>\n

The FIS has seized all the suits worn by the Norway teams at the world championships.<\/p>\n

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Head coach Mr Brevig told local media he had “consented to the suspension” and said he was “terribly sorry for what we did”.<\/p>\n

“We have manipulated or modified the jumpsuits in a way that violates the regulations – ergo, cheated,” he said.<\/p>\n

The athletes had already been disqualified from the large hill event on Saturday – days after Mr Lindvik became world champion, winning silver.<\/p>\n

Norway, where the cheating scandal emerged, always scores high in Transparency International’s anti-corruption index and tied for fifth in the most recent global ranking.<\/p>\n

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Stine Korsen, chair of the ski jumping committee, said that Norway would welcome an investigation by the FIS into the cheating.<\/p>\n

He said: “We take this matter very seriously and recognise that equipment has been deliberately manipulated in violation of FIS regulations in order to gain an advantage in the competition.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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