Ski jumpers and staffers punished over alleged cheating scandal that rocked world championships

After the Nordic World Ski Jumping Championships were rocked by an alleged cheating ungraded involving manipulated suits this past weekend, 2 competitors person been disqualified, and 2 staffers suspected to beryllium progressive person been suspended.

The Norwegian Ski Federation suspended a skis jumping manager and an instrumentality manager implicit their alleged relation successful a cheating ungraded which shook the satellite championships this weekend. It came conscionable 1 time aft 2 Norwegian competitors were disqualified aft organizers said their suits broke the rules.

The 2 competitors disqualified were Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang. Lindvik finished 2nd successful the lawsuit earlier the disqualification.

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Johann Andre Forfang of Norway soars done the aerial during his leap successful the archetypal circular of the Men's Large Hill contention of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup successful Zakopane, Poland, connected Jan. 19, 2025. (Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

The manager suspended is Magnus Brevik and the suspended instrumentality manager is Adrian Livelten. The federation said Brevik and Livelten were suspected of modifying skis suits by sewing successful an other seam successful an effort to make much assistance successful the air.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation said earlier Sunday that its Ethics and Compliance Office had opened an probe "to measure the circumstances" of the disqualifications. It said the skiers were disqualified from Saturday's men’s ample elevation lawsuit "following an inspection of their jumping suits, which were not successful compliance with the instrumentality rules."

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Norwegian emblem successful the Sogne Harbour successful Norway, August 22, 2017. (James D. Morgan / Getty Images)

"The FIS Independent Ethics and Compliance Office is present investigating a suspicion of amerciable manipulation of the instrumentality by the Norwegian team," the federation said.

Norwegian squad manager Jan-Erik Aalbu said astatine a quality league that the jumpsuits were deliberately altered.

Norway is 1 of the accepted powers successful skis jumping, and the cheating effort astatine its location satellite championships has caused a monolithic outcry successful a state that prides itself connected its wintertime sports prowess.

The federation connected Sunday admitted that the suits had been deliberately altered, aft a video emerged online of the alterations being made.

Brevik connected Monday told Norwegian media that respective squad members had been progressive successful the determination to change the suits, but that "I should person stopped it."

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Marius Lindvik of Norway participates successful the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup successful Zakopane, Poland, connected Jan. 19, 2025. (Marcin Golba/NurPhoto)

He claimed it was the archetypal clip they had stitched successful an other seam, but made a sailing analogy to explicate wherefore a stiffer suit would assistance the jumpers alert farther successful the air.

"A tighter sail is amended than a escaped sail," Brevik said.

The federation said Brevik and Livelten would beryllium suspended indefinitely portion inquiries continue. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation said Sunday that it had opened its ain investigation.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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