Secretary General Michel Vion of the International Ski Federation (FIS) tells Austrian Orf that he will not anticipate the investigation, but answers questions about what could be any consequences. The Secretary General also says that the investigation is at the very beginning and that it can take “weeks or even months”. Secretary General: Michel Vion. Photo: AFP-may get further punishment as chips are sewn into the jumpers’ suits, FIS has the opportunity to check every single World Cup jump afterwards. When asked if the jumpers can be disqualified afterwards, Vion replies: – That’s another matter. Then there may be further punishment after the investigations. There may also be disqualifications. On Sunday, FIS stated that they are investigating the suspicion of illegal manipulation of the equipment from the Norwegian team. Later, the Hopper’s Sports Manager Jan-Erik Aalbu admitted that Norway deliberately cheated as they sewed the suits of Marius Lindvik and Johann Forfang ahead of Saturday’s World Cup in Storbakken. Admissed cheating: Jump chief Jan-Erik Aalbu admits that they have deliberately tried to deceive the jumping world. Here he is with national coach Magnus Brevig. Photo: NTB Lindvik was washed after jumping to silver, while Forfang was degraded from a 5th place. Lindvik earlier in the World Cup gold in the normal hill, while there was bronze to Norway in the men’s team competition. The disqualification of combined runner Jørgen Graabak will also be investigated by the International Association. Graabak was washed from the jumping part of the team competition on Friday for an unregulated bond, where Norway ended up in bronze. JOP SCAND: This has happened on Friday night, national team coach Magnus Brevig and tailor Adrian Livelten sneaked sneaked while sitting behind closed curtains at the Norwegian Systue during the World Cup at home. The video shows that approved jumping suits were dismantled and manipulated, as a violation of the rules. Photo: Screenshot @jakubbalcerski / X Video clip quickly found its way to foreign jumpers and media, and Poland, Austria and Slovenia joined forces to put in a protest against Norway. It was initially rejected, but after the World Cup competition, where Marius Lindvik thought he had jumped down to the silver medal at home, the International Ski Federation (FIS) went to work more thoroughly. They opened the jumping suits and found that a stiffer material was sewn into the seams, which can give the suits better aircraft skills. It is illegal. Both Johann André Forfang and Marius Lindvik were therefore washed. Photo: Anders England / news Jump manager Jan-Erik Aalbu and national team coach Magnus Brevig met the press after the disc. Both rejected it was cheating. Photo: Terje Pedersen / news The morning after the disclosure of Norway’s manipulation of jumping suits, FIS came up with the news that they are opening an investigation against Norway. On Sunday afternoon, jump manager Aalbu met the press again. Then he admitted that it was a conscious cheating. At the same time, he said that he had not known about it, and that this was going to have consequences. National team coach Brevig, who was in the video, was not at the press conference. Photo: Erlend Lånke Solbu / news Forfang and Lindvik sent out a press release on Sunday night stating that they were completely crushed, that they would never have jumped with the suits if they knew they were manipulated and that they had full confidence in the support system. On Monday morning, Help, long -time partner with the Norwegian jump, announced that they withdraw from the agreement with immediate effect. -It goes without saying that it is not compatible to have our logo on the suits of a team that cheats, wrote communications director Dag Are Børresen in an e-mail to news. Show more broken Forfang with a message in a recent message on Instagram, published Monday morning, Johann Forfang writes that he is completely crushed. – This championship should be a dream week, but instead it has become a tragedy, he writes on Instagram. Photo: Johann Process / Instagram He goes on to say that Saturday was the first time he jumped with the specific suit. – It is important for me to emphasize that I was never aware that the suit was manipulated. I have always trusted the support system, which works tirelessly to develop competitive equipment. But this time a clear line was crossed, he writes. Forfang and Lindvik also claimed in a joint statement on Sunday that they did not know that the suits were tampered with. – We are both completely crushed. None of us would have jumped with the suits we knew were manipulated. Never, they say in a statement sent out of the Norwegian Ski Federation. Published 10.03.2025, at. 10.18 Updated 10.03.2025, at. 10.58
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