– Is it possible? It is life-threatening, exclaimed Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal after Saturday’s bizarre incident. The Norwegian handled the situation brilliantly and delivered a brilliant jump, but the pulse was high both with the Norwegian and in the race management after Sundal was pushed by the jumping barrier. Borek Sedlak is assistant race director in ski jumping at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). Sedlak is, among other things, responsible for the starting procedures and the person responsible for sending all the jumpers off. He explains to news on Sunday that the track template with the advertising poster was stuck for a while. An attempt was made to use the remote control to move it. Then it went downhill faster than expected, while Sundal was then out on the barrier. The Norwegian jumper had then received the go-ahead, and Sedlak says that he had been told if everything was ready. – I couldn’t see that the advertising wall was still moving because it was stuck earlier. I’m 100 meters away. It is impossible for me to see that anything is moving, says Sedlak. – Unfortunately, it can happen when we use this technology. Personally, I prefer to control both the boom and advertising wall manually, but this is the technique we have used here for many years and it is the first time this has happened. IMPOSSIBLE: Borek Sedlak says he could not see that the track template with the advertising wall was moving. Photo: Sondre Skandsen / news – This can happen It all led to them introducing a new routine for the starting procedure before Sunday’s race. – We have a new agreement that I will be informed that both the jumps, the boom and the advertising wall are ready, says Sedlak. – Was there a communication problem? – No, I don’t think so. The advertising wall was stuck and suddenly it came loose, he says. – This can happen, you can’t plan everything. It was a kind of lesson for us, says Sedlak further. Norway’s biggest jumping star in recent years, Halvor Egner Granerud, says that such an incident should not happen – and that he strongly doubts it will happen again. – You have to go through your routines at the top here. That should not happen at all. You can’t go into it with an attitude that this is something that can happen, says Granerud. CLEAR SPEECH: Halvor Egner Granerud calls for a review of the routines. Photo: NTB – Bingo if it goes well Granerud is clear that it should be at the top of the priority list for what goes into HSE for the jumpers. – There is much about ski jumping that has become very sterile and very orderly. So there was a bit of a flashback to my youth, where that sort of thing could definitely happen. One almost had to assume that something strange had happened. I’m used to that, but it’s a bit special, he says now. Sundal himself is also clear that organizers and FIS should ensure that something similar does not happen again. BINGO: Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal hopes the event will be used for learning. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB – It should be high on the list of things that you have to make sure doesn’t happen. I hope people learn from it and use it positively. Because it’s a bit dangerous. It might not look so dangerous because I was very lucky. But it doesn’t take much before there are ugly scenes, he says. Competition manager for the ski jumps at Lillehammer, Linda Svendsrud, writes in a message to news that she is very sorry for the incident and very happy that it all went well. – The incident is registered as an HSE deviation and in the jury protocol. A report will be prepared, so I have no further comments today. Today we have been busy with running races in demanding conditions and I am very proud of how the whole organization has worked together throughout the weekend, she writes. Saturday’s incident made many think of a somewhat similar incident with Bjørn Einar Romøren in 2008. – It was Romøren 15 years ago, then it was you now. But even if it happens once every 15 years, that’s probably not good enough either, maybe? – No, I don’t feel that, then. It’s just bingo whether it goes well or not, says Sundal. The technique is causing a stir: – Must reconsider 00:37 Here he is pushed off the barrier: – Scandal 00:48 Here the shoulder is dislocated 00:15 Sent the competitor straight off the track: – So dramatic 00:54 Show more Published 24.11 .2024, at 22.06 Updated 24.11.2024, at 22.13
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This is how the FIS explains the jumping scandal: – Impossible for me to see
