Three extra Norwegian ski jumpers have been provisionally suspended over manipulated jumpsuits, the game’s governing physique has introduced.
Olympic medallists Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang and three workforce officers have been sanctioned on Wednesday for utilizing manipulated fits to “cheat the system”.
The Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has seized all Norwegian jumpsuits from the latest Nordic World Ski Championships for reinspection.
Robert Johansson, Robin Pedersen and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal have been subsequently suspended on Thursday having competed on the occasion in Trondheim, Norway, final week with modified jumpsuits.
Lindvik and Forfang have been each disqualified throughout Saturday’s males’s giant hill occasion after an tools inspection.
Lindvik, 26, had initially completed second whereas 29-year-old compatriot Forfang got here fourth.
The FIS stated Lindvik, Forfang, Johansson, Pedersen and Sundal are quickly barred from collaborating in occasions underneath their auspices, in addition to these organised by a nationwide ski affiliation, whereas an investigation is ongoing.
Three Norwegian workforce officers – together with head coach Magnus Brevik – have been additionally suspended by the FIS on Wednesday.
Norwegian Ski Federation normal supervisor Jan-Erik Aalbu advised a information convention {that a} bolstered thread was put within the jumpsuits of Lindvik and Forfang.
“This was achieved realizing that this isn’t inside the rules, however with a perception that it could not be found by FIS’s tools controller,” Aalbu stated.
“The best way I take into account this – we have now cheated. We’ve tried to cheat the system. That’s unacceptable.”
