Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions and shakes Norway's lofty reputation
Sign stealing in baseball. Match fixing in soccer. Doping allegations in swimming. Now ski jumping has its own scandal that escalated Wednesday. Cheating by Norway team officials manipulating ski suits has shaken a national reputation for fair play and high-minded principles at their home Nordic world championships,
Ski jumping cheating scandal: Norwegian Olympians Marius Lindvik, Johann Andre Forfang under formal suspicion
Norway team officials were found to have illegally modified their ski suits to provide an aerodynamic advantage
Norwegian ski jumpers Lindvik and Forfang have been suspended as suit tampering scandal escalates
Cheating by Norway team officials manipulating ski suits has shaken a national reputation for fair play and high-minded principles at their home Nordic world championships.
Three more Norwegian ski jumpers suspended in cheating scandal
Three more Norwegian ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has shocked the sport.
Norwegian Olympians barred from Ski Jumping World Cup
Oslo hosts the ski jumping world championships, but Norway’s team kicked off the event with a cheating scandal. Members of the team, including Olympic medalists, are barred from competing as the International Ski and Snowboard Federation investigates suspected modifications of Norwegian ski jumpers’ suits.
Athletes, coaches suspended for cheating in Norway ski jumping scandal
All five members of the men’s team who competed at the world championships were found to have cheated and have now been suspended, along with their head coach and two staffers.
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A ski federation official said the illegal alterations were confirmed by tearing apart the suits’ crotch seams.
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