Two Olympic gold medalist ski jumpers and three employees of the powerful Norway men’s team were accused of violation of morality after investigating the alleged tampering of a ski suit at the World Championship.
International Ski and Snowboard Federation Said Star ski jumpers Marius Lindwick and Johann Andre Forfang, a member of two coaches and service workers were formally charged as part of the investigation of “equipment manipulation” at Nordic Worlds Norway hosted in March.
Five All were suspended provisionally in March An inquiry pending, the BBC reported that time.
Illegally modified suits can help athletes fly forward with more aerial resistance.
Accusations – Supported by video footage and quick confession by team officials – ski jumping and Norwegian Games tight -sacrificed communities rocked when they emerged in the final weekend at Tronham.
No timetable was given for a hearing or decision in the case to be rapid in less than six months before the next Winter Olympics opened in northern Italy.
Governing Body said in a statement, the disqualification of ban, fine and results is on the slate of open punishment for the FIS Ethics Committee.
Lindwick’s gold medal at the men’s general hill event in the world held in Tronham, Norway’s bronze is clearly at risk at the men’s team event on the big hill.
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The FIS said the investigation conducted 38 witnesses interviews and investigated 88 evidences, and no one else would be charged in the case.
Lindwick and Fourfang, both in the team, who had taken bronze, refused to participate in March, although the individual large hill was disqualified from the hill program and suspended by the FIS for the rest of the season. Governing Body said that his allegations were signed by the FIS ruling council.
The 27-year-old Lindwick is expected to protect her Olympic title next year at the men’s big hill event at the Milan-Cortina D’Mepazo Winter Games. Forfang, now 30, took the team gold and personal silver on a large hill on the normal hill at the 2018 Olympics held in South Korea.
In March, crime was entered by head coach Magnus Brevik and Equipment Manager Adrian Levelin, who said the suits were already changed before the men’s big mountain program.
“We regret it like dogs, and I am very sorry that it happened,” Brevik said at that time. Thomas Loben, an employee of a third team, has also been charged now.
At that time, FIS General Manager Jan-Ariq Albu said that the team “tried to cheat the system”, “tried to cheat the system”, BBC reported,
The manipulation had to increase the shape of pre-e-adornment and microchipped suits by FIS, and was secretly captured by footage. This led to formal protests from Austria, Slovenia and Poland teams.
Only changes can be confirmed by tearing the seams of the crotch region on the Norwegian ski suit.
FIS said Its investigators looked at five major issues, whether: “Coach Magnus Brewig and Thomas Loben and Suit Technician worked in violation of rules in orchestrating the equipment manipulation; athletes Marius Lindwick and Johan Andre Forfong deliberately worked in violations of the relevant rules. Was engaged in;
The FIS stated that the case would be judged by three members of the morality panel, who should reach the judgment “not 30 days after the hearing process ended,” the FIS said.
The FIS has already tightened its rules on a ski jump suit, something that became a cause of disqualification when athletes gathered for the first competition of the new season on Saturday. The FIS stated that it was below for technical issues and did not doubt the “sick intentions”.