Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions and shakes Norway's lofty reputation
=Marius Lindvik, of Norway, soars through the air during his first round jump of the ski jumping men's team large hill competition at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, Thursday, March 6, 2025. Credit: AP/Matthias Schrader
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.
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 ski jumpers have been suspended in a cheating scandal. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation says Robin Pederson, Kristoffer Sundal and Robert Johansson have been provisionally suspended due to suspicion of manipulation of equipment.
Fallout over Nordic ski jumping suit 'cheating' continues
It was triggered by a video shot anonymously in Trondheim, Norway, last Friday, the day before large hill event at the Nordic world championships ski jumping event, and leaked to the media. After Saturday's competition,
Norwegian ski jumpers suspended during suit tampering inquiry
Olympic gold medal ski jumpers Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang have been suspended and put under formal suspicion during an investigation into claims they used manipulated ski suits.
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