“We cheated. We tried to trick the system, ”said Jan Erik Aalbu at a press conference.
Norway’s ski jumping team deliberately cheated at the World Cup in Trondheim. Sports director Jan Erik Aalbu confessed to this at a press conference in the team hotel on Sunday. The manipulation of the suits was carried out without consultation with the jumpers.
“We have made changes to the suits in the knowledge that they are not legal. As I see it, we cheated. We tried to trick the system. That is unacceptable, ”said Aalbu:“ We all disappointed who love ski jumping. I would like to apologize to the other nations, the World Cup organizers and fans. I am shocked myself about these revelations. “
Jan Erik Aalbu (right) and coach Magnus Brevik
Aalbu did not want to name the names of those responsible. Head coach Magnus Brevig, who was seen in the manipulation video, was missing from the press conference. He is said to have already been on the way to Oslo. “I have no control over what Magnus Brevig did last night,” Aalbu replied to a question from VG.
Aalbu previously denied manipulation
The day before, Aalbu had excluded a conscious action. “It was not a manipulation of the suit. This is not a fraud, that’s not a doping,” he explained. Now he rowed back.
On the video, which was circulating in jumping circles and in the media, showed how, in the presence of Brevig, the World Cup suits were probably tailored on Saturday night. Thereupon three nations had protest against the start of the Norwegians in jumping from the Großchanze.
After jumping from the Großchanze, three Norwegians had been disqualified, including the second -placed Marius Lindvik.