The three-time ski jumping world champion Severin Freund finds clear words on the manipulation scandal on the TV microphone. He also starts the world association hard and demands comprehensive changes in the control system.
The manipulation scandal around the Norwegian ski jumper shakes sport into its foundations – and the three -time world champion Severin Freund calls for a comprehensive process.
In his function as ZDF expert, Freund emphasized the scope of the events and also issued a devastating testimony to the International Ski Association (FIS).
Severin Freund calculates with those responsible according to the manipulation scandal of the Norwegians
Freund demands: “Put all cards on the table”
“What the hell are they doing? That is absolutely shocking, “said Freund, horrified by a showed video that the Norwegian team shows when preparing the manipulated suits:” You have a lot of question marks in your head because this has a dimension that you couldn’t really imagine. “
The fact that three more Norwegians were suspended after the first wave of suspends on Wednesday only a day later, the original statements of those responsible also make it unbelievable.
“It is stunned because it contradicts the statements from the Norwegian team – that it was all about the suits from the Großchanze and that it was a unique matter. So that was nonsense, ”said the former ski jumper and put the pistol on the chest to the Norwegians. “If something like that happens, you have to put all the cards on the table. Because this will keep the damage bigger. “
Sharp criticism also at the World Association FIS
But FIS is also one of the culprits for friends: “I have problems with the statements that came from the FIS,” revealed the 36-year-old.
The association had stated that the manipulations were not recognizable from the outside. You should have cut the suit open. But friend contradicted: “From my experience, it is honestly recognizable. If I take a suit that is not manipulated and pull on the seam, it moves. Then I see that there is no stiffening inside. Then the FIS looks incredibly unhappy. “
The Norwegians had initially taken away the suits and provided them with a reinforced thread that was sewn in from the knee to the step. Thus, the flight characteristics were probably improved illegally.
The FIS would have had to deal with the whole topic very differently, Freund says: “You could have gone and could have said: We cannot prove anything, but there is a suspicion. But when you go there and say, ‘We checked them and they were legal’, then you don’t look good, ”the team Olympic champion from 2014 stated.
So the control procedure must be changed
So that such a case does not repeat itself, the World Association of Freund must now invest a lot of money and “Manpower” to improve the control system. The 3D scanner should also be improved so that it can also measure suits, Freund said: “Then the inspectors have capacities again to look at things like manipulations.”
For friends, only a hard and assertive system can prevent scandals from coming: “The risk of being caught must be so high that you no longer get the idea.” In addition, the 36-year-old demanded sanctions for different offenses, “which really hurt. Then something like that will no longer happen ”.
The FIS is “absolutely responsible and must work. Otherwise we will lose credibility, ”Freund concluded his fire speech.