Andreas Bauer, head of the FIS material commission, spoke about the World Cup cland. The manipulation of the Norwegian suits is “a completely different dimension” – and requires new measures.
The scandal about manipulated suits at Norway’s ski jumpers can lead to a loss of trust for the entire sport – the World Association FIS should counteract this with modern measures. This is what Andreas Bauer, head of the FIS material commission and the scandalous World Cup, sees it as a jury member. “I have never experienced what the Norwegians did in Trondheim in my 50 years,” said Bauer in an interview with the Allgäuer Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten/Stuttgarter Zeitung : “This is a completely different dimension.”
In the suits of the Norwegian stars Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang, the examiners discovered “a sewn -in, rigid band”, “this makes the suit stiff and firmer. This improve the flight characteristics. ” It was not recognizable from the outside, Bauer sees a “long -hand -planned, systematic manipulation”.
The FIS must therefore examine the material more intensely and, above all, more contemporary in the future. “So far everything has been checked by hand, human measurement opportunities cannot be ruled out,” says Bauer: “We now have to switch to modern technology as quickly as possible and use 3-D scanner as quickly as possible. We can then scan the body dimensions of the jumper and we can then scan them in the suits. With modern technology we will be able to prevent fraud of this kind in the future.”
Andreas Bauer, head of the FIS material commission, comments on the ski jumping scandal
Bauer makes a change proposal
In the short term, however, it is also about confidence in a fair season finale. The World Cup of ski jumpers runs until the end of March, and quick measures are possible. “My suggestion: We only allow one suit and put it through it,” said Bauer: “30 minutes before the start of the competition, the suits are issued and rejected again immediately after jumping into the care of the FIS. No changes can be made.
On Saturday, the scandal in Trondheim got rolling after being known for stressful video recordings, which showed the work on the suits. The Norwegian sports director Jan-Erik Aalbu then granted the fraud on Sunday.