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The ski jumping suit scandal continues to have repercussions. The German jumpers have strong words for a Norwegian.
The suit scandal still resonates with the German ski jumpers. Philipp Raimund and his teammates are far from forgiving their Norwegian counterparts. On the contrary.
Therefore, the DSV athletes are not pleased that Norway’s former head coach Magnus Brevik recently caused a stir with his criticism of the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Background: Brevik faces a suspension of up to 18 months – and he feels unfairly treated. The Norwegian media outlet VG reports that the ex-coach blamed the FIS for his misconduct – the manipulation of ski suits. After all, his actions were “the result of the culture that has developed in ski jumping in recent years.”
“There’s still a bit of bad blood”
Raimund commented on this in an interview with Eurosport : “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Raimund sees himself as an “extreme advocate of fair sport” and has not forgotten the scandal and its consequences.
“There’s still a bit of bad blood. I definitely haven’t completely forgiven the Norwegians yet, and that won’t happen in the future either,” said the 25-year-old.
Not only the athletes, “but the entire sport” suffered from the scandal.
Two Norwegian athletes, Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, were suspended for three months each. Raimund would have preferred a more drastic punishment: “It’s important that there was a penalty, but in my opinion, it was a bit too low. It was unfair behavior, and accordingly, I would have liked it to be punished more severely.”
Here, Raimund received support from Karl Geiger. The DSV jumper said: “Serving the penalty during the summer is not a real punishment. We also don’t know to what extent the athletes were involved and knew about the cheating.”
Regarding Brevik’s criticism of the FIS, the 32-year-old added: “I don’t need to place much value on the word of someone who actively cheated.”
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