The manipulation scandal around Norway’s ski jumper remains a big topic. The Scandinavians do not even rule out a complete break in the season.
Do Norway’s ski jumper completely withdraw from the World Cup after the suit scandal? Jan-Erik Aalbu, Sports Director of the Scandinavian, has not excluded a drop in season of his athletes on the public service broadcaster NRK .
“In any case, we have to think about what the best for the athletes who can jump,” said the person responsible on Saturday on the sidelines of skiing in Vikersund. One could “imagine what the boys have experienced recently. We will analyze the situation extensively in the next few days. “
The Norwegian ski jumping team around sports director Jan-Erik Aalbu is in the focus after the scandal
With a view to the discussions about a voluntary withdrawal of the Norwegian ski jumpers, Aalbu emphasized: “There is still an open question. We carefully think about what is best for the athletes, but the women will definitely go to Lahti. ”
After the RAW-Air tour in Norway, which continues until Sunday, Lahti (Finland) and Planica (Slovenia) are still on the program.
Top stars suspended – Östvold ended season
The FIS had temporarily suspended the two top jumpers Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, in the course of the manipulation scandal around the Norwegian team at the Nordic Ski World Championship.
At the victory of Andreas Wellinger on Saturday, in the absence of the two athletes with Fredrik Villumstad, only one Norwegian jumper reached the second round.
Norwegian Benjamin Östvold finished his season early on Friday from freely freely after he had only 49th place in qualification. The 24-year-old came before a possible withdrawal of his team.