Sven Hannawald sees a debacle for ski jumping in the Trondheim World Cup scandal-the German ex-athlete pleads for a regular revolution.
Many questions are still open in the World Cup scandal about the Norwegian ski jumper. But for TV expert Sven Hannawald it is already clear: The events of the turbulent Saturday throw a big shadow on sport.
When asked whether this was a black day for ski jumping, Hannawald replied to ARD : “If there was a darker color as black, I would take it. This is an absolute tragedy, an absolute farce. “
Sven Hannawald is shocked by the events at the World Cup
At the individual competition on the Großchanze, the Norwegians Marius Lindvik (who originally won silver), Johann André Forfang and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal were disqualified. The World Association had given “manipulation of the suits” as the reason for the decision.
Hannawald proposes a rule revolution
The Scandinavian athletes are suspected of having changed their suits after the official chip – this is not allowed. Several nations had taken protests protest after stressful videos had appeared.
The recordings showed how the Norwegians in their team hotel obviously sew on their suits. The Norwegian team admitted mistakes, but denied a targeted attempted fraud – the sewing work was for the upcoming home World Cup in Oslo, according to the defense.
The former four-hill touring winner Hannawald stimulated a regular revolution in the course of the scandal.
“Perhaps the monitoring of the suits must be handed over to a machine as soon as possible. As there is a scanner, there may be the possibility to have it checked by a computer program. It doesn’t matter to the computer whether these are two millimeters, ”he said.
It is still completely open whether and what consequences the manipulation allegations ultimately have.