Norwegians are waiting for further sanctions, Slovenes perhaps a gold medal

Norway could face further disqualification and consequences of the affair of the organized jerseys at the home World Cup in February in Trondheim, said the director of the men’s work in ski jumping. Sandro Pertilereports a German news agency Dpa. Thus, there is a possibility that the silver Slovenian team could end up gold.

The International Ski Association (FIS) has indebted the external commission after the affair to identify the facts. Pertile said he expects results by summer, and jumpers and officials were suspended until then.

Anonymous and secretly recorded video was shown by the Norwegian staff who added an extra stitch during the World Cup dress, which gives the jumper greater stability in the air. Norway acknowledged the manipulation of that match, and five jumpers and functionaries were suspended.

After the match on the big ski jump at the World Championship, the ban on operation and appearance was given to the coach until further notice Magnus brevik and his assistant Thomas Lobbenrepairer Adrian Livelten and the jumper Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang.

FIS originally rejected the possibility of a new ranking in disciplines at SP. Digival lindvik and Forfang originally finished second and fourth in the World Cup. Both were also part of the Norwegian team that won the gold team in a mixed team race in front of Slovenia. Lindvik also won the middle jump in front of the German Andreas Wellinger.

Pertile said before the World Cup final in Planica at the end of this week that he did not exclude the possibility of new disqualifications. “We didn’t know what had happened that Saturday night. You need to understand the whole situation and understand when these manipulations have begun. The decisions will then be very solid, « he is for Dpa said Pertile.