Norway ski jumping coaches suspended 18 months over suit-altering scandal
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has suspended two Norwegian ski jumping coaches and a suit technician for 18 months due to manipulating ski jumping suits during the 2025 Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim.
- The manipulation involved inserting illegal non-elastic stitching in the suits to improve aerodynamics, which was caught on video and implicated key team members, including coaches Magnus Brevig, Adrian Livelten, and Thomas Lobben.
- Athletes Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, who claimed ignorance, received lighter three-month suspensions and are expected to compete in the upcoming Olympics, while the coaches faced harsher penalties to set a precedent against cheating.
- The scandal has caused national embarrassment for Norway,
