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Norwegians Ski Jumpers Caught On Video Padding Their Crotches With Foam Ahead of Olympics

by Larry Leo

January 21, 202618 Comments

Who doesn't love a good crotch stuffing scandal...

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Source - Just weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics, a cheating scandal that is equal parts bizarre and brazen, rocking one of its foundational sports and becoming a cause for national shame in Norway, has taken its latest turn. ...

[A]fter 11 months of investigation and litigation, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation’s (FIS) ethics committee handed down a harsh 18-month suspension to two disgraced former coaches and the former equipment manager of Norway’s ski jumping team. The trio admitted conspiring to manipulate the suits of the team’s top jumpers to help them beat the competition at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, last year after a whistleblower filmed them through a curtain. ...

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ezride25•2 months

How does crotch padding give one a competitive advantage? Honest question.

caliegeaux•2 months

not so much in the games themselves, but this is for Olympic Village.

crash1211•2 months

Maybe they look down at the bulge, and they feel more confident. :)

FaCubeItches•2 months

Given that I'm old enough to remember the Wide World of Sports intro montage with the ski-jumper eating it, if I had to do that sport, I'd be padding the hell out of everything, not just my crotch.

Pioneer BS 175•2 months

“And the agony of defeat.”

Jabontik•2 months

long live Franz Klammer

molsusports•2 months

Reads like satire. The only competitive advantage that seems obvious is padding the appearance of the little Viking

Blizzard of Chizz•2 months

If I understood it correctly, stuffing the crotch area manipulates the measurements the athletes undergo when being fitted for suits. Bigger crotch means a bigger suit which increases the surface area of the athlete when jumping. The increased surface area improves aerodynamics which leads to longer jumps.

LSU$$$•2 months

Thank you Blizz. Now I think I understand

Red Drum•2 months

yes, acting like an extra "sail" it increases lift, thus distance

Blizzard of Chizz•2 months

The ski world is in trouble once someone figures out a BBC ain’t cheating

zoom•2 months

Why does this matter

Jabontik•2 months

You gotta be fricking kidding me

crimsonsaint•2 months

At the world championships, Magnus Brevig, the head coach of the Norwegian national team, and Adrian Livelten, the team’s suit technician, were caught on a video posted anonymously to YouTube inserting illegal stitching into the crotch area of the suits of two star jumpers, reigning Olympic champion Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, after the suits had already passed inspection. The stitches essentially served to make the suits more aerodynamic, allowing the jumpers to fly farther than the competition.

Larry do you even read the shite that you post. “Padding their crotches with foam”.

pgaddxn•2 months

I’m trying to find the unfair competitive advantage from protecting your undercarriage? Is pain endurance considered part of the sport?

awestruck•2 months

If more aerodynamic is cheating; then a whole bunch of swimmers should have give back medals for wearing a cap, and any runner shaving their legs, or anyone in a full body suits made of frictionless material or even lycra.

SomeLSUguy•1 month

Hydrodynamics and aerodynamics are not the same...

southernboisb•2 months

What’s next - no helmet?

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