ski jump

(Newser) - Three more Norwegian athletes have been suspended in a broadening scandal involving the alleged manipulation of jump suits to gain an aerodynamic edge. Robin Pederson and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal—both world championships medalists—and Robert Johansson have been provisionally suspended by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). It follows...

(Newser) - Norwegian ski jumping, once a beacon of fair play, is at the center of a scandal as team officials and athletes face suspensions over alleged suit manipulations. Head coach Magnus Brevig and equipment manager Adrian Livelten confessed to the cheating, but the team insists two Olympic gold medalists were not...

(Newser) - There's plenty of hand-wringing going on in the sport of ski jumping after five female competitors were disqualified prior to the Olympic mixed team ski jump final on Tuesday for apparent suit violations. The Mainichi explains the rationale behind the checks: to verify the suit doesn't give the...

(Newser) - A Canadian judge says the International Olympic Committee is clearly discriminating against female ski jumpers by not including their event in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics—but there’s nothing she can do about it, NPR reports. A group of women jumpers had sued the organizing committee, hoping to have their...