17:35Following the wetsuit scandal at the World Championships in Trondheim (Norway), the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping Committee adopted a number of changes on Thursday ahead of the Olympic season.
“We’re always discussing equipment. But there is a broad consensus that the problem lies not in the equipment regulations, but in the control procedures,”Bertil Paalsrud, Norway’s representative on the FIS Ski Jumping Committee, told NRK .
A number of changes have been adopted in anticipation of the start of the Olympic season:
- fewer jump combinations for each jumper per season
- the suits will be collected during the competitions, and the athletes will put them back on immediately after the competition and collect them the next day
- in the event of irregularities, the penalties will be more severe
- A 3D scan of all the athletes will be carried out before the start of the season, to ensure that the measurements are accurate.
FIS ski jump controller Christian Kathol has resigned from his position. Details of the inspection of suits and equipment will be decided at a meeting on June 3.
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