Norway may lose more medals! Here's the complete list

Norway may lose more medals! Here's the complete list

Originally published in Przegląd Sportowy on March 09, 2025

Norway has already lost one medal at the World Championships due to a scandal involving suits. Marius Lindvik has been penalized but still retains his gold from the normal hill competition. It appears that Germany is taking actions to hand the world title to Andreas Wellinger. The International Ski Federation (FIS) has reportedly received a special request to examine the suits of medalists in Nordic combined events as well. The battle rages on over a total of nine more medals that could be jeopardized. This troubling news only adds to Norway’s crisis.

In Trondheim, the atmosphere is tense, and the hosts are grappling with a significant reputation crisis. It has been proven that cheating occurred within the ski jumping team. Following the competition on the large hill, two Norwegian jumpers were disqualified, resulting in Marius Lindvik losing the silver medal. However, there is still much at stake.

Norway had won the normal hill competition and Lindvik was crowned world champion, a title he did not lose since he has passed all previous equipment checks. After the revelation of duplicate chips in Norwegian suits, Germany is making efforts to demonstrate that the prohibited equipment was also used on the smaller ski hill, potentially transferring gold to Andreas Wellinger and bronze to Karl Geiger.

According to information from Interia Sport, other countries are starting to file protests. Thus, FIS will have to investigate the suits across various competitions. Norway has a lot to lose, totaling up to 10 medals at risk.

Affected Norwegian medals: - Marius Lindvik (gold in ski jumping) - Jarl Magnus Riiber (two golds in Nordic combined) - Jens Lurås Oftebro (silver in Nordic combined) - Jørgen Graabak (silver in Nordic combined) - Norwegian men's team (bronze in Nordic combined) - Gyda Westvold Hansen (gold and silver in Nordic combined) - Ida Marie Hagen (silver in Nordic combined) - Norwegian mixed team (gold in Nordic combined)

  • "I don’t think such changes will happen, as with the completion of the checks, the competition also ends. That’s our procedure," noted the director of the Ski Jumping World Cup, Sandro Pertile. These words may provide some solace to the hosts. Even if they were to lose medals in ski jumping and Nordic combined, they would still remain leaders in the medal ranking at the end of the event.

Earlier in the afternoon, it became apparent that Norway's issues are intensifying. FIS officially informed global media that it is launching an investigation regarding the two disqualified home jumpers at the World Championships. This is not the end of the troubles. According to a statement first published by the Skijumping.pl service, the Independent FIS Ethical and Compliance Bureau will also examine the case of Nordic combined athlete Jørgen Graabak.