Winner of the World Cup in Engelberg Deceived Everyone! These Photos Will Go Around the World

This is no longer an isolated incident; it's a true plague. Judges are distorting the results of the World Cup in ski jumping this season, and silence can no longer be maintained. On Saturday in Engelberg, perhaps the biggest embarrassment of the season occurred. We're talking about Jan Hoerl's jump. The Austrian was gifted at least six points by the judges and easily deceived them, possibly winning the entire competition because of it.

Jan Hoerl flew very far in the first round of the World Cup in Engelberg – 142 meters. However, he had significant problems during landing, which was evident to every fan watching the broadcast. He jumped on two legs, as seen in the accompanying photo, and only moments later extended his left leg, mimicking a telemark.

According to a new interpretation announced before the season, the highest score Hoerl could have received for this jump is 17.0. Until now, the absence of a proper landing has been penalized by judges by deducting a maximum of two points off the top score. From now on, they should deduct three points, which is one more. "I expect them to be strict," said World Cup head Sandro Pertile at the start of winter.

And what? Nothing.

This entire season has been a series of embarrassments for the referees. The mentioned jump by Hoerl was rated by the Italian judge at 19.5, almost a perfect score (the maximum score in ski jumping is 20.0). Judges from Germany, Norway, and Switzerland were not far behind, giving the Austrian 19.0. This way, Hoerl earned at least six points – and maybe more, as his landing was quite unstable – and finished the first round in second place.

In the second round, the Austrian flew phenomenally at 139.5 meters in a much better style. He received four scores of 19.5 from the judges! This allowed him to win the entire competition, finishing six and a half points ahead of Daniel Tschofenig. Would it have happened if his first jump had been judged correctly?

"Style scores in ski jumping are fiction," tweeted sports journalist Patryk Pancewicz. "Hoerl fights for survival with every landing yet gets 19," added the authors of the localSJresults account. In responses to this post, it can be read that Hoerl is the new version of Simon Ammann. Fans of jumping remember how the Swiss misled judges with his faked telemark.

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