Norway’s ski team suspends three staff members amid world championships cheating scandal

CNN — The Norwegian Ski Federation has suspended three members of staff amid a cheating scandal that has rocked the organization. On Sunday, the federation said that the suits of two ski jumpers, Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, had been manipulated ahead of the men’s large hill event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim. “I have nothing else to say except that perhaps we got carried away inside our world championship bubble, crossed the line completely – and we apologize for that.” Livelten, meanwhile, apologized for his actions and said that it was a decision he would “regret for the rest of my life.” The federation explained in a statement on Tuesday that Lobben admitted to being involved in manipulating the suits. That is unacceptable.” Forfang competes in the ski jumping team large hill event at the Nordic world championships, for which his suit was not found to have been manipulated. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Aalbu also said that the athletes had only used the manipulated suits for the men’s large hill event and not for any other competition at the world championships.