Ilkka Herola, the united athlete, does not want to speculate on whether he still rises to the World Championship medals. He pays genuine severity from the International Ski Association.
Norwegian athletes’ costume scam at Trondheim World Cup has shaken ski jumping for the rest of the season. Many of the country’s top jumpers have been in the sidelines for the rest of the season due to a non -compete ban.
Jumping dress is not a new thing in ski jumping and combined, as the subject has spoken for years. However, in the World Cup, three weeks ago, illegal jumpsuits developed into a full scandal.
Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang They were second and fourth in the Greater Championships in the World Championship, but they were both rejected for jumping dresses.
This is how the silver rose to Austria Jan hörl and for the last medal position of Japan Ryoyu kobayashi.
The men’s Suurmäki race was held on the second day of the race on Saturday. Earlier on the same day in Finland Ilkka Herola fought fifth in the combined personal race.
Norwegian Jarl Magnus riiber Won the race by far with one minute and ten seconds margins. Herola, for his part, struggled to the end of the last two medals in Norway Jörgen’s Grabak and Jens lurås oftebron as well as German Vinzenz Geiger with.
The Finn bent last in this skill as Graabak and Geiger took the medalists. Oftebro was fourth.
The Norwegian men’s ski scrapping has probably been speculated whether the men of Norway also had a rules in the Norwegian -related jumps in Saturday’s race. If this kind of evidence were to be found afterwards and the results were renewed for the tip, Herola could rise to the medals.
It would require the rejection of two Norwegian athletes.
The situation of the combined team race has also been wondering.
In the team race, Finland was scanty after Norway. According to the medal fight, Finland was rejected by an experienced grabak due to irregular ties. However, Vuonmaa reached the ski section, where it eventually arrested Finland and took the last medal.
The unfortunate option
sports Riku Salminen He asked Herola on Saturday if he could have credit that the results could become new.
According to Herola, he has not sacrificed thoughts about reflection.
– I am more interested in how to deal with the sport. How does FIS do the job when such things come up? What happens in the future is more important than what has happened before, Herola said.
In Finnish sports, cases have been seen in which the athlete has received his medal afterwards. In connection with the 2017 World Championships, the spear thrower For Antti Ruuskanen A medal ceremony was held.
Ruuskanen finished third in the 2012 London Olympics, but the medal became clearer later when Ukraine Oleksandr Pjatnitsa fell like a doping. The Lahti World Cup organizers wanted to remember Ruuska with a healed medal in solemn spending.
Salminen wondered if Herola experienced the same in 2029, when the World Championships will be held again in Salpausselkä.
Herola hopes that things will be thoroughly investigated if something has occurred.
– Once all the facts have been dug up, it is only then to come back. Most importantly, there is no doubt. The most unfortunate scenario is that a ten -year speculation starts, says Herola.
“Donkey hat on the head”
Herola says that FIS cannot be a person who explores the potential fraud in ski jumping and combined. The independent body of the International Ski Association is currently investigating two species.
That investigation is not a few days. A little bit of watching and discussing people, but it requires a long process. You have to go a lot further than spring before you can consider whether the investigation was successful and whether the right things were taken into account.
The 29-year-old Finnish athlete hopes that the costume will be treated for the first time with genuine seriousness. It happens if the matter is subsequently swept under the carpet.
– In the past, efforts have been made to minimize the outward changes and damage. However, the outward damage is so big. If you start acting after these that everything is fine and nothing has been found, it is time to pull the donkey hat on. It would look even worse, Herola downloads.