After ski jumping scare

“Life-threatening” scene: FIS draws consequences

Dangerous: The advertising board suddenly gave Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal a push.(Bild: AP/Geir Olsen, x.com/Eurosport_FR)

After the ski jumping scare in Lillehammer, the FIS has drawn its first conclusions: Because the Norwegian Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal was knocked into the track by the advertising board, there will now be a new procedure for the start procedure.

It was a curious scene that took place in the qualifying in Lillehammer: Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal was still preparing on the beam when he received a push out of nowhere from the movable start system behind it, complete with banner.

Here is the scene in the video:

Sundal made the best of it, landing at 132 meters, but then understandably scolded the organizers. "It could have ended badly because I couldn't control the binding." Werner Schuster, TV expert for Eurosport, even spoke of a "life-threatening" scene.

New procedure
Now the FIS is reacting. "We have made a new agreement that I will be informed when the jumps, the barriers and the advertising wall are ready," said Borek Sedlak, deputy race director, to the Norwegian medium "NRK".

He himself regrets the incident: "I couldn't see that the advertising wall was still moving because it was stuck beforehand. I am 100 meters away. It's impossible for me to see anything move. Unfortunately, this can happen when we use this technology." The Czech would prefer to control the advertising board manually, "but we have been using this technology for many years and this is the first time something like this has happened".