Norway suspend staff in ski jump cheat scandal at World Championships

Team admitted cheating by employing altered suits

The Norwegian ski jumping national team's coach Magnus Brevig (left) and sport director Jan-Erik Aalbu deliver a press statement in Granaasen, Norway, on March 8, 2025, after two Norwegian jumpers were disqualified and accused of cheating after the men's large hill jumping competition during the World Ski Championships in Trondheim. Photo by TERJE PEDERSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images 

The Norwegian ski federation has suspended a ski jumping coach and an equipment manager over their alleged role in a cheating scandal which shook the world championships this weekend.

The federation said coach Magnus Brevig and equipment manager Adrian Livelten were suspected of modifying ski suits by sewing in an extra seam in an attempt to create more lift in the air. Norway is one of the traditional powers within ski jumping, and the scandal at its home world championships has caused a massive outcry in a country that prides itself on its winter sports prowess.