Robert Johansson is ending his career as an active ski jumper two and a half months after the suit scandal in Trondheim. The 35-year-old Norwegian announced this in an interview with TV 2.
20.05.2025, 11:18
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He is very happy with the decision he made some time ago. Even if the end of his career did not turn out the way he might have deserved from his point of view, said the triple medal winner at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang (gold in the team, bronze on the normal and large hill).
At the World Championships in Trondheim this year, manipulated suits worn by Norwegian ski jumpers caused a cheating scandal. The host of the World Championships fitted the suits with a tape that is banned under the regulations and is intended to provide more stability after the jump.
In addition to the world champions Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, whose suits were found to have been tampered with, the FIS also banned Johansson, among others. "I have the feeling that I was only suspended because I'm Norwegian," he said.