Olympia: allegations of fraud against ski jumper Karl Geiger - "It's getting to be a bit much"

Created: 02/16/2022, 09:12

By: Marco Blanco-Ucles

Defends against criticism from Poland and Norway after the Olympic competitions: ski jumper Karl Geiger © Laci Perenyi/Imago

The suit gate of the ski jumpers at the Olympic Games goes into the next round.

Polish and Norwegian media have now criticized Karl Geiger's suit - he has vigorously defended himself against the allegations.

Zhangjiakou - The ski jump suits at the Olympic Games - they remain a hot topic.

After the scandal of jumping in the mixed competition, in which five jumpers were disqualified because of incorrect suit sizes, the trouble about the material goes into the next round.

Polish and Norwegian media raised the suspicion that the suit worn by Germany's flagship jumper Karl Geiger was too big for his bronze medal in the individual jumping on the large hill.

Olympia 2022: Polish media criticize suit size of ski jumper Karl Geiger

A photo showing wrinkles in the crotch of Geiger's suit circulated in Polish media after the competition, in which Polish ski jumping hero Kamil Stoch finished fourth, just behind Geiger.

The man from Oberstdorf explained it like this: “It was in a position where the whole length of the suit is bunched up in a stupid place.

In this position, a ski jumping suit just looks like this.

But that doesn't mean it's too big."

Geiger pointed out that his material was judged to be fair during the strict Olympic controls.

“I was in control in every competition, twice today.

The suit wasn't too big anywhere, and it was even too small in one place.

My suit isn't too big, period." After the Norwegian media also joined in the criticism of the Poles after the team competition on Monday, Marius Lindvik, Olympic champion on the large hill, also commented on the subject: "People have eyes, so they can make up their own minds.”

Somehow everyone thinks they want to have a say.

Karl Geiger

The fact that the topic of suits is such a determining factor at the Olympic Games gets on Geiger's nerves: "It's really getting to be a bit much.

Somehow everyone thinks they want to have a say.

It also distracts too much from the sport.

I didn't think it was right either, what was partly written there.” After the conciliatory end from Geiger's point of view with two bronze medals won, the 29-year-old hopes to be able to leave the topic of the suit criticism behind.

"So much has been said about it, now it has to be good." (mbu/sid)