5 feminine ski jumpers, representing Austria, Japan, Norway, and Germany, have been disqualified from the combined crew occasion on the Beijing Winter Olympics as a result of their outfits have been thought-about too dishevelled, supposedly giving them extra airtime.
The fits utilized by the jumpers who have been banned from the occasion had been permitted for different competitions.
“The [International Ski Federation] destroyed every part with this operation. I feel they’ve destroyed ladies’s ski leaping,” Germany’s Katharina Althaus stated, in accordance with Yahoo Sports activities. “I’ve been checked so many instances in 11 years of ski leaping, and I’ve by no means been disqualified as soon as. I do know my go well with was compliant.”
Ms Althaus has competed in three Olympic Video games and received a silver medal in 2018. “160 World Cup begins, 5x World Championships, 3x Olympic Video games and I received DSQ for the primary time,” she wrote on Instagram. “My coronary heart is damaged.”
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