Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang were disqualified after a World Championships event on Saturday for illegal suits.

A cheating scandal that has rocked the world of ski jumping came to a head Wednesday with the suspension of a pair of Olympic gold medalists.

Sign stealing in baseball. Match fixing in soccer. Doping allegations in swimming. Now ski jumping has its own scandal. Cheating by Norway team officials manipulating ski suits has shaken a national reputation for fair play and high-minded principles at their home Nordic world championships,

Robert Johansson, Robin Pedersen and Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal have become the latest Norwegian ski jumpers to be suspended due to manipulated jumpsuits, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Thursday.

Ahead of a news conference on Thursday, ruling body FIS has announced adjustments to its equipment control policy in ski jumping and Nordic combined following the Norway cheating affair. Each athlete will be allowed to use one suit until the end of the 2024-25 World Cup season.

Five Norwegian ski jumpers, their coach and an equipment manager have now been suspended as part of an investigation into a suspected cheating scandal.

Ski jumpers Marius Lindvik and Johann Andre Forfang have been provisionally suspended, along with three Norwegian team officials, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) announced on Wednesday.

It was triggered by a video shot anonymously in Trondheim, Norway, last Friday, the day before large hill event at the Nordic world championships ski jumping event, and leaked to the media. After Saturday's competition,

All five members of the men’s team who competed at the world championships were found to have cheated and have now been suspended, along with their head coach and two staffers.

Team officials are accused of altering athletes' suits to enhance their aerodynamics. The suspension by International Ski and Snowboard Federation (IFS) follows last week's FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.