Stefan Kraft is definitely back in shape. The Austrian, for whom individual starts at the Olympic Games were unsuccessful once again, won the first competition after the competition in Beijing. In Lahti, he was also the best individually in the team competition on Saturday, in which his team triumphed.
Kraft has deceived its rivals? Martin Schmitt has doubts
However, there are people who noticed – in their opinion – not entirely pure behavior of the three-time world champion. This is the scene from the warm-up room where you can see him pull his thermal shirt over his elbows, creating an advantage in the armpit area. “This is not right,” said Eurosport expert Martin Schmitt.
– This behavior is illegal. The intention of introducing short-sleeved shirts was precisely to prevent the material from falling down and stretching the suit later. Previously, you could jump in T-shirts with long sleeves, but these were then pulled over the hands so as not to gain an unfair advantage – said the former German ski jumper, who reacted to what he saw in.
It turns out that Schmitt raised the topic not only in the media. The German contacted the Austrian staff and was to hear that during the jump, the sleeves had definitely returned to their place. Kraft was supposed to do this, because thermal clothing is supposed to be very tight and moving in it is not very comfortable.
– If Stefan’s outfit looked like in the picture during his jumps, the Austrian win would be wrong. He does not need such tricks, he is a great athlete, a fantastic jumper and he really looks great here. What happened before his rehearsal, however, took away the joy of this spectacle. Such a jump would be unfair and I hope it did not take place in the end, ‘added Schmitt.
Source: Sport
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