Danger to life in ski jumping! Unbelievable what happens in this scene

Lillehammer - He was just about to check whether his goggles were tight enough on his helmet when the Norwegian Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal (23) was put in mortal danger while ski jumping on Saturday.

Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal (23) was put in mortal danger in Lillehammer.
Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal (23) was put in mortal danger in Lillehammer.  © IMAGO / NTB

During the qualification for the first individual competition of the season in his home country, the officials in Lillehammer made a faux pas that could have ended badly.

Shortly before Sundal's jump, the jury shortened the inrun due to the changing wind conditions. When the Norwegian was already sitting on the beam, the advertising board behind him started to move. It is electronically controlled. However, it did not stop at the right moment, but moved a little too far downwards, hitting Sundal on the back and pushing him off the beam.

The ski jumper reacted quick-wittedly, was able to keep his skis in the inrun track with great skill and even jumped 132 meters with an incredible amount of adrenaline in his blood.

In the outrun, the athlete was rightly furious, threw away his gloves and kept shaking his head. "If I had had my arm between the beam and the advertising board, my body would have been pushed off and I would have got stuck," a stunned Sundal toldNRK.

This is not unlikely, as the jumpers often check their binding on their feet and reach over the beam behind them.

Experts are horrified by the incident, in the end Pius Paschke wins the World Cup jumping competition

At this moment, the advertising hoarding crashed against the bar and pushed the Norwegian down.
At this moment, the advertising hoarding crashed against the bar and pushed the Norwegian down.  © Screenshot/X/NessKiy

In such a case, the shoulder would probably have suffered enormously and it would have led to an even more dangerous situation at a dizzying height.

"They should all be fired! What they're doing is life-threatening," raged the former national coach of the German team, Werner Schuster (55), in his role as a Eurosport expert.

The former winner of the Four Hills Tournament, Sven Hannawald (50) on ARD was simply happy "that nothing happened."

Sundal finished seventh in the World Cup jumping competition. The shock was probably still fresh in his mind.

From a German perspective, the opening round was a complete success, as Pius Paschke (34) secured his first victory of the season with two jumps of 131.5 meters and 138.5 meters.