Winter Olympics 2022 - 'Robbed' - Kjetil Jansrud hits out after 'first major scandal of Olympics' in skiing

Alpine skier Kjetil Jansrud hit out at the FIS race director after Friday's downhill training in Beijing was cancelled due to strong winds, saying he felt «robbed» by the decision. Mathias Mayer, Christof Innerhofer and gold medal favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde all completed their final training run of the men's alpine downhill on Saturday before it was called off by Markus Waldner due to the conditions. Ad/> The trio complained at the finish line about the weather conditions before the jury cancelled the session «in the interest of safety».

Beijing 2022Alpine skiers finally try out Beijing downhill courseYESTERDAY AT 09:23 But the man most angered by the decision was Jansrud, who has called Waldner a «dictator» for allowing the trio to have what he considers an unfair advantage ahead of the race on Sunday. «It's not okay in any way to do it the way they did it,» he said on discovery+. «There is complete chaos with the flow of information.

You get the impression that Markus ran a little dictator line without information, so it is very difficult to be an athlete at the top and have no idea if it will be on or not. »At the same time, you notice in the whole field, myself included, that there is a big difference between those who have had a third trip down and those who have not. I think as a collective you feel as if you were robbed from the opportunity to get some practice today, so it is the way it was handled that is a bit problematic.

«I thought it was time to speak out in a proper way. It has something to do with the flow of communication as well. We are a marginal sport where wind and training rounds can affect the result, and at least the psyche of many at the start.