Ski Jumper Disqualified From Winter Olympics because His Shoes Were Too Big Despite Making Final
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Ski jumper disqualified from Winter Olympics because his shoes were too big despite making final
Austrian ski jumper Daniel Tschofenig has been thrown out of the Winter Olympics final after officials discovered his footwear exceeded regulations by just four millimetres
Austrian ski jumper Daniel Tschofenig had changed his gear to training without checking the dimensions. The 23-year-old Austrian, who had validated his ticket for the final round, was disqualified on Saturday.
What a drama at the Olympic ski jumping in Predazzo: After the disappointing normal jump on the Großschanze, the Austrians seem to return a bit to the track of success, because with the disqualification of Daniel Tschofenig the next low blow! A problem with his shoes – by four (!) millimeters too big – brought the Carinthian around his strong half-time placement, from place 8 he could quite have started an attack forward ... "Unfortunately, I wa…
Originally qualified for the final run of the ski jump on the big springboard, the Austrian Daniel Tschofenig was finally unable to participate on Saturday.
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