Exposing a Huge Conspiracy of the 2026 Winter Olympics

Deflategate. Sign-stealing. Lance Armstrong. The competition is stiff, but no dynasty comes close to trying as hard to get ahead as the Norway ski-jumping team. In a soup-to-nuts collaboration, The Athletic’s Matthew Futterman reports from the nether regions of the Winter Olympics on a national nightmare, a Zapruder tape and a confidential investigative report that will redefine cheating in sports — no matter how impossible it… seams.

• Read more from The Athletic: "How Norway’s ski-jumping scandal rocked a proud nation and bedrock Olympic sport" https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6961222/2026/01/20/olympics-norway-ski-jumping-scandal-suspensions