FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Returns to Lake Placid on Feb. 9

The Olympic Regional Development Authority announces that final preparations are underway for the return of the Viessmann FIS Ski Jumping World Cup tour to the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y., from Friday, Feb. 9 through Sunday, Feb. 11.

Following in the footsteps of last year’s success, the Olympic Authority plans to enhance the three-day men’s ski jumping competition this year with the addition of the Stifel Sno Bird Days festivities that will include live music by Fritz’s Polka Band and entertainment by DJ Trizz during breaks in the competition as well as before and after the event.

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EVENT SCHEDULE

Friday, Feb. 9 | HS 128 | Olympic Jumping Complex

2 p.m. | Venue Opens
5 p.m. | Qualification Round
6:30 p.m. | Opening Ceremonies
7:30 p.m. | Athlete Meet & Greet

Saturday, Feb. 10 | HS 128 | Olympic Jumping Complex

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
7 a.m. | Venue Opens
8:15 a.m. | Trial Round
9:15 a.m. | 1st Competition Round

SUPER TEAM COMPETITION
5 p.m. | 1st Competition Round

Sunday, Feb. 11 | HS 128 | Olympic Jumping Complex

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
7 a.m. | Venue Opens
8 a.m. | Qualification Round
9:15 a.m. | 1st Competition Round

FIS SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP

The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup season is currently in its third of five periods, a section that is considered the Polish Tour with stops in Wisla (Jan. 13-14), Szczyrk (Jan. 17), and Zakopane (Jan. 20-21). Period IV opens in Willingen, Germany before heading to Lake Placid on Feb. 9-11, Sapporo, Japan on Feb. 17-18, and Oberstdorf, Germany on Feb. 23-25.

Austria’s Stefan Kraft leads the overall World Cup standings with 989 points, followed by Andreas Wellinger of Germany with 757 points and Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan with 691 points. Lake Placid native Tate Frantz is the top American in the World Cup standings, but is not planning to compete in his hometown because he will be in Slovenia for the Junior World Championships.

U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced earlier this week that Frantz, along with teammates Decker Dean, Andrew Urlaub, and Erik Belshaw will represent the U.S. Ski Jumping Team at the 2024 FIS Ski Flying World Championships in Kulm Bad Mitterndorf/Tauplitz, Austria, Jan. 25-28.

LAST YEAR

Last year’s World Cup in Lake Placid was the first time a ski jumping World Cup had been held in the United States since 2004, and the event drew a large crowd of 15,000 spectators over three days of competition. Andreas Wellinger of Germany and Norway’s Halvor Egner Granerud, the 2022-23 overall World Cup points champion, were individual champions last year in Lake Placid, while the Polish duo of Piotr Zyla and Dawid Kubacki energized the crowd by winning the Super Team competition.

MEDIA RESOURCES

The Olympic Authority has compiled a web page that includes results, photos and other pertinent information related to the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Lake Placid. The page will be updated before, during and after the event and includes extensive information from the 2023 event. Please credit Olympic Regional Development Authority when using content and images. The page can be found here.