USA Nordic Men's Ski Jumping Athletes Set To Compete In Lake Placid World Cup Events

On September 22, 2022, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), USA Nordic Sport (USANS), and the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), announced the return of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup to the United States of America (US). This weekend, Lake Placid, New York, will host three different Men's Ski Jumping World Cup events on the HS128 hill at the Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex, with athletes will competing from February 10-12.

The last Ski Jumping World Cup in Lake Placid took place in 1990, with the most recent Ski Jumping World Cup host in the US being Park City, Utah, 19 years ago in 2004.

USANS will be sending five Men's Ski Jumping athletes to compete in this weekend's World Cup events in Lake Placid. Tate Frantz, a Lake Placid local, who grew up skiing for New York Ski Ed Foundation (NYSEF), will be making his Ski Jumping World Cup debut this weekend. He will be joined by Andrew Urlaub, Casey Larson, Decker Dean and Erik Belshaw, who are all familiar with the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup circuit and have put together a great season so far.

Belshaw has scored World Cup points twice this season, notching a 24th place finish in Engelberg, Austria, and a 26th place finish in Oberstdorf, Germany. Urlaub is coming off scoring his first-ever World Cup points in Willingen, Germany, last weekend, as he finished 26th overall. Both Dean and Larson have scored World Cup points in previous seasons, but are still looking for their first World Cup points of the 2023 season, as they hope to earn them on US soil.

The "Super Team" competition will also be making its Men's Ski Jumping World Cup debut in Lake Placid. This competition format was designed to accommodate smaller nations that are unable to field a four-person team. Each Super Team consists of two athletes per country, who compete in a three-round elimination format.

"What an honor it is to host the Ski Jumping World Cup in Lake Placid this weekend," said USA Nordic CEO Adam Provost. "The two-day event will be an opportunity to showcase the best Ski Jumpers in the world in one of our most beautiful venues. We can't wait to show the world that the United States should be an annual World Cup stop."

Check below for the Lake Placid World Cup schedule, as well as media availability for USANS athletes. Additional information and tickets for the Lake Placid World Cup, can be found via the Lake Placid Legacy Sites website.

FIS Men's Ski Jumping Lake Placid World Cup Schedule Schedule subject to change.

Tuesday, February 7th

• 4:00pm EST / 21:00 CET - HS128 Open Training Athlete media availability will be after the conclusion of official training.

Wednesday, February 8th

• Arrival of remaining teams.
• 4:00pm EST / 21:00 CET - HS128 Open Training
• Athlete media availability will be after the conclusion of official training.
• 7:00pm EST / 24:00 CET - Team Captains Meeting

Thursday, February 9th

• 9:00am EST / 14:00 CET - HS128 Official Training (3 rounds) Athlete media availability will be after the conclusion of official training.

Friday, February 10th

• 3:00pm EST / 21:00 CET - HS128 Official Training (2 rounds)
• 5:00pm EST / 23:00 CET - HS128 Qualification Round
• Athlete media availability will be after the conclusion of the HS128 Qualification.

Saturday, February 11th

Men’s HS128 Individual World Cup

• 9:00am EST / 15:00 CET - HS128 Trial Round
• 10:00am EST / 16:00 CET - HS128 Individual World Cup 1st Round

Men's HS128 Super Team World Cup

• 4:00pm EST / 22:00 CET - HS128 Trial Round
• 5:00pm EST / 23:00 CET - HS128 Super Team World Cup 1st Round

Athlete media availability will be after the conclusion of the HS128 Super Team World Cup.

Sunday, February 12th

• Men’s HS128 Individual World Cup
• 8:45am EST / 14:45 CET - HS128 Qualification
• 10:08am EST / 16:08 CET - HS128 Individual World Cup 1st Round
• Athlete media availability will be after the conclusion of the HS128 Individual World Cup.

Please Note: All Official Trainings, Qualifications and World Cup Competitions will be held at the Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex.