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World Cup Ski Jumping Event at Lake Placid Cancelled

Originally posted on Powder | By Ian Greenwood | Last updated Aug 7, 2025 4:05 PM ET

A World Cup ski jumping event scheduled for this December in Lake Placid, New York, has been cancelled because of necessary repairs on the HS128 observation deck at the Olympic Jumping Complex.

The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), which operates the winter sports facilities at Lake Placid, said the observation deck’s steel supports need to be mended, NCPR reported.

In a social media post, the governing body for World Cup ski jumping events said the issue “was discovered during a recent inspection.” An ORDA spokesperson told NCPR that the repair project is “complex” and will take about 15 weeks. The planned work will block skiers from accessing the routes to the start of the jump, a key standard outlined in World Cup ski jumping regulations.

“We look forward to returning to the World Cup calendar upon the completion of these upgrades,” a statement published on ORDA’s website reads.

The cancelled ski jumping event will be replaced with another in Klingenthal, Germany.

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The ski jumps at Lake Placid, New York.Photo: Kyle Stephens/Getty Images

Scheduled between December 12 and December 14, 2025, the ski jumping series in Lake Placid was set to include men’s and women’s individual events alongside a mixed team competition.

It would have served as a qualification event for the upcoming 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, and was the only North American stop on the 2025-2026 World Cup ski jumping calendar.

After a 33-year hiatus, Lake Placid has hosted World Cup ski jumping competitions since 2023. In February 2025, the town held the first-ever women’s ski jumping World Cup event in the U.S.

The Olympics first came to Lake Placid in 1932. Then, decades later, the town hosted the Winter Games again in 1980. The Olympic winter sports facilities managed there by ORDA include the Olympic Jumping Complex, James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval, and the Olympic Center.

This article first appeared on Powder and was syndicated with permission.

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