News News |

World Cup season is officially underway for the U.S. Ski Jumping Team, which consists of five jumpers from Steamboat Springs — Erik Belshaw, Decker Dean, Jason Colby, Sawyer Graves and Annika Belshaw. 
The Belshaw siblings represented the U.S. over the weekend in the first World Cup event of the season in Lillehammer, Norway for a three-day competition which began Friday. 
Day 1 was the mixed team event where Annika Belshaw teamed up with fellow jumpers Casey Larson, Paige Jones and Tate Frantz.
Annika Belshaw was the first to jump for the team, setting the mark for the U.S. at 91.5 meters on the HS140 ski jump. Frantz ran into an equipment malfunction, forcing him to miss his jump, resulting in a 273.4-point, 10th-place finish for the U.S. with just three of the team’s jumps counting. 
Saturday was the first of two individual-event days when Annika Belshaw joined three others from the U.S. for jumps off the same HS140 hill. She advanced, alongside Jones, to the competition round after delivering a 100.5-meter jump for 38th place. 
In the competition round, Annika Belshaw managed to finish in 37th place with a 96.5-meter jump and 56.9 points.
Erik Belshaw and the men’s team followed the women on Saturday, where he and teammates Kevin Bickner and Frantz advanced to the competition round. 
Erik Belshaw mirrored his sister in the competition round with a jump to 37th place after soaring 119 meters for 117.6 points.
The weekend event continued into Sunday where Annika Belshaw once again managed to advance to the competition round, eventually repeating a 37th-place finish with a 95-meter jump. 
Erik Belshaw was unable to make it out of the qualifying round of Sunday’s jump. 
USA Ski Jumping will return to World Cup competition on Friday for another three-day event in Ruka, Finland.
To reach Tom Skulski, call 970-871-4240, email tskulski@SteamboatPilot.com.









Readers around Steamboat and Routt County make the Steamboat Pilot & Today’s work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.
Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.
Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.
Sign up for daily and breaking news headlines.

Classifieds
Jobs
Real Estate
Rentals
Autos
Pets
Recreation
Merchandise
Legals
Place Legal Ad
Search Legal Ads
Contact Us
Become a Carrier
Submissions
Advertise
Archives
Special Sections
About Us
Newsletters
Submit an Obituary
Commercial Print Sales
RSS
E-edition
E-edition archive
Cookie List
Do not sell my personal information
Aspen – Snowmass
Craig – Moffat County
Glenwood Springs – Rifle
Park City – Utah
Breckenridge – Summit County
Vail – Eagle County
Winter Park – Granby – Grand County
Printing Press Jobs
©2005 – 2024 Swift Communications, Inc.

source

Post Views: 4