2023-24 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup season preview and stars to watch | Full schedule and how to watch live

Can anyone challenge Halvor Egner Granerud in the 2023-24 Ski Jumping World Cup?

The flying Norwegian totally dominated the men’s competition last season, sealing his second overall title in addition to landing his first Four Hills Tournament and Raw Air.

Consistency was key for Granerud, who managed 18 podiums and 12 wins to cement his status as one of the greatest of all time.

On the women’s side Austria’s Eva Pinkelnig won the big crystal globe after a meteoric rise to the top of the sport in 2022-23, and will hope to consolidate her position atop the rankings.

Below, we take a look at the top ski jumping athletes to watch out for this season, the schedule, and how to watch the action ahead of the men’s season opener in Ruka, Finland, from 24-26 November 2023, and the women’s at Lillehammer, Norway, from 1-3 December 2023.

Granerud chases hat-trick of globes

Granerud will hope to become the fourth man to win the overall World Cup trophy three times in 2023-24.

It will take a monumental effort to dethrone the 27-year-old, who won six more titles than his closest rival last year.

That nearest competitor in terms of World Cup wins was Poland’s Dawid Kubacki, a two-time world champion woh is hoping to improve upon his best ever World Cup finish of fourth last year.

Last year’s runner-up, Austrian veteran Stefan Kraft, will be champing at the bit to land his fourth overall title, as will reigning Olympic champion and last season’s fifth-place finisher, Kobayashi Ryoyu of Japan. The duo are tied for seventh in the all-time individual World Cup event rankings.

Also keep an eye out for Slovenia’s Anze Lanisek, who finished third overall last season, while reigning individual normal hill world champion Piotr Zyla of Poland - sixth last year - knows how to perform when he needs it most.

A special mention should also go to four-time Olympic champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland, who will be competing in his 26th World Cup season!

Polish duo Zyla and Kubacki will be the favourites to win the men’s large hill super team event, having landed the inaugural competition in Lake Placid last year.

Pinkelnig, Klinec, Schmid, Takanashi: An open race for the women's overall title

Eva Pinkelnig won her first-ever overall World Cup title at the age of 34 last season, becoming the oldest athlete to claim the overall title ever.

The Austrian landed 18 podiums and six victories to finish 165 points ahead of Germany’s second-placed Katharina Schmid (nee Althaus).

Two-time individual Olympic silver medallist Schmid is also in a rich vein of form, having landed the individual normal hill world title in 2023, and 2023-24 could well be her year to land a maiden World Cup overall crown.

Slovenia’s Ema Klinec has been a star of the sport ever since landing individual normal hill Olympic gold at Beijing 2022.

The overall third-place finisher from last season proved that she can also be a consistent force last year, while breaking a ski flying world record in Vikersund. Now 25, the 2023-24 season may well be the Kranj native’s time to shine.

Takanashi Sara will be hoping to bounce back from a tenth-place finish last year to become the first athlete ever to win five overall ski jumping titles. The Japanese also sits just four World Cup wins shy of record holder Gregor Schlierenzauer on 70.

Pinkelnig will hope to do another double this season in the women's super team event, having teammed up with Chiara Kreuzer to win the title for Austria last year.

2023-24 FIS Ski jumping World Cup calendar

• 24-26 November 2023 - Ruka, Finland (Men)
• 1-3 December 2023 - Lillehammer, Norway (Women, Men)
• 8-10 December 2023 - Klingenthal, Germany (Men)
• 14-17 December 2023 - Engelberg, Switzerland (Women, Men)
• 28-29 December 2023 - Oberstdorf, Germany (Men) - Four Hills Tournament
• 28-29 December 2023 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Women) - Four Hills Tournament
• 31 December-1 January 2024 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (Men) - Four Hills Tournament
• 31 December-1 January 2024 - Oberstdorf, Germany (Women) - Four Hills Tournament
• 2-3 January 2024 - Innsbruck, Austria (Men) - Four Hills Tournament
• 2-4 January 2024 - Villach, Austria (Women) - Four Hills Tournament
• 5-6 January 2024 - Bischofshofen, Austria (Men) - Four Hills Tournament
• 12-14 January 2024 - Wisla, Poland (Men)
• 12-14 January 2024 - Sapporo, Japan (Women)
• 16-17 January 2024 - Szczyrk, Poland (Men)
• 18-21 January 2024 - Zao, Japan (Women)
• 19-21 January 2024 - Zakopane, Poland (Men)
• 26-28 January 2024 - Ljubno, Slovenia (Women)
• 2-4 February 2024 - Willingen, Germany (Women, Men)
• 10-11 February 2024 - Lake Placid, USA (Men)
• 16-18 February 2024 - Rasnov, Romania (Women)
• 16-18 February 2024 - Sapporo, Japan (Men)
• 22-25 February 2024 - Oberstdorf, Germany (Men)
• 23-25 February 2024 - Hinzenbach, Austria (Women)
• 29 February-3 March 2024 - Lahti, Finland (Women, Men)
• 8-10 March 2024 - Oslo, Norway (Women, Men)
• 8-17 March 2024 - Holmenkollen, Norway (Women, Men) - Raw Air Tournament
• 12-13 March 2024 - Trondheim, Norway (Women, Men)
• 15-17 March 2024 - Vikersund, Norway (Women, Men)
• 21-24 March 2024 - Planica, Slovenia (Men)

2023-24 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup - How to watch

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