For the first time in over 11 years Falun is back on the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup calendar with the world’s best athletes set for their second venue showdown of the season.
The men’s field will be the first in action and with barely 36 hours having passed since the conclusion of their highly entertaining World Cup Large Hill double in Lillehammer (NOR) they will now go head-to-head on two separate hills in Sweden.
They will first take on the Normal Hill (25 November), before the Large Hill contest 24 hours later. The women begin their Falun campaign on the Large Hill (28 Nov) before completing their programme on the Normal Hill (29-30 November).
“I’m excited about the facility in Falun,” World Cup leader Ryoyu Kobayashi (JPN) tells FIS. “I’ve never jumped there before and I’m really looking forward to the competitions on Tuesday and Wednesday in Sweden.”
Falun was part of the line-up during the first-ever FIS Ski Jumping World Cup season back in 1979-1980 and was a regular fixture throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s. However, after hosting a stage of the men’s World Cup in 2002, it was another 12 years before athletes would again grace the venue, with women joining men for the first time during a World Cup event in Falun.
The historic contest was won by Japanese icon Sara Takanashi (JPN), with team-mate Yuki Ito placing second, but there were no Swedish athletes within either the women’s or men’s field. That will change for the 2025/26 edition with host-nation hero Frida Westman (SWE) confirmed to be making a landmark appearance in her homeland.
“It’s going to be really fun and exciting,” she says. “I’ve never jumped on the Large Hill, so I’m really looking forward to it and I really hope that as many people as possible will come and cheer!”
