Erik Belshaw ski jumping break 2026-2027 season, Digi Mart USA News: Two weeks before the start of the World Championship winter, U.S. ski jumper Erik Belshaw has announced a surprise decision to sit out the upcoming season.
The U.S. federation announced on Monday that Belshaw will not compete in any international event in the 2026/2027 season and has declined a place on the national team.
According to the federation, the decision was not due to an injury or the end of his career. Belshaw made the choice himself after consideration and in consultation with the U.S.
national team coaching staff.
The federation said the decision followed a winter that did not go as hoped. Belshaw, from Colorado, won the silver medal in the individual event at the 2024 Junior World Championships.
The past winter was more difficult: he scored no points in the World Cup and was not nominated for the U.S. Olympic team.
During the summer, Belshaw competed in only one international weekend. At the Grand Prix in Courchevel, he placed 48th and 35th.
He did not start at the U.S. Championships in Lake Placid in October.
Earlier in July, his older sister, Annika Belshaw, announced the end of her athletic career.
