American Olympian disqualified from ski jumping competition over equipment issue

American skis jumper Annika Belshaw was deed with a disqualification for a akin crushed arsenic Austria’s Daniel Tschofenig was astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Belshaw was disqualified from the women’s ample elevation contention for having skis that were excessively long. Officials determined that her skis magnitude was 1 centimeter implicit the close size. She was acceptable to vie successful the finals aft making it past the qualifying round.

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Annika Belshaw, of the United States, soars done the aerial during her proceedings leap of the skis jumping women's ample elevation idiosyncratic astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Predazzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.  (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

But her hopes of perchance getting to the podium were dashed.

Norway’s Anna Odine Strom and Eirin Maria Kvandal picked up golden and metallic medals respectively. Slovenia’s Nika Prevc got the bronze medal.

Belshaw, 23, was competing successful her archetypal Olympic Games. She was named the 2022 Ski Jumping Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard federation. She competed successful the mean elevation contention and finished successful 21st.

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Annika Belshaw, of the United States, walks distant aft her last circular leap of the skis jumping women's ample elevation idiosyncratic astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Predazzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The U.S. besides finished successful seventh spot successful the mixed squad mean elevation event.

A akin incidental occurred with Tschofenig.

The Austrian prima was disqualified from the lawsuit arsenic his boots didn’t conscionable Olympic requirements. His boots were 4 millimeters implicit the standard.

Annika Belshaw, of the United States, brakes successful the decorativeness country during her archetypal circular leap of the skis jumping women's mean elevation individual, astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Predazzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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"I utilized caller shoes successful training, which, by the way, I wasn't precise blessed with, but I kept them," he told AFP. "Unfortunately, I was naive and didn't cheque the sizes. That was incredibly anserine of me."

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