Wisła Opens the 2026 Summer Season in a Fortnight
The 2026 FIS Ski Jumping Summer Grand Prix is two weeks away, with the opening leg set for August 1-2 at the Adam Małysz Hill in Wisła, Poland. The four-stage summer series stretches through late October and serves as the final major competitive window before the winter World Cup circuit opens. Poland's Paweł Wąsek enters as defending men's champion and will enjoy the home-crowd advantage in Wisła, named after the Polish legend and four-time World Cup overall winner Adam Małysz.
Four Stages Across Three Months
After Wisła, the series moves to the French Alps for the second leg at the Praz Olympic jump in Courchevel on August 8-9. Stage three follows on September 19-20 in Rasnov, Romania, before the series closes October 24-25 in Klingenthal, Germany. Men's and women's competitions share each weekend at all four venues, giving the complete Grand Prix table a parallel men's and women's race across the same calendar.
Italy's Lara Malsiner brings the women's title into the summer. The South Tyrolean has been among Europe's most consistent female jumpers for the past two seasons and arrives at Wisła as the clear benchmark for women's competition. Nordic rivals from Norway and Austria will look to narrow that gap across the four legs, with Klingenthal's finale likely decisive in the overall standings.
Kobayashi Enters a New Olympic Cycle
Japan's Ryōyū Kobayashi is the most closely watched individual heading into the Wisła opener. The former World Cup overall champion recorded three individual World Cup victories during the 2025-26 season and competed at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Wisła represents his first competitive appearance in the post-Olympic summer, and the Japanese team's coaching staff will assess his technical and mental state closely before the 2026-27 World Cup season takes shape. His performance in Wisła will set the early narrative for Japan's winter campaign.
Wąsek's status as defending champion on home soil makes him the man to beat in the men's standings, while contenders from Austria, Slovenia and Norway will challenge throughout the series. The depth of the international field heading into August means the Grand Prix overall titles are unlikely to be settled before the Klingenthal finale.
German Contenders Eye the Home Finale in Klingenthal
For German fans, the series conclusion on October 24-25 at the Vogtland Arena in Klingenthal offers the season's clearest opportunity. Karl Geiger, the Oberstdorf-based World Cup winner, and Andreas Wellinger, the 2018 Olympic normal-hill champion, are both realistic candidates for a podium finish in the overall standings if they string together consistent results across all four stages. Klingenthal's hill has a record of producing close decisions in the Summer Grand Prix finale, and the home crowd at the Vogtland Arena is among the noisiest on the FIS circuit.
FIS will publish the full Wisła start list ahead of the August 1 training session. Full schedule, results and rankings are at fis-ski.com.