Thumbs up? Not really. Alex Insam was not at the start of the Super Team World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt. © Tobias Unterhofer / Social Media

No team at the start: Italy's ski jumpers lead a shadowy existence

The German ski jumpers started the home World Cup weekend in Titisee-Neustadt with a confident victory. Italy, on the other hand, is still hanging on the ropes in ski jumping.

13 December 2024

From: cst

Overall World Cup leader Pius Paschke and his teammate Andreas Wellinger won the super team format with a total of 873,3 points ahead of Austria (850,0) and Norway (829,2).

The 34-year-old Paschke also showed his current outstanding form in the Black Forest. With jumps of 143,5, 140 and 142,5 meters, the German laid the foundation for the team success with Olympic champion Wellinger. Paschke had already celebrated three World Cup victories in the still young ski jumping season.

New format without Azzurri at the start

The Super Team is a relatively new format. Instead of a classic team jump with four jumpers per team, only two athletes compete together. Each athlete completes three jumps instead of just two.

In outstanding form: Pius Paschke. © ANSA / Grzegorz Momot

Italy's winter sports association (FISI) doesn't seem to care. No Azzurri team competed in Titisee-Neustadt. A disgrace for the winter sports nation of Italy, which proves once again that ski jumping does not have a high status in the FISI. Countries like Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Turkey, however, managed to put together a team for the competition.