Historic women's team event: A leap in the right direction?

By Christian Staffler, Seefeld in Tyrol

What has long been part of men's inventory has so far been withheld from female ski jumpers. And so just a month ago (and under pressure from the International Olympic Committee) the FIS agreed that there would be a women's team competition at the World Championships in Seefeld.

The Italian winter sports association also reacted to the inclusion of women's team jumping in the World Cup program. Actually, only the two South Tyroleans Lara Malsiner and Elena Runggaldier should have traveled to Seefeld. But in order to take part in the team competition, four jumpers are needed. And so Veronica Gianmoena and the 16-year-old debutante Giada Tomaselli, who had never competed in the World Cup before, were sent to Seefeld for the team competition.

Huge differences in prize money Even though there was team jumping for the first time, there are many examples that show that women's ski jumping is still in its infancy. A total of eleven nations took part in the World Cup debut on the Toni Seelos ski jump, which is something to be proud of. There were twelve men on Sunday in Innsbruck am Bergisel. However, one of the largest ski jumping nations in the world was missing because Poland did not have a women's team. The Eastern Europeans, who have long been a major power among men, have simply missed the development. Finally in focus: The DSV ski jumpers won a historic World Cup gold. © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

The ski jumpers celebrated their World Cup debut ten years ago, in 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. There has been a World Cup since 2012, followed two years later by the premiere of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. But when you compare the prize money, the difference is huge. While the German men for the World Cup team gold medal While they received 30.812 euros, their female counterparts received 4400 euros. An individual ski jumping world champion collects 28.750 euros in Seefeld. For women, the World Cup gold medal is worth 7043 euros. Italy achieves its intended goal The Italian women's quartet qualified for the second round, in which only the best eight teams are allowed to take part. And that was exactly the goal, as Runggaldier said on Monday SportNews -Interview told . Led by the strong and only 19-year-old Malsiner (she cracked the 100-meter mark), the “Azzurre” took eighth final position. Elena Runggaldier and her teammates are happy with eighth place. © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

The gold medal went to Germany, who now have a chance of winning the team gold four at the 2019 Nordic World Ski Championships. The only thing missing is the men's World Championship title on the normal hill and the gold medal in the mixed team jumping, where Germany is the big favorite on Saturday. The local heroes from Austria took the runner-up World Cup title, beating Norway. World Championships in Seefeld: women’s team jumping Pos Country Points 1. Germany 898,9 points 2. Austria 880,3 3. Norway 876,9 4. Slovenia 828,1 5. Russia 820,3 6. Japan 806,1 7. France 718,1 8. Italy 690,5

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Historic women's team event: A leap in the right direction?

February 26, 2019 will go down in the history books of Nordic skiing. For the first time at a Nordic World Ski Championships, a women's team competition was on the program. The Italian team did admirably.

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