Innsbruck – The Nordic Combined World Cup begins today, with the first of two gundersen scheduled between Innsbruck and Seefeld: long jump from the HS130 long trampoline at 10.30, and the 10 km cross-country starts at 16.15. The four Italians who will be in the competition have been chosen: Raffaele Buzzi, Samuel Costa, Aaron Kostner and Alessandro Pittin. The best during the first jump training sessions was Samuel Costa, as has often happened during the World Cup season. Pittin arrives in second place in the Best Skier Trophy: his best result of the season was ninth place of Otepää, while Costa arrived 12th in Lillehammer. (9Colonne)