Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week.

It is always a big goal to win a gold with the team because it is not just us, it is for everybody — the waxers, all the staff and other athletes — so it is a perfect ending.” Oftebro swept all three Nordic combined competitions;

The competition will return to France for the first time in 38 years, with the country hosting the last Winter Games in Albertville in 1992. It will be the fourth time the Winter Olympic Games have been held in France.

The sport has been included since the first Winter Games in 1924, but it is the only winter sport that doesn’t include women. Female athletes who compete on the World Cup tour and in world championships have lobbied hard to change that. But their fate is tied to the larger sport.

Female athletes excluded from participation in demanding double-discipline events at Milano-Cortina

TESERO, Italy (AP) — U.S. team skier Annika Malacinski attended the Nordic combined at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday to cheer for her younger brother. And protest. Annika came from her training base in Norway to watch brother Niklas finish 13th in his Olympic debut.

All the ways to watch Winter Olympics Nordic Combined 2026 live streams for FREE, with Johannes Lamparter, Jens Luras Oftebro and Julian Schmid headlining the action.

Edgar Grospiron, President of the French Alps Organising Committee for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, ultimately makes the final decision on what to add for the upcoming Games in four years. Cyclo-Cross and Ice Cross are the other two contenders as things stand.