Female athletes excluded from participation in demanding double-discipline events at Milano-Cortina
US Nordic combined athlete Annika Malacinski has issued an Instagram following the IOC's decision to ban women from Winter Olympics sport.
The sport has been a part of the Olympics since the first Winter Games in 1924. It’s a combination of the two main Nordic events: cross-country skiing and ski jumping. Athletes
Norway's Jens Lurås Oftebro claimed gold in the Nordic combined skiing normal hill/10 kilometres event on Wednesday amid hopes of a good promotion of the endangered Olympic sport. Having started the cross country pursuit in seventh place after a morning ski jump,
Despite calls from athletes, the International Olympic Committee continues to exclude women from Nordic combined. For Annika Malacinski, that exclusion is especially difficult. Her brother, Niklas, will compete in Milan Cortina in a sport that has been in the Olympics since 1924.
Nordic combined faces Olympic elimination after 102 years. The sport excludes women, leaving athletes like Alexa Brabec fighting for inclusion.
Austrian Johannes Lamparter and brother duos Jens and Einaar Luraas Oftebro of Norway and Thomas and Stefan Rettenegger of Austria headline Nordic combined podium contenders at Milan Cortina 2026.
The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,
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