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.

The Winter Olympics have one event in 2026 where women are still not allowed to compete. Nordic combined — ski jumping and cross-country in one — remains the only Winter Olympic sport that does not include women,

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Nordic goodbye? It could be the last Olympics for a sport that mixes the grace of ski jumping with the grind of cross-country skiing. Nordic combined events at the Milan Cortina Games ended Thursday.

Norway's Jens Lurås Oftebro won his third gold of the Milan/Cortina Olympics in the Nordic combined team sprint on Thursday as Germany - thanks to a double fall - ended a Winter Games without a medal in the discipline for the first time since 1998.

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.

Reigning World Cup champion Vinzenz Geiger fell not once but twice in the concluding super team event as Nordic combined powerhouses Germany finished without a medal in the sport for the first time in 28 years.

Norway's Jens Luraas Oftebro won his second Nordic combined gold medal at the Winter Olympics after the large hill ski jump and 10-kilometer ski race.

Colorado's U.S. Senators are urging the International Olympic Committee to keep Nordic Combined in future winter games and include women. Several Steamboat Springs athletes are the best in the world.