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.
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US skier protests women’s exclusion from Olympic sport while cheering for brother at Milan 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.
Norway's Jens Lurås Oftebro beat Austrian World Cup leader Johannes Lamparter again to complete a first Nordic combined large hill and normal hill events double at Winter Olympics on Tuesday. Oftebro attacked from a three-man leader group in one of the last uphills to beat Lamparter by 5.
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Olympic women furious over Nordic combined snub
When organizers describe the 2026 Winter Olympics as the most gender-balanced in history, there is one glaring exception: Nordic combined. The discipline — which merges ski jumping with a 10-kilometer cross-country race — remains closed to women at the Olympic level,
US Nordic combined athlete Annika Malacinski has issued an Instagram following the IOC's decision to ban women from Winter Olympics sport.
Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport at Milan-Cortina that does not have a women's event. BBC Sport takes a look at why.
Sibling Annika and Niklas Malacinski represent Team USA in Nordic combined, an original Olympic sport. One is at Milan Games. The other isn't.
US skier Annika Malacinski protests women’s exclusion from Olympic sport - Nordic combined is the only Winter Olympics event that excludes women
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