Nordic Combined May Be Eliminated from the Olympics in 2026

“Without the women, it could be a challenge for us to keep the boys,” said Lasse Ottesen, the former Norwegian ski jumper who is a race director for Nordic combined. “We have a lot of history.”

A vote is scheduled for June 26.

“All of us are very frustrated,” Annika Malacinski, the top American woman in Nordic combined, said during an interview from Finland, where she is training. “Every athlete strives to be at the elite level, which is at the Olympics. If this happens, all the training, the blood sweat and tears, is for nothing because we’re not being included in one of the most important competitions.”

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