Nordic combined skiers may have competed in their final Olympics
AP News • • sports
Key Points:
- Nordic combined, a sport combining ski jumping and cross-country skiing, concluded its events at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, but its future in the Games is uncertain due to low TV viewership and dominance by a few countries.
- Norway swept gold in all three Nordic combined events, highlighting the sport's limited competitive diversity, with podiums repeatedly occupied by Norway, Austria, Germany, and Japan.
- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reconsidering the sport's inclusion after the Games, partly because it is the only winter Olympic sport without women's events, despite efforts to introduce female competitions.
- The International Ski Federation (FIS) has increased women's participation and media engagement, but audience growth has been modest, and the IOC is also evaluating other
