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.

Stolz, widely considered the best skater in the world, competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics at 17 years old — the youngest male athlete on the team in Beijing — and finished 13th in the 500-meter and 14th in the 1,000-meter. But since then, he’s dominated the competition.

Twice Olympic champion Vinzenz Geiger said he had a very positive conversation with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry in view of the future of Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics.

Nordic combined crowned its first medalists on Wednesday as the fight over the sport's Olympic future rages on.

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,

The 2026 Winter Olympics has been called the most equal Games in terms of gender parity. But there’s still one sport excluding women: Nordic combined.

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

Eero Hirvonen wins bronze in the Nordic combined at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, securing Finland’s first medal of the Games. The medal was decided on the final climb in Val di Fiemme. Suvi Minkkinen finished 12th in the women’s 15km biathlon after two penalties.

Top: Eau Claire native Ben Loomis, a member of the U.S. Olympic Team, brakes in the finish area on Wednesday after his competition round jump during the Nordic Combined event at t