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.

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,

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

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Jens Luraas Oftebro of Norway overcame a 28-second time disadvantage to chase down a pack of skiers, narrowly avoided a costly crash and then slugged it out uphill in deep, slushy snow to hold off his chief rival to win the gold medal in the Nordic combined normal hill competition.

Nordic combined is an aptly named winter sport in which competitors race in two different Nordic skiing disciplines: cross-country skiing and ski jumping.

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.

Austrian Johannes Lamparter and brother duos Jens and Einaar Luraas Oftebro of Norway and Thomas and Stefan Rettenegger of Austria headline Nordic combined podium contenders at Milan Cortina 2026.

It’s Day 5 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with eight gold medals on the line today. The first went to Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen, who added Alpine skiing’s super-G to his downhill and team combined titles.

Nordic combined has been part of every Winter Games program since 1924, but it’s facing existential questions stemming from participation numbers and gender equity.