So in 2022, the women of Nordic combined tuned in across the world to a YouTube stream, where the IOC handed down its decision: No women’s Nordic combined in 2026. “Now I know that this could have been my Olympic Games,” Armbruster said. But in America, the federal government doesn’t fund national federations, and in 2024, USA Nordic Sport stopped financially supporting Nordic combined for both men and women, citing financial challenges. Alexa Brabec (left) and Annika Malacinski at December’s Nordic Combined World Cup in Austria. When asked if she could tell the IOC anything about women’s Nordic combined, Armbruster had two words:“Watch us.”

Source: International New York Times February 09, 2026 13:10 UTC