Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week.

The competition will return to France for the first time in 38 years, with the country hosting the last Winter Games in Albertville in 1992. It will be the fourth time the Winter Olympic Games have been held in France.

Jens Luraas Oftebro, left, swept all three Nordic combined competitions. Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP via TESERO, Italy — Ski jumping and cross-country skiing through steady snowfall, Norway’s Andreas Skoglund and Jens Lurås Oftebro won what could be the final gold medal ever handed out in Nordic combined at the Winter Olympic Games,

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Nordic goodbye? It could be the last Olympics for a sport that mixes the grace of ski jumping with the grind of cross-country skiing. Nordic combined events at the Milan Cortina Games ended Thursday.