Nordic combined athletes continue to campaign for their inclusion in the Winter Olympics
American Nordic combined skier Annika Malacinski dreams of becoming an Olympic athlete.
Instead, she must watch from the sidelines as her younger brother, Niklas, realises that dream at the 2026 Winter Games.
Nordic combined - a combination of cross-country skiing and ski jumping - is the only Olympic discipline in which women cannot compete.
The event has been a feature of the Winter Olympics since the first edition in Chamonix in 1924 but has only ever been open to men, despite there being women's World Cup and World Championship events.
