
Nordic Combined Faces Potential Olympic Curtain Call
With talk that Nordic combined may be retiring from the Olympics, the 2026 Tesero Games highlight the sport’s drama: Norway’s Jens Luraas Oftebro and teammates won gold in the team sprint, Finland’s Eero Hirvonen took silver, and Austria’s Stefan Rettenegger and Johannes Lamparter earned bronze, underscoring the discipline’s toughness and the ongoing debate over its Olympic future.