The sport has been included since the first Winter Games in 1924, but it is the only winter sport that doesn’t include women. Female athletes who compete on the World Cup tour and in world championships have lobbied hard to change that. But their fate is tied to the larger sport.

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Norway swept the Nordic combined events at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with a victory in the team sprint through heavy snowfall Thursday in what could be the final time the sport is featured in the Olympics.

Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold in the new team combined event. Paula Moltzan and Jacqueline Wiles of the United States took bronze.

The iconic figure skater won the gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria

By Tommy Lund and Liz Hampton PREDAZZO, Italy, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Austria won the gold medal in the men's super team event in ski jumping at the Winter Olympics on Monday in a chaotic competition where snow stopped the third round from being completed.

How excited was Austria's Benjamin Karl to win his second consecutive gold medal in the men's parallel giant slalom? He disregarded the cold, snowy conditions at the Livigno Snow Park and ditched his ski clothing to flex in victory.

Young stars often get hyped up at the Winter Olympics. Teen skiers and early-20s snowboarders usually shape the games. Yet another group deserves just as much praise. These are the athletes who stayed in elite sport long after most

Born in Ukraine, raised in Austria and now studying for a business degree in NJ, Olga Mikutina has qualified for the free skate at the 2026 Olympics.