Advertisement“It was a challenging one, but I’m really happy to have this end to the competition with a team gold,” Oftebro said. With his sweep, Oftebro tied Norway’s Joergen Graabak for most Olympic golds in Nordic combined. The IOC said Nordic combined had the lowest viewership of the 2022 Games, and pointed to the fact that just four countries — Norway, Germany, Japan and Austria — medaled in the past three Winter Olympics. Still, only six athletes won medals across three Nordic combined competitions throughout the entire Games, including in the two-person team relay. The IOC said it plans to make a decision about the future of Nordic combined sometime after the 2026 Games, using data from the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Source: International New York Times February 19, 2026 22:09 UTC