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American -Finnish combined athlete Annika Malacinski23, summarized the acute problems of a few sentences in Finland’s traditional success.
“The combined is the only sport of the Olympic movement where women do not sports alongside men,” said Malacinski, who is a lot of Rovaniemi in Trondheim.
The Officer of the International Ski Association opened the competition director Lasse Ottesen With the leadership, what the future of the combined looks and how the treatment of women is essentially related to it.
Dependence on the Olympic status
Combined as a small form of sports is very dependent on the visibility of their Olympic status, which is guaranteed for men until next winter and until the Milan Games.
Finland is in 14 medals third in the all -time Olympic statistics after Norway and Germany.
Now, the worries are related to the 2030 French races, and there are plenty of worries.
Towards the end of 2025, the International Olympic Committee determines its own observations and data from the International Ski Association based on whether women are connected in an evolutionary spiral that could be included in the Olympic program in the 2030 Games.
In practice, this means a sufficient amount of sufficiently high -quality athletes from sufficiently many countries.
After 102 years out?
Concern is also associated with men’s combined, because if women cannot get involved, it is very likely that the story of the combined Winter Olympics will remain 102 years in 1924-2026.
The IOC no longer wants species in their race programs that are only open to another sex.
In Trondheim, there are representatives of women from 12 countries, and there are medals for women in three forms of competition – in addition to two personal races in a mixed team competition.
For example, in the Beijing Olympic Games, the 2022 men’s combined men from 19 from 19 to 1922.
“The combined is not losing their Olympic status,” Ottesen, the Director of Competition, assured.
Because the fate of women’s combined defines the fate of the whole species, FIS has launched significant development programs, which it also finances.
AY and someaactivist
Throughout his career, Malacinski has been one of the AY and social activists of his sport, who were bitterly lost to the Olympic Games next winter.
– my brother (Niklas) belongs to athletes who have the opportunity to represent the United States at the Milan Olympic Games. I can’t find words to describe how bitter I feel that I do not have the same opportunity for reasons beyond my control. It’s so unfair.
The ability of women to get to the Olympic Games in 2030 is raised by the fact that the host country always has the opportunity to influence the sport program. France is a well -established quality country in a combined.
Sports Expert, Former Head Coach Petter Rooster He says that the problems are not over even if women are passing the IOC sieve at the end of the year.
– The combined athlete quota at the Olympic Games 2026 is 36.
The IOC is known to be very cumbersome to raise the athlete quotas of the race.
“Stupid situation”
“It would be a pretty stupid situation in 2030 if only 18 men and 18 women were involved,” says Kukkonen.
Indeed, Ottesen said that strong lobbying work is underway to make the quota rise.
Malacinski also challenged Ottesen from the Women’s World Cup program. The women’s program includes six weekends this season, men eight:
– I would like to ask why the women’s combined women’s World Cup program.
– I believe that the 2025-26 program for the season will make you in a good mood, as Lahti is coming to women, Ottesen replied.
On the largest hill in Finland, Ruka, Ottesen, is not yet in the fall of women, nor in the air hill, of which Kulm organizes the men’s combined in February 2026.
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At 13.00 n Combined, Normal Hill
At 3 pm n cross -country skiing, combination competition 10 km (p) + 10 km (v)
At 5 pm n combined, skiing 5 km
At 6 pm m Ski jumping, Normal hill