One of the Winter Olympics’ oldest sports is facing steady decline. Its savior could be finally allowing women to compete

By Dana ONeil, CNN (CNN) — A little more than a week before the 2026 Winter Olympics were set to begin, Annika and Niklas Malacinski dialed into a Zoom call from their World Cup event in Austria. The sibling tandem from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, are among the best in the US in Nordic combined, which