Annalena Slamik: "If you keep your joy, the results will come by themselves"

October 23, 2025 / FIS

Austrian Nordic Combined athlete Annalena Slamik reflects on her growth since debuting at the historic first women’s World Cup in Ramsau 2020, noting improved ski jumping and cross-country form and greater composure. She praises the rapid progress of women’s Nordic Combined—more World Cups, larger hills, and broader participation—while lamenting the Olympic exclusion. Slamik highlights her first top-10 in Otepää, her love for Mixed Team events, and her goal to stay healthy, enjoy the sport, and achieve more consistent top results; she also discusses a behind-the-scenes social media project with teammate Claudia Purker.

Ahead of the Olympics, Lisa Hirner rejects switch to ski jumping

October 07, 2025 / krone.at

Austrian Nordic combined athlete Lisa Hirner says she will remain in Nordic combined for the 2025–26 season, despite women’s Nordic combined not being on the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic program and Austria’s women’s ski jumping team being depleted. She kept a potential Olympic path open by earning enough FIS points in Hinterzarten to be eligible for top-level women’s ski jumping and could contest an internal ÖSV selection, but stressed she is “100% a combined athlete.” Hirner criticized the continued exclusion of women’s Nordic combined from the Games, noted her improved health after a Hashimoto’s diagnosis last season, and contrasted her stance with Gyda Westvold-Hansen’s switch to special jumping.

Building stronger events together: Nordic LOC Seminar 2025

October 07, 2025 / FIS (International Ski & Snowboard Federation)

FIS gathered 67 representatives from 32 Local Organizing Committees and National Ski Associations in Val di Fiemme for the Nordic LOC Seminar on October 3–4, 2025. Race directors and guest experts led sessions on fan engagement, volunteer management, sponsorship activation, and NSA–LOC collaboration, followed by workshops tackling real event challenges around World Cup races. Participants highlighted the value of sharing best practices to elevate event quality and fan experience across Nordic disciplines.

Nordic Combined Committee looks ahead: growth, innovation, and Olympic ambitions

October 03, 2025 / FIS (International Ski & Snowboard Federation)

FIS’s Nordic Combined Committee reviewed strong audience growth and unveiled the largest-ever 2025/26 World Cup calendar, including more women’s large-hill events and the men’s first ski flying competition at Kulm. The committee confirmed equipment rule tweaks, a 10% World Cup prize money increase (with an optional additional 10% by organizers), and equal overall prize money for men and women. With 64% of Milano Cortina 2026 Nordic Combined tickets already sold, FIS is campaigning for the discipline’s inclusion in the 2030 Olympic Winter Games, with an IOC decision expected in spring 2026.

Austria celebrates podium sweep in Val di Fiemme

September 21, 2025 / FIS

Austria dominated the Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix finale in Val di Fiemme, sweeping the men’s podium and taking the top five places. Stefan Rettenegger won after a late surge in the 10 km roller ski race, with Franz-Josef Rehrl second and Paul Walcher third, following Rehrl’s hill-record 139.5 m jump in Predazzo.

Germany edges Austria in thrilling Mixed Team race

September 20, 2025 / FIS

Germany won the Nordic Combined Mixed Team event in Ziano di Fiemme, overtaking Austria I in a dramatic final sprint to win by 1.7 seconds. Austria led after the HS109 jumping round, but Germany steadily reeled them in during the 5–2.5–2.5–5 km roller-ski race, with Johannes Rydzek outsprinting Stefan Rettenegger on the anchor leg. Norway I completed the podium after Einar Luraas Oftebro moved past Austria II late in the race.

Korhonen sprints to first Summer Grand Prix victory in Val di Fiemme

September 19, 2025 / FIS

Finland’s Minja Korhonen claimed her first Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix win in Val di Fiemme, outsprinting Japan’s Yuna Kasai after starting virtually tied from the jumping round. Heta Hirvonen finished third, while Germany’s Nathalie Armbruster placed fourth to secure the overall Summer Grand Prix title ahead of Korhonen and Slovenia’s Ema Volavšek. Korhonen also earned the Best Jumper blue bib and Volavšek won the Best Skier Trophy.

Olympic excitement at the heart of the 46th Forum Nordicum in Val di Fiemme

September 19, 2025 / FIS

The Forum Nordicum gathered Nordic-skiing media in Val di Fiemme with a strong focus on Milano-Cortina 2026 preparations. FIS race directors outlined notable updates: Nordic Combined’s equal overall prize money from 2025/26, men’s Ski Flying premiere in Kulm, women’s Ski Flying premiere in Planica for Ski Jumping, and Cross-Country’s 20th anniversary Tour de Ski with a new heat mass start format. Attendees also toured Olympic venues in Predazzo and Tesero.

Hirvonen claims first PCR win in Predazzo

September 18, 2025 / FIS

Finland’s Heta Hirvonen won the Women’s Provisional Competition Round (PCR) on the HS109 hill in Predazzo to open the FIS Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix in Val di Fiemme. The 16-year-old scored 126.3 points with a 97 m jump, edging USA’s Alexa Brabec and Finland’s Minja Korhonen. Norway’s Ingrid Laate recorded the day’s longest jump at 99 m but placed ninth due to lower style points; the Individual Gundersen race follows the next day.

Germany edges Slovenia in thrilling Team Sprint

August 31, 2025 / FIS

Germany’s Jenny Nowak and Nathalie Armbruster won the women’s Team Sprint at the FIS Nordic Combined Summer Grand Prix in Chaux‑Neuve, edging Slovenia by 3.2 seconds after a race-long duel. Strong jumps put Germany I in front after the HS118 round, and the lead see‑sawed throughout the 2x4.5 km roller-ski relay before Armbruster sealed the victory. Finland finished third at 1:42.8, while France I was further back; Germany’s Maria Gerboth suffered a crash despite a long jump.