The only Winter Olympic sport women can’t compete in | Legacy Spotlight

The only Winter Olympic sport women can’t compete in | Legacy Spotlight

From Legacy: Sports Stories by Stak

January 21, 2026 · 13 min · Season 5 · Episode 1

About this episode

This episode tells the story of Annika Malacinski, a leading voice fighting for women's inclusion in Nordic combined at the Olympics.

Women have been competing in Nordic combined at the World Cup and World Championship level, but the Olympics? Still off-limits.This is the story of  Annika Malacinski , one of the world’s top women in Nordic combined and a leading voice fighting for Olympic inclusion. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and share. This is Legacy: Spotlight, where we tell sports stories that matter. New episodes every fortnight. Follow us on YouTube for every story in video and get us on Instagram and TikTok for even more Legacy stories. Got a story you think we need to tell? DM us on Instagram or email legacysportstories@gmail.com . Legacy is the award-winning documentary podcast that tells powerful, human stories rooted in sports - from football and soccer, to rugby, tennis, boxing, F1, NFL, cricket, golf and beyond. Subscribe to make sure you don't miss any of our documentaries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Stak

Guest: Annika Malacinski

Topics covered

  • Winter Olympics
  • Nordic combined
  • women in sports
  • Olympic inclusion
  • sports stories

Keywords

  • Winter Olympics
  • Nordic combined
  • women athletes
  • Olympic sports
  • sports documentary

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