Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport that doesn't allow women to compete, despite athletes' efforts to change that. They say their odds for 2030 hinge on people watching men's events this week.

The competition will return to France for the first time in 38 years, with the country hosting the last Winter Games in Albertville in 1992. It will be the fourth time the Winter Olympic Games have been held in France.

Edgar Grospiron, President of the French Alps Organising Committee for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, ultimately makes the final decision on what to add for the upcoming Games in four years. Cyclo-Cross and Ice Cross are the other two contenders as things stand.

The sport has been included since the first Winter Games in 1924, but it is the only winter sport that doesn’t include women. Female athletes who compete on the World Cup tour and in world championships have lobbied hard to change that. But their fate is tied to the larger sport.

Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport at Milan-Cortina that does not have a women's event. BBC Sport takes a look at why.

Female athletes excluded from participation in demanding double-discipline events at Milano-Cortina

Jens Luraas Oftebro, left, swept all three Nordic combined competitions. Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP via TESERO, Italy — Ski jumping and cross-country skiing through steady snowfall, Norway’s Andreas Skoglund and Jens Lurås Oftebro won what could be the final gold medal ever handed out in Nordic combined at the Winter Olympic Games,

TESERO, Italy (AP) — U.S. team skier Annika Malacinski attended the Nordic combined at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday to cheer for her younger brother. And protest. Annika came from her training base in Norway to watch brother Niklas finish 13th in his Olympic debut.

Norway's Jens Luraas Oftebro won his second Nordic combined gold medal at the Winter Olympics after the large hill ski jump and 10-kilometer ski race.

Olympic fans have created a popular petition that could save the future of a sport set to be cut following the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. The 2026 Winter Olympic Games officially ended on 22 February following two weeks of excitement and drama, with Team GB leaving Italy with a total of five medals, including three golds.