Olympics Nordic combined schedule: TV channels, live streams, how to watch every event at 2026 Winter Games originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Nordic combined, a mixture of cross-country skiing and ski jumping, is back at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Ilia Malinin will handle the men's short program in the team event, starting what is expected to be a golden Winter Olympics for the "Quad God."

American skier Lindsey Vonn posted a workout video Thursday from Milan showcasing her training ahead of her first Olympics event despite suffering a ruptured ACL last week. Vonn was seen squatting without a knee brace and later was doing various stretching, box jumps and calisthenics exercises with a brace on her left leg.

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games officially kick off on February 6 on NBC and Peacock, and right from the start, Mike Tirico will be broadcasting from the very center of Northern Italy’s athletic hustle and bustle.

Melvin was set to travel to Italy to help with NBC's Winter Olympics coverage.