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. It was bittersweet for Annika. No rdic combined — ski jumping and cross-country in one — remains the only Winter Olympic sport that does not include women, even though women compete on the World Cup circuit and at world championships. “It’s heartbreaking, it really is,” Annika said while wrapped in a long pink and white coat, before taking her seat in the stands. At the race, Malacinski held up signs reading “No Exception” and “Make Olympics Gender Equal.” “My brother is here fulfilling his dreams and I am not,” the Colorado native said. “It’s so bittersweet and I keep talking about that. It lights a fire in me because this is so unjust and in 2030 it’s not going to be like this.” ...read more read less