US EditionA guide to the six sports at the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics
The Winter Paralympics feature 79 medal events across six sports with a record 665 Para athletes competing in venues throughout northern Italy.
- Friday, the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics open in Verona with a record 665 Para athletes competing for 79 sets of medals across six sports.
- Classification systems in the skiing sports group athletes into standing, sitting and vision‑impaired categories, while a results calculation system applies factoring so athletes from different divisions can race together.
- At Tesero, Para biathlon and cross‑country will stage their events, while Cortina's Tofane course hosts snowboard banked slalom and snowboard cross, and Milan's Santagiulia arena hosts Para ice hockey.
- Expanded relay and curling formats increase opportunities for athletes and guides, with wheelchair curling mixed doubles debuting alongside the mixed‑team event’s 20th anniversary and para cross‑country adding mixed and open relays.
- Para snowboard's equipment options and event formats highlight technological and competitive diversity, as athletes use prosthetics or modified gear and race in two-run banked slalom and four-athlete snowboard cross heats.
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The 2026 Winter Paralympics have begun. Here are the 6 sports athletes are competing in
The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics will feature a record number of athletes and medals across six sports: Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing, Para ice hockey, Para snowboard and wheelchair curling.
A guide to the 6 sports at the Milano-Cortina Paralympics
With more than 600 Para athletes and 79 sets of medals to be awarded, Milano-Cortina will feature a record number of athletes and medals. They will compete across six sports: Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing, Para ice hockey, Para snowboard and wheelchair curling.
The Milan Cortina Paralympic Winter Games opened on Friday with 17 French athletes competing.
Follow the evolution of the 2026 Paralympic Games medal table in Milan-Cortina in real time.
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