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Verona Ceremony Looks to Lift Paralympic Flame Above World's Fractures

The Milano Cortina Paralympics feature a record 612 athletes from 56 nations while around 30 delegations boycott for political or safety reasons, IPC said.

VERONA, Italy, March 6 : Less than two weeks after bidding goodbye to the Winter Olympics, Verona's majestic Roman amphitheatre hosts the Paralympic Games opening ceremony on Friday, against a dramatically altered global backdrop.The message of diversity and inclusion that the inaugural event of the 50th Para

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The 14th Winter Paralympic Games have also opened. The Games were officially opened in the Roman Colosseum in Verona by Italian President Sergio Mattarella, but due to the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) permission to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Games despite Russian aggression in Ukraine, some national teams boycotted the opening.

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After the return of the Russian national colours, the cool show for the 50th anniversary was all about sport politics. Many nations boycotted the opening ceremony.

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WTVB broke the news in on Friday, March 6, 2026.
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