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President of the Italian Republic, Your Excellency Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, Giorgia Meloni. IOC President Kirsty Coventry, Paralympic Athletes, President of the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee Giovanni Malago Buona sera Italia, Ciao Verona, Benvenuti to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, Da Roma 1960 a Torino 2006. Ora è il momento di Milano Cortina 2026, che inizia qui nella storica Verona. Al caro popolo italiano: que

The NPC had been due to be at the Games with one Para athlete in Para cross-country skiing but is unable to travel safely. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed on Friday (6 March) afternoon that the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Iran will not compete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. NPC Iran had been due to participate with one athlete - two-time Paralympian Aboulfazl Khatibi Mianaei - in two Para cross-country skiing medal events

Scotland will have new representatives in both the women’s and men’s forthcoming World Championships after national champions Team Henderson and Team Whyte were selected for the first time. For these teams the opportunity to wear Scotland colours at senior level is a reward for the consistency in recent years that has seen Fay Henderson and Ross Whyte lead their rinks to three successive Scottish Championship wins. The selections were made taking a series of criteria into acc

(May Zhao Interviews the Chair of the British Paralympic Association) On the eve of the Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympic Games, the Paralympic flame is set to be reignited and the world’s attention turns once again to the Paralympic stage. In an exclusive interview with May Zhao, the Chair of the British Paralympic Association said ParalympicsGB is ready. Asked what advantage Britain must not lose in this cycle, his answer was immediate and unequivocal: passion and the will t

At the flame lighting and collection ceremony held in Stoke Mandeville, Dame Sarah Storey appeared in a striking emerald outfit, radiating energy and presence. She was once a legendary cyclist dominating the Summer Paralympic Games, with 19 gold medals and 30 medals in total. After retiring, she transitioned into broadcasting, becoming a poised and professional commentator for Channel 4. From the Paris Paralympic cycle onward, we have closely followed her journey — her name “

（By May Zhao)Andrea Macri, a four-time Paralympian with the Italian Para Ice Hockey team and also serving as vice-captain, laughed when recalling his experience receiving the Winter Paralympic flame in Mandeville. He said it was not only a tremendous honor but felt like being handed a VIP pass in the world of sports, making him so happy he could almost “fly.” What made it even more exciting was that he would carry the flame all the way back to Italy, bringing the passion home