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At the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Italy, Great Britain’s mixed wheelchair curling team lost 9–2 to Norway in their final round-robin match, finishing 10th overall and missing out on the semi-finals. After the match, 44-year-old British veteran Hugh Nibloe said that although the team’s results at this Games fell short of expectations, the squad still has the potential to rise again. Nibloe noted that the British wheelchair curling team has a strong team cul

During the preparations for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) launched the “I’mPOSSIBLE” education programme across Italy, with more than 28,000 students from over 350 schools taking part, covering more than 1,400 classes. The programme was jointly introduced in 2025 by the Fondazione Milano-Cortina 2026 and Procter & Gamble (P&G), a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner. It aims to help students aged six to 18 be

Photo by ParalympicsGB/Sam Mellish Milano Cortina, 10 March 2026 — At the Winter Paralympics alpine skiing events, 23-year-old British athlete Neil Simpson and his guide Rob Poth claimed Great Britain’s first medal of the Games, winning silver in the men’s visually impaired alpine combined. Simpson was fourth after the morning Super-G run, but delivered the fastest time in the slalom run to finish with a total of 1:57.07, completing his full set of Paralympic medals. Simpson

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

(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