Monday, 9 March 2026

Milan Cortina Paralympics Day Three

Day Three- Monday March 9th


Wheelchair Curling Mixed Doubles - GB
duo Jason Kean/Jo Butterfield came from 10-4 behind against Italy to force an extra end at 10-10 but lost out 11-10 and miss out on the semi finals. The Mixed Team had an even worse day as they lost 7-6 to Korea and 6-5 to Sweden. 


Para Alpine Skiing Women's Super-G Vision Impaired 
saw Chiara Mazzel (Guide- Cottini Cotti ) (ITA) win ahead of Veronika Aigner (Guide- Lilly Sammer) (AUT) and Alexandra Rexova (Guide-Sophia Polak ) (SVK) while GB's Menna Fitzpatrick (Guide- Katie Guest) finished sixth. The Women's Super-G Standing was won by Varvara Voronchikhina (RUS) as she finished ahead of Aurelie Richard (FRA) and Ebba Aarsjoe (SWE)The Women's Super-G Sitting saw Audrey Pascual Seco (ESP) cross in front of Momoka Muraoka (JPN) and Sitong Liu (CHN). 

The Men's Super-G Vision Impaired  was won by Johannes Aigner (Guide- Nico Haberl) (AUT) ahead of Giacomo Bertagnolli (Guide- Andrea Ravelli) (ITA) and Kalle Ericsson (Guide- Sierra Smith) while GB's Neil Simpson (Guide- Rob Poth) and Fred Warburton (Guide-James Hannah) placed in fourth and twelfth. The Men's Super-G Standing saw Robin Cuche (SUI) cross in front of Patrick Halgren (USA) and Jules Segers (FRA). The Men's Super-G Sitting was won by Jeroen Kampschreur (NED) ahead of Jesper Pedersen (NOR) and Andrew Kurka (USA). 





Milan Cortina 2026 Paralympics Day Two

Day Two- Sunday March 8th


Wheelchair Curling Mixed Team
continued with GB losing 5-4 to Canada in the morning session and then the Mixed Doubles duo saw a 10-5 defeat to China in the afternoon session.


Para Biathlon Women's Individual Sitting
was won by Yunji Kim (KOR) ahead of Anja Wicker (GER) and Kendall Gretsch (USA). A China 1-2 in the Men's Individual Sitting as Zixu Liu crossed ahead of Zhongwu Mao with Taras Rad (UKR) rounding off the medals and GB's Scott Meenagh placing 18th.
The Women's Individual Standing saw Natalie Wilkie (CAN) win ahead of Zhiqing Zhao (CHN) and Oleksandra Kononova (UKR). 

The Men's Individual Standing was won by Jiayun Cai (CHN) who crossed ahead of Mark Arendz (CAN) and Marco Maier (GER). The Women's Individual Vision Impaired saw Yue Wang (CHN) (Guide- Guorning Chen) win ahead of Simona Bubenickova (CZE) (Guide- David Srutek) and Johanna Recktenwald (GER) (Guide- Emily Rose Weiss). The Men's Individual Vision Impaired was won by Hesong Dang (CHN) (Guide- Hongda Lu) as he crossed ahead of Maksym Murashkovskyi (UKR)(Guide- Vitaliy Trush) and Dmytro Suiarko (UKR) (Guide- Oleksandr Nikonovych). 


Para Snowboard Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2
was won by Cecile Hernandez (FRA) who crossed ahead of Kate Delson (USA) and Xinyu Wang (CHN). The Men's Snowboard Cross SB -LL1 saw Zhongwei Wu (CHN) win ahead of Noah Elliott (USA) and Tyler Turner (CAN). The Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2 was won by Emanuel Perathoner (ITA) ahead of Ben Tudhope (AUS) and Jehyuk Lee (KOR). A China 1-2 in the Men's Snowboard Cross SB-UL as Lijia JI finished ahead of Yonggang Zhu and Aron Fahrni (SUI)


RankCountry
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
China
8
5
3
16
2
Ukraine
3
2
5
10
3
Austria
2
0
0
2
4
Canada
1
3
2
6
5
United States
1
3
1
5
1
Azerbaijan
0
0
0
0
6
France
1
2
0
3
7
Germany
1
1
5
7
8
Italy
1
1
1
3
9
South Korea
1
0
1
2
9
Switzerland
1
0
1
2
11
Norway
1
0
0
1
11
Sweden
1
0
0
1
13
Czech Republic
0
2
0
2
14
Australia
0
1
0
1
14
Netherlands
0
1
0
1
14
Spain
0
1
0
1
17
Russian Federation
0
0
2
2
18
Slovakia
0
0
1
1