Para bobsleigh left out of Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics 02/01/21
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board has finalised the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games sport programme by deciding not to include the sport of Para bobsleigh.
In December 2020, the IPC announced that the five sports of Para alpine skiing, Para ice hockey, Para Nordic skiing, Para snowboard and wheelchair curling were confirmed for 2026 but that a decision on Para bobsleigh would be deferred until early 2021 pending clarification in several areas.
After clarifying these matters, the IPC Board decided not to include Para bobsleigh due to the sport not meeting the minimum criteria for the number of nations and regions regularly participating in the sport. According to data provided by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) to the IPC, the sport was widely and regularly practised in 10 countries and three IPC regions over the 2016/17-2019/20 seasons.
Imagen ⒸBerin KlawiterBy Lena Smirnova | For World Para Snow Sports
Para Nordic skier and 400m runner Danielle Aravich is trying to do what no athlete has done before - make dual debuts at the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, a mere six months apart and in two sports she only recently took up.
The task of qualifying for Tokyo 2020 in Para athletics and in Para Nordic skiing at Beijing 2022 was a daunting one to begin with for the US athlete. But when the Summer Games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the gap between the two biggest events in Para sports became even smaller and Aravich’s mission even more momentous.
- Women s middle distance - freestyle - vision impaired
- Women s sprint - freestyle - vision impaired
Para snowboard
- Women s banked slalom LL1
- Women s snowboard cross UL (NEW)
- Women s snowboard cross LL1
Wheelchair curling
Paris 2024 venue masterplan
Following six-months of stakeholder engagement by the Organising Committee, the IPC Governing Board approved a new, optimised venue masterplan for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The plan makes budget savings, enables certain venues to be shared, increases sustainability and further enhances the Paralympic sport programme and athlete experience.
As part of the updated plan, Para swimming will now take place at the La Défense Arena, Para powerlifting in the La Chapelle Arena and wheelchair rugby at the Champs de Mars Arena. The latter two venues will also host two Para sports back-to-back during the Games in order to drive efficiencies.