Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics - Wheelchair Curling

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The Winter Paralympics are here, and that means wheelchair curling is back on our screens!

You can view the schedule here. Wheelchair curling is on from 4-14 March 2026.

What is curling?
Curling is a game that requires precision, teamwork and strategy. Heavy granite stones are slid along the ice towards a target zone known as the 'house'.

A curling match consists of 10 rounds ('ends'). Each team plays eight stones per end and the final score is calculated when all 16 stones have been thrown. Points are awarded to the team that has the stone closest to the centre of the house (the 'button'), and they get one point for every stone that is closer to the button than the nearest stone belonging to the opposite team.

Very brief history of curling and wheelchair curling
Curling is widely believed to be one of the world’s oldest team sports! The first curling club was founded in Scotland in 1716, but there are records of activities similar to curling dating back to the 1500s. During the 19th century the game was exported wherever Scots settled around the world in cold climates, most notably in Canada, United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand.

Curling debuted as an Olympic sport at the 1924 Games in Chamonix with a men’s competition and later appeared as a demonstration event in 1932, 1988 and 1992. It officially returned at the Nagano Games in 1998, featuring both men's and women's events. The mixed doubles event was introduced at PyeongChang in 2018.

Wheelchair curling was added to the Paralympic programme at the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games.

Visit the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics and Paralympics Hub Thread for more!

(edited 3 weeks ago)

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Geo Lover 7

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Adding this in, hope you don't mind. :teehee:

Mixed Doubles is a new even for this Paralympics which I just found out. It might want adding to the OP.
Teams Competing:
Mixed Team:
Canada
China
Great Britain
Italy
Latvia
Norway
Slovakia
South Korea
Sweden
United States
Mixed Doubles:
China
Estonia
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Latvia
South Korea
United States

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