Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics - Para Snowboard

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The Winter Paralympics are here, and that means Para Snowboard is back on our screens!

You can view the schedule here. Para Snowboard is on from 7-14 March 2026.

What is Para Snowboard?
Athletes compete in two different events in three categories for men and one for women depending on the type of disability:
- Athletes with a physical disability affecting one or both legs. They can use prosthetics or modified equipment to compete.
- Athletes with a physical disability affecting one or both arms, who compete while standing.

Banked slalom
Each athlete completes three runs, and the best run determines their final ranking based on increasing time. Only one athlete is on the course at a time. The course may have a medium-pitched slope; ideally the trail is a naturally variable terrain with lots of bumps and dips. There are snowbanks at the gate and the athlete can choose the best path to navigate the course.

Snowboard cross
During qualifications, each athlete completes three runs, and the best run determines their final ranking. Only one athlete is on the course at a time. In head-to-head competitions, there are 16 men and eight women in the finals, with two competitors (or another number set by the jury) in each run. In timed events, athletes compete one at a time.

At Milano Cortina 2026, the men's and women's events will take place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, at the Cortina Para Snowboard Park.

Very brief history of Para Snowboard
The sport owes its popularity to the determination of a group of pioneers who, in 2005, began to request that this sport be included at the Paralympic Winter Games.

After many years of campaigning, it was announced in 2012 that Para snowboard would make its debut at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games as part of the alpine skiing program, with two medal events in snowboard cross time trials for men and women with lower limb disabilities.

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

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