Host city | Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
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Events | 79 in 6 sports |
Opening | 6 March |
Closing | 15 March |
Stadium | Verona Arena (opening ceremony) Cortina Ice Olympic Stadium (closing ceremony) |
Winter Summer 2026 Winter Olympics |
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The 2026 Winter Paralympics (Italian : Giochi paralimpici invernali del 2026), commonly known as Milano-Cortina 2026, is an international winter multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, scheduled to take place in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 15 March. The election was held on 24 June 2019 at the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, home of the IOC headquarters. Milan-Cortina were elected as hosts, defeating Stockholm-Åre. [1]
This will be the third Paralympic Games hosted in Italy and will mark the 20th anniversary of the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin.
79 events in six Winter Paralympic sports are expected. [2]
The venues for the Games are below. [3]
On 30 March 2021, following a public vote between two candidates designed by Landor Associates, a design named "Futura" was announced as the emblem of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Paralympic version is recoloured with a red, blue, and green gradient to symbolise an aurora and the colours of the Paralympic emblem. [4] [5] [6]
An online vote closing on 28 February 2023 was held among a list of candidates to select the mascots of the Olympics and Paralympics, with the winning candidates being inspired by stoats. [7] Their names were revealed to be Tina and Milo (derived from the names of the host cities), [8] with Milo, the brown stoat, being the Paralympic mascot. The character is portrayed as having been born without a leg, and represents ingenuity, willpower and creativity. [9]
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