Athletes return to the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre for the super-G events on day 3 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. Six gold medals are up for grabs across vision impaired, standing and sitting categories for men and women. Defending champions and top-ranked competitors aim to build on early successes from the downhill races.
The super-G competitions mark the second set of para alpine skiing medals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, following the downhill events on day 1. Racing begins at 9:00 CET with the women's super-G vision impaired category, followed by standing and sitting races for women, then men's events starting at 10:15 CET. The Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, hosts these high-speed races, where skiers navigate a fixed course blending downhill speed with technical turns.
In the men's sitting category, Norway's Jesper Pedersen seeks a second gold after winning the downhill on March 7. The 26-year-old, who claimed four golds and a silver at Beijing 2022, said after his victory: “When you’re at your best, there’s always going to be some people wanting to beat you, so I have to develop myself to be able to stay at the top of the podium.” His main rival, Netherlands' Jeroen Kampschreur, crashed in the downhill but targets his first medal here.
Japan's Momoka Muraoka, known as the “Queen of Winter,” defends her title in women's sitting after withdrawing from the downhill due to a November collarbone injury. She won three golds and a silver in Beijing.
Among favorites, Austria's Veronika Aigner leads women's vision impaired after her downhill gold, while Sweden's Ebba Årsjö took women's standing downhill gold. In men's standing, Switzerland's Robin Cuche follows his downhill win. Canada's Mollie Jepsen, a top contender in women's standing, is sidelined by a pre-games knee injury.
Other day 3 action includes para ice hockey preliminaries, with hosts Italy facing China at 10:05 CET, and wheelchair curling matches, such as China versus USA in mixed doubles.
