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Brazilian para-swimmer Gabriel Araújo, known as Gabrielzinho, received the Laureus foundation's award for athlete with disability of the year at a ceremony in Madrid on Monday (20). He won three golds at the 2025 Para-swimming World Championships and the Paris-2024 Paralympics. He is the second Brazilian to win in the category, after Daniel Dias.

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Canada's wheelchair curling team made history at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympics by finishing round-robin play with a perfect 9-0 record, the first team to do so in the event's history. They secured the top seed with wins over the United States and South Korea on Thursday. The team now faces South Korea in Friday's semifinals.

Hyundai Ezwelin Choi Sa-ra kilpaili kolmannessa lajissaan 2026 Milano-Cortinan paralympialaisten talvilajeissa huolimatta polvivammasta. Hän jäi palkintopallin ulkopuolelle, mutta ei katunut osallistumistaan. Kilpailu käytiin maanantaina.

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Minnesotalainen Sydney Peterson voitti ensimmäisen henkilökohtaisen paralympiakultamitalinsa naisten 10 km klassinen seisten maastohiihdossa Milan Cortina -kisoissa. 23-vuotias hiihtäjä kellotti 29 minuutissa 49,2 sekunnissa, kukistaen Norjan Vilde Nilsenin kahdella sekunnilla. Tämä voitto on hänen toinen mitalinsa kisoissa tiistain seisten sprintin hopean jälkeen.

Japan's mixed doubles wheelchair curling team, the reigning world champions, suffered a 10-4 defeat to Latvia in their seventh round-robin match on March 9 at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, ending their medal hopes and semifinal chances.

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Canada's mixed wheelchair curling team secured a dramatic victory over Great Britain at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Paralympics, scoring three points in the final end to improve to 2-0. Skipped by Mark Ideson, the team celebrated on International Women's Day, highlighting players Ina Forrest and Collinda Joseph.