500 days to go until the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games

The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games will open in exactly 500 days. The next edition of the Paralympic Winter Games will be held between 6 and 15 March 2026 and feature six sports – Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing, Para ice hockey, Para snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

Twenty years after hosting the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games, Italy is set to welcome more than 600 athletes. Para alpine skiing, Para snowboard and wheelchair curling competition will take place in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Para ice hockey players will take the spotlight in Milano, while Para biathlon and Para cross-country events will be held in Tesero.

Milano Cortina 2026: 500 days to go until the Paralympic Winter Games

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Here are three things you should know about the Paralympic Winter Games:

Milano Cortina 2026 sport programme

Milano Cortina 2026 will showcase 79 Paralympic medal events across six winter sports, with one new medal – wheelchair curling mixed doubles – featuring for the first time at the Paralympic Winter Games. In total there are 665 athlete quota places (323 for men, 176 for women, and 166 gender-free) for the Games, which is 20 per cent higher than the 558 final entry numbers for Beijing 2022.

Learn more about Milano Cortina 2026 medal programme and athlete quota

Tickets for families and friends

Tickets for Milano Cortina 2026 will start at EUR 10 for children under 14, and more than 200,000 tickets (about 89 per cent of those on sale for the Paralympic Games) will be available for less than EUR 35.

⚡️ 500 DAYS TO THE PARALYMPICS!​

ONLY 500 days to Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games!!!​

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The Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee has launched the official ticketing platform, tickets.milanocortina2026.org. By registering to the ticket platform, fans access updates through Fan26, the Organising Committee’s digital community. Starting in March 2025, fans will be able to log on to the official ticketing portal and purchase tickets for their favourite Paralympic sport.

Learn more about the Milano Cortina 2026 tickets

Milano Cortina 2026 mascots

With 500 days until Milano Cortina 2026, it is the perfect time to get to know Paralympic mascot Milo and Olympic mascot Tina, the two stoats that are preparing to welcome athletes and fans from around the world.

Milo has a brown coat and loves to play in the snow. He lives in the mountains and invents his own musical instruments in his spare time. Born without a paw, Milo learned how to walk with his tail.

Milo and Tina will not be alone on the road to Milano Cortina 2026. They will be accompanied by six little snowdrops, the Flo. The little flowers are the mascots’ best friends and will help them create more excitement ahead of the Games.

Meet Milo, the Mascot of Milano Cortina 2026 🇮🇹 ❄️ | Paralympic Games

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Discover more about the mascots