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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Verona, Italy, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Iran says skier deeply disappointed at missing Paralympics because of war

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

United States' Malik Jones, left, scores during the Group A hockey match between United States and Italy the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Roaring crowd of 8,992 sets new Para ice hockey attendance record at Milan Cortina for U.S. vs Italy

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

FILE - People take photos in front of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics rings, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, on Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Iran won’t compete at Milan Cortina Paralympics as its only athlete can’t travel safely to Italy

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

FILE - Kristin Kloster Aasen, former first vice president of Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee, left, and Morten Aasen former Norwegian equestrian athlete wave to the Norway team at the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Susana Vera/Pool Photo via AP, ,File)

Winter Paralympics 50th anniversary: Chinese dominance expected amid boycotts over Russian flag

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Stef Reid, a former Paralympic athlete who now does figure skating, competes in the British Adult Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, England, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Figure skaters with disabilities seek a place in the Paralympic spotlight

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

Oksana Masters of the U.S. competes during the women's middle distance sitting event of para cross country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, March 12, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, file)

Double duty: Masters, select group of Paralympians compete in both Summer, Winter games

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

Actress Mary Mina playing the role of high priestess performs during the final rehearsal ahead of the flame lighting for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, at the archaeological museum of Olympia, Greece, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Praying for the sun: What to know about the flame-lighting ceremony for the Winter Olympics

By Derek Gatopoulos and Lefteris Pitarakis - Associated Press

Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, comments in Brisbane, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, while meeting with organizers of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games. (AP Photo/John Pye)

Paralympic chief challenges Brisbane 2032 organizers to top the success of Sydney 2000

By John Pye - Associated Press

FILE - In this 2009 photo provided by Karen Gorman, biathlete Grace Boutot, left, of Fort Kent, Maine, displays her silver medal from the Youth Women Biathlon World Championships, while standing with coach Gary Colliander, right, in Fort Kent. (Karen Gorman via AP, File)

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic officials fire coach, director after report on sexual abuse

By Martha Bellisle - Associated Press

Brianna Decker (14), of the United States, skates with the puck away from Bailey Bram (17) and Renata Fast (14), of Canada, during the first period of the women's gold medal hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Olympian Brianna Decker and Kevin Stevens headlines the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2024

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Argentina players celebrate after winning the semifinal blind football match between Argentina and Brazil at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Argentina ends Brazil’s dominance in blind football and advances to Paralympic final against France

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Archer Tracy Otto from the U.S. prepares to fire during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Scheyer)

Five years after brutal attack severed her spine, Tracy Otto proudly calls herself a Paralympian

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

David Kratochvil, a teenage swimmer who prepares for the Paralympic Games in Paris, poses for a photo during his training in Tachov, Czech Republic, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

‘Trust your tappers’: Blind swimmer David Kratochvil is hopeful for a medal at Paralympics

By Karel Janicek - Associated Press

A living room of the Olympic village is pictured, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers' plans to cut carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

By bringing their own AC units to Paris, U.S. Olympic and other teams undercut environmental plan

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 file photo, performers dance next to a sign that reads: &quot;See you in Tokyo&quot; during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Along with the Olympics, the Paralympics have been pushed back to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The new dates are Aug. 24-Sept. 5. For many Paralympians, a delay seemed like the only option. Paralympic athletes often have specific medical and training needs which can’t always be met at a time when people are staying home and doctors are helping out overloaded ERs. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Paralympians adapt to new challenges as virus spreads

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

USOC changes name to US Olympic & Paralympic Committee

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FILE - Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, a guest takes a video of U.S. Olympic Committee chief marketing officer Lisa Baird speaking at the Tokyo American Club in Tokyo. The U.S. Olympic Committee tabbed Paralympic executive Rick Adams to serve as its new chief of sport performance, and will also add a new athlete services division in an attempt to make it easier for athletes to deal with off-the-field needs. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

USOC realigns in attempt to help athletes off the field

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

In this Nov. 20, 2018 photo, Ethiopian paralympic athletes Megersa Bati, left, and Tamiru Kefeyalew Demisse, holding the silver medal he won in the 1,500 meters race at the 2016 Paralympics, pose for a photo in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Ethiopia’s top Paralympian now living as refugee in Brazil

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and ELIAS MESERET - Associated Press

Xavier Gonzalez, left, CEO of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), and Toshiro Muto, right, CEO of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) shake hands after their IPC and Tokyo 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo Paralympics: Wheelchair-friendly rooms tough to find

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this March 11, 2018, photo, Erica Mitchell, a Chicago native and an accomplished player in women's sled hockey, who came to the games as a spectator, poses at the Gangneung Hockey Center in Gangneung, South Korea. Mitchell was one of many people with disabilities who spoke to The Associated Press about accessibility problems at the Paralympic Games in South Korea’s rural east, despite what organizers described as a “perfectly” organized event that provided the “highest level” of access. (AP Photo/Kim Tong-hyung)

Paralympics fans had difficult time, changes may not happen

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press