The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Paralympic Games got underway this week with ParalympicsGB competing in wheelchair curling, Para Alpine skiing and Para snowboarding.

Wednesday 4th March: Day -2

Wheelchair Curling Mixed Doubles opened the competitive action at the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympic Games, where ParalympicsGB’s Wheelchair Curling Mixed Doubles team, Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean, fell to a 7-10 defeat against Estonia.

Thursday 5th March: Day -1

Great Britain’s Wheelchair Curling Mixed Doubles team returned to action in sessions 2 and 3 of the round robin event, where they lost 3-14 against Korea but defeated Latvia 6-5.

Friday 6th March: Day 0

Butterfield and Kean claimed their second round robin win after they defeated the United States 5-4 in the Mixed Doubles event’s fourth session.

Saturday 7th March: Day 1

In the Para Alpine Skiing Men’s Downhill VI final, Neil Simpson and his guide, Andrew Simpson, finished 4th with a time of 1:21.31, whilst Fred Warburton and his guide, James Hannan, finished 7th with a time of 1:30.32.

Great Britain’s Wheelchair Curling Mixed Team (Hugh Nibloe, Stewart Pimblett, Austin McKenzie, Karen Aspey and Graeme Stewart) lost their opening round robin match 2-9 against Slovakia and then vs the USA (match 2).

Scott Meenagh finished 23rd, with a time of 24:54.3, in the Para Biathlon Men’s Sitting 7.5km Sprint.

In the Para Snowboard Men’s UL Snowboard Cross seeding event, James Barnes-Miller finished 5th with a best time of 52.17 whilst Davy Zyw finished 18th with a best time of 58.58.

Butterfield and Kean defeated Japan 11-2 in their fifth-round robin match to leave them joint second with Korea on 3 wins with only two more matches to go.

Sunday 8th March: Day 2

The curling mixed team fell to a tight 4-5 defeat against Canada to sit joint sixth with 1 win from 3 matches.

Scott Meenagh finished 18th, with a time of 42:59.9, in the Para Biathlon Men’s Sitting 12.5km individual final.

In the Men’s Para Snowboard UL Snowboard Cross, Davy Zyw was unable to progress from the pre-heats after he Did Not Finish (DNF) his race, but James Barnes-Miller reached the quarterfinals but didn’t progress further after finishing 4th in his race.

ParalympicsGB’s curling mixed doubles team fell to a 10-5 defeat against the currently unbeaten China to leave them joint 2nd, alongside Japan, Korea, Latvia and the United States, ahead of their final round-robin match.

Medal table after day 2

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	8	5	3	16
2	Ukraine	3	2	5	10
3	Austria	2	0	0	2
4	Canada	1	3	2	6
5	USA	1	3	1	5
-	Great Britain	0	0	0	0