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...Gretsch opened the 2026 Winter Paralympics by defending her para biathlon...two bronzes. Seven career Paralympic golds. She's 33, competing...training for the 2016 Rio Paralympics when the classification...Rio Paralympics when the classification committee announced that...eventually make it to the Paralympics, or pivot to something entirely...

...reporters. "That's what I want." He had been to three Paralympic Games. He had a team relay gold from Beijing...pregnancy. He competes in the B3 visually impaired classification, which covers athletes who retain the most remaining...remaining vision of the three VI categories at the Paralympics but whose impairment still requires them to...

...closed with Oksana Masters winning her 22nd Paralympic medal in the 10km, Jake Adicoff and Sydney Peterson...than super-G make it a different test for every classification. Laurie Stephens carries the U.S. flag at these...Thursday's GS in her sixth and final Winter Paralympics. Her first Games were at Sestriere in 2006,...

...previous Winter Paralympics, you may have noticed...different way. What Classification Is For. The goal...For. The goal of classification is to minimize...it might seem. Classification is not a ranking...of limb loss. Classification accounts for that...of competition. Classification does the same thing,...sport runs its own classification system. Para biathlon...

...championships. Then her classification was not selected for...selected for the Rio Paralympic Games, and she had to...heading to her fifth Paralympic Games. What She Has...Built. Gretsch made her Paralympic debut at PyeongChang...either the Olympic or Paralympic level. Not first para...the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. Two completely...

If you watched the 2026 Winter Paralympics at Tesero and saw athletes in sit-skis flying...built around their specific impairment. Three classification groups, three race formats, and the same relentless...able-bodied version of the sport. The Three Classifications. Sitting (LW10-12): Athletes with lower limb...

...the time he was competing at the Paralympic level, he could no longer see the...front of him. At the 2026 Winter Paralympics at Cortina, he won gold in the men's...impaired category. It was his 11th Paralympic medal. The race took place in the...is why, in the visually impaired classification, athletes race with a guide. The...

...most dominant players on Team USA's five-time Paralympic champion roster found para ice hockey the same...stories. All three finished the 2026 Winter Paralympics as world champions. If your child has a lower...ice hockey doesn't sort athletes into separate classification divisions within a game. Players with varying...

...triathlete preparing for the Rio 2016 Paralympics when the IPC dropped her classification...Paralympics when the IPC dropped her classification from the program. With her Summer...four medals at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, and is now one of the most decorated...most decorated biathletes in U.S. Paralympic history. Oksana Masters started...

...found it from a flyer posted at a local rink. Neither was looking for a Paralympic sport. Both became the first US mixed doubles pair at the 2026 Milan...competition. Who Qualifies for Wheelchair Curling. Wheelchair curling classification requires significant lower limb or trunk impairment that prevents normal...

...within a season. Twenty years later, she won gold at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan. Your family has access to that same door. How Para Snowboarding...that same door. How Para Snowboarding Works. Para snowboarding at the Paralympic level runs three events: banked slalom, snowboard cross, and giant slalom....

...hesitation. Para snowboard at the 2026 Winter Paralympics runs two events starting March 7, and they work...watching. The Two Events. Para snowboard at the 2026 Paralympics runs two distinct events, and they are genuinely...slalom is the answer to that question. How the Classifications Work. Para snowboard groups athletes by functional...