March 13 was the biggest medal day for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, and it started with a parallel story that writes itself: Noah Elliott and Kate Delson both won gold in banked slalom events on the same day.

Elliott took the SB-LL1 title. Delson won the SB-LL2 with a best time of 1:02.99, beating Dutch veteran Lisa Bunschoten-Vos for silver. Both are snowboarders. Both are Americans. Both stood on the top step within hours of each other.

For Elliott, this was the redemption he talked about. The athlete this site profiled before the Games as racing Beijing with a femur bone through his skin called Milan his "redemption games." He got exactly that.

Delson, 20, made her Paralympic debut with a gold medal. She won World Championship silver last year, but this was her first Games. She's the youngest of the banked slalom champions crowned on Day 7, and her run left no room for debate.

Gretsch Gets Her First Gold of These Games

Kendall Gretsch won the women's sitting biathlon sprint pursuit, her 11th career Paralympic medal and her first gold of Milano Cortina 2026. She's been on the podium multiple times already this week with bronze in the 10K sitting cross-country and bronze in the biathlon middle distance, but this was the top step.

Gretsch is one of the most decorated American winter Paralympians in history. This gold adds to a career that includes multiple world championships across cross-country skiing and biathlon. She's not slowing down.

China's Cai Jiayun Wins His Third Gold by 0.2 Seconds

Cai Jiayun won the men's standing biathlon sprint pursuit by the narrowest margin of the day: 0.2 seconds over Ukraine's Grygorii Vovchynskyi. Both athletes shot clean. The race came down to the final sprint, and Cai held his speed through the finish.

This is Cai's third gold medal of the 2026 Games. He's dominated the standing biathlon events all week, and this victory puts him in rare air among Winter Paralympic biathletes.

Kazakhstan Wins Its First-Ever Paralympic Gold

Yerbol Khamitov made history for Kazakhstan, winning the country's first-ever Paralympic gold medal in biathlon. The moment was years in the making for a nation that has sent athletes to multiple Paralympic Games but had never reached the top of the podium until now.

Kazakhstan now has a Winter Paralympic champion. That's a sentence no one could write before March 13, 2026.

Italy Breaks Its Own Medal Record

Italy surpassed its all-time Winter Paralympic medal record on Day 7, eclipsing the 13 medals set at Lillehammer 1994. The host nation added four more golds: Jacopo Luchini in SB-UL banked slalom, Emanuel Perathoner in SB-LL2 banked slalom with the fastest second run at 54.28 seconds, Rene De Silvestro in men's GS sitting alpine, and Giacomo Bertagnolli took silver in VI GS alpine.

Italy is having the best Winter Paralympics in its history, and the home crowd is seeing it happen in real time.

Farmer Breaks Two Paralympic Records, USA Beats Czechia 6-1

Declan Farmer scored three goals and added three assists in Team USA's 6-1 semifinal win over Czechia, his fourth hat trick in four games at these Paralympics. He now holds the single-tournament records for both goals (14) and points (24).

Those records stood for decades. Farmer shattered both in a week.

David Eustace, Josh Pauls, and Noah Grove added goals for the USA. Czech goalie Martin Sedlacek made 35 saves, keeping his team in the game far longer than the final score suggests.

The Gold Medal Game Is Sunday: USA vs Canada

For the third consecutive Winter Paralympics, the gold medal game in para ice hockey is USA vs Canada. Sunday, March 15 at 11:05 AM ET on NBC and Peacock.

The USA has never lost a Paralympic final. Canada is the only team that has consistently pushed them to the limit. This is the matchup everyone expected, and it's the one both teams have been building toward all week.

Farmer is one goal away from tying his own single-game record. Team USA is one win away from its sixth consecutive Paralympic gold. Canada is hunting for revenge after losing the last two finals.

Brazil and Latvia Win Their First Winter Paralympic Medals

Brazil won its first-ever Winter Paralympic medal when Cristian Ribera took silver in the men's sitting cross-country sprint. Latvia earned bronze in wheelchair curling, also a first for the country.

Both nations have competed at Winter Paralympics before, but neither had medaled until Day 7. The medal table is expanding in ways it hasn't in previous Games.

The wheelchair curling final is set: China vs Canada.

Day 7 was the kind of day that separates good Paralympic Games from great ones. Records fell. Countries that had never won Paralympic gold stood on the podium. The USA had its best single-day performance of the week, and Sunday's hockey final is now the only thing left to settle.

Elliott got his redemption. Delson got her first. Farmer rewrote the record book. The gold medal game is two days away.