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Even with their names already enshrined in the sport's history together, China's golden couple Xu Mengtao and Wang Xindi have refused to rest on their laurels.
A motto that captures the essence of the Paralympic spirit resonates deeply across the venues of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympic Games every day — just showing up is, itself, a victory.
The lone silhouette of a skier gliding down a mountain is, for many, the enduring image of winter sports. For visually impaired athletes, however, their experience on the snow is never lonely.
A relatively new prosthetic leg, a bruised face from falls during training, and a less-than-ideal starting position — all the odds seemed stacked against China's para snowboarder Wu Zhongwei as he entered his first final at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics on Sunday.
There is little question that Jutta Leerdam and her fiance, YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, have brought new eyeballs to speed-skating with all of their millions of followers on social media. Now, all of those people who have been introduced to her sport saw Leerdam become an Olympic champion.
Even with the "best-ever" run of her life not enough for a golden finish, China's freeski sensation Gu Ailing is embracing her back-to-back Olympic silver medals in slopestyle as a huge career fulfillment.
