On Sunday, March 15, the Winter Paralympic Games, where Ukraine was represented by 25 athletes and 10 guides, finished in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. On the last day of competition, the “yellow-blue” rose to the podium twice – “silver” in the ski marathon was won by Oleksandr Kazik, and “bronze” was won by Ukrainian multi-medalist Oleksandra Kononova (5 medals!).
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In total, our athletes, who competed in four out of six sports, won 19 awards (16 in biathlon and 3 in cross-country skiing) and took 7th place in the overall team standings (by the number of gold medals):
“gold” — Taras Rad, Oleksandra Kononova, Oleksandr Kazik;
“silver” – Oleksandr Kazik (2 awards), Taras Rad, Yaroslav Reshetynskyi, Maksym Murashkovskyi, Iryna Bui, Hryhoriy Vovchynskyi, as well as the relay team of skiers (Pavlo Bal, Taras Rad, Oleksandra Kononova, Lyudmila Lyashenko)
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“bronze” — Oleksandra Kononova (3), Anatoliy Kovalevskyi (2), Lyudmila Lyashenko, Taras Rad, Dmytro Suyarko.
The top three medal leaders after nine days of competition were: China — 44 (15−13−16), the USA — 24 (13−5-6) and, if it's not clear, Russia — 12 (8−1-3).
The final top ten medal ranking looks like this (Milan 2026 awards were won by athletes from 27 countries):
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1. China — 44 awards (15 gold, 13 silver, 16 bronze)
2. USA — 24 (13−5-6)
3. Russia — 12 (8−1-3)
4. Italy — 16 (7−7-2)
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5. Austria — 13 (7−2-4)
6. France — 12 (4−4-4)
7. Ukraine — 19 (3−8-8)
8. Canada — 15 (3-4-8)
9. Sweden — 7 (3−0-4)
10. Germany — 17 (2−6-9)
As you know, 79 sets of medals were played at the 2026 Paralympics from March 6 to 15 in six sports (mountain skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, snowboarding, hockey, curling). Ukraine, which boycotted the opening ceremony of the competition and will not attend the closing ceremony of the 2026 Games due to the participation of Russians and Belarusians under its flags, was not represented only in hockey and curling.
Recall that at the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing, 29 Ukrainian athletes and guides competed in cross-country skiing and biathlon. With 29 medals (11 gold, 10 silver, 8 bronze), Ukraine took second place in the overall team standings, behind China.
Previously, “FACTS” reported that Ukrainian parabiathletes won six medals at the 2026 Paralympics on the first day of competition, four on the second, six on the seventh, and one on the eighth.
Photo by the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine