Let’s get the Paralympics open, shall we?
The Opening Ceremony is at 8pm CET, 7pm GMT, 2pm EST, and 11am PST with coverage on USA Network beginning half an hour prior.
The stage is set. ✨
📺: The #WinterParalympics Opening Ceremony, Friday 1:30pm ET on Peacock and USA Network. pic.twitter.com/Y0J2aewQCV
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) March 5, 2026
While we’ve already had three days of round robin wheelchair curling, tomorrow is a big one with five out of six sports taking place – we’ll have a new post at the beginning of each Day since there’s minimal Primetime programming smh
A schedule of all events can be found here, and today’s page lets you toggle between Milan/Cortina and your local time zone using the filter button on the right.
For American viewers, NBC’s schedule page has listed all televised and streamed events
The biggest Paralympic Winter Games ever🌎
🔢 History will be made when 612 athletes from 56 NPCs will line-up in 79 medal events across six sports at #MilanoCortina2026.
👉 Five NPCs will make their Winter Games debut.https://t.co/E3mv3nvlAB#Paralympics pic.twitter.com/8cXAMIxqcu
— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) March 5, 2026
[And we already have some IOC ridiculousness regarding Russian athletes]
#BoycottRussianSport Already 11 countries – Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, and Ukraine, together with the EU, are boycotting the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympics-2026 at the official level.
The decision came… pic.twitter.com/1rJRcFa8nk
— MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) March 3, 2026
The Ukrainian team has been banned from wearing uniforms featuring a map of Ukraine at the 2026 Paralympics. The IPC claims the map is “political.”
At the same time, the Russian team includes former military personnel who participated in the illegal invasion. Russians are…
— Serhii Sternenko (@sternenko) March 2, 2026
There will be no Canadian athletes or officials at the Paralympics Opening Ceremony in Verona — that includes flag bearers.
With the Opening Ceremony two hours away from the competition venues and competition the next day, Canada is prioritizing performance over the event.
— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) February 26, 2026
