Overview
- Monoskier Anna-Lena Forster won the women’s sitting downhill by 0.05 seconds over Spain’s Audrey Pascual Seco, earning Germany’s first gold and her first Paralympic title in the event.
- Anja Wicker took bronze in the sitting-class biathlon sprint despite two penalties, as Americans Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch swept gold and silver; 54-year-old Andrea Eskau shot clean for eighth in her ninth Games.
- Russia’s Varvara Voronchikhina claimed bronze in the women’s standing downhill, the country’s first Paralympic medal under its flag since Sochi 2014 following the IPC’s readmission.
- Controversy over Russian and Belarusian participation shaped the start of the Games, with several delegations including Germany skipping the Verona ceremony where the Russian flag reappeared.
- Outside the Paralympics, Berlin’s Istaf Indoor meet overcame a faulty false-start system by switching it off after repeated misfires, and Jeremiah Azu won the 60 m in a meeting record 6.47 seconds.