Overview
- The Winter Paralympics run March 6–15 across Milan and Cortina, with the opening ceremony in Verona on March 6 proceeding without Germany and some other nations.
- Organizers have published a complete day-by-day timetable that details all events and medal sessions through March 15.
- Wheelchair curling started on March 4 before the ceremony, and both wheelchair curling and para ice hockey are contested as mixed-gender events.
- The program spans six sports with more than 600 athletes competing for 79 medals, most awarded in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and biathlon.
- Germany fields 40 athletes plus eight guides, including medal contenders such as Anna-Lena Forster in alpine events and Anja Wicker in biathlon and cross-country, with Linn Kazmeier, Leonie Walter and Johanna Recktenwald also cited.