Category: Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 19, 2026 Number of comments0
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Snowboarding, curling gold prospects named Japan Winter Paralympic Flagbearers

Gold medal hopefuls in snowboarding and wheelchair curling will be Japan’s flagbearers at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Paralympics. The country’s Paralympic Committee named Aki Ogawa, one half of Japan’s mixed doubles wheelchair curling team, and para snowboarder Junta Kosuda as the flagbearers while announcing the first 40 members of its delegation on Friday.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 15, 2026 Number of comments0
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Japan pair aiming for history in wheelchair curling doubles in Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games

A pair of Japanese veterans are aiming to make history at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games in March by ending their country’s Paralympic curling medal drought with victory in the inaugural mixed doubles wheelchair competition.Aki Ogawa, 50, and Yoji Nakajima, 61, have been part of Japan’s curling scene since the sport went through a boom in the country in 2003.