Paralympics Day 2: Perathoner Wins Italy's First Gold, Korea's 19-Year-Old Yunji Kim Makes History
March 8, 2026 was Day 2 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, with competition in Para snowboard, Para biathlon and wheelchair curling. Host nation Italy's first gold medal came in Para snowboard: in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 big final in Cortina, Emanuel Perathoner, a two-time former Olympian who reinvented himself as a Paralympian after a major injury and a knee replacement, powered home for gold ahead of Australia's Ben Tudhope and the Republic of Korea's Jehyuk Lee.
In Para biathlon, on International Women's Day, 19-year-old Yunji Kim of the Republic of Korea won a surprise gold in the women's sitting 12.5km individual race, becoming the first female athlete from Korea to win an individual medal at a Winter Paralympics; Germany's Anja Wicker took silver and Team USA's Kendall Gretsch bronze. Canada's Natalie Wilkie won the women's standing 12.5km individual race for Canada's first gold of the Games. In the women's visually impaired race, China's Yue Wang took gold and 17-year-old Simona Bubenickova of Czechia silver.
In wheelchair curling round-robin play, Canada scored three in the final end to come from behind and beat Great Britain 5-4. The Games opened on March 6 and close on March 15.
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Source: International Paralympic Committee
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Photo: 图：2013年在意大利 Val di Fiemme 举行的越野滑雪世锦赛比赛资料图，本届冬残奥会的残奥冬季两项与越野滑雪赛事即在该山谷的 Tesero 赛场举行。Maurizio Ceol 摄，CC BY 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: File photo of a cross-country ski race at the 2013 World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy; this Games' Para biathlon and Para cross-country events were held at Tesero in the same valley. Photo by Maurizio Ceol, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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