Overview
- At a Venice briefing marking 50 days to go, organizers announced the opening theme "Moving Life" and the closing theme "Italy's Souvenir."
- The opening ceremony is scheduled for March 6 at Verona’s ancient Roman amphitheatre in the UNESCO-listed city center.
- The closing ceremony will take place March 15 at the Cortina curling Olympic venue in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
- Organizing committee president Giovanni Malagò said the ceremonies will express Paralympic athletes’ strength and the beauty of the Games’ natural setting, offering a platform to discuss the value of sport and inclusion.
- Japan’s Para Ice Hockey Association confirmed an 18-player Paralympic roster, naming 50-year-old veteran Masaharu Kumagai alongside 20-year-olds Itsuki Ito and Tenmu Morisaki.