Kazakhstan Joins the Opening of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games
Photo: Ministry of Sports and Tourism
The opening ceremony took place at the historic Arena di Verona, an ancient Roman amphitheater built in the first century AD that can hold about 12,000 spectators, Orda.kz reports.
Kazakhstan’s flag at the opening ceremony was carried by para athlete Nurlan Alimov. The Milan Cortina Games are his first Paralympic appearance.
More than 600 athletes from 56 countries are competing at the Games.
Team Kazakhstan will compete in two disciplines: para biathlon and para cross-country skiing.
Kazakhstan is represented by Yerbol Khamitov, Alexander Gerlitz, Sergey Usoltsev, Yuri Berezin, Nurlan Alimov, Anna Gracheva and Vladislav Kobal.
The Milan Cortina d’Ampezzo Games will run for 10 days and close on March 15.
Original author: Rustam Muratov
Read also:
Latest news
- Kazakhstan Approves Registration Procedure for Self-Driving Cars
- Illegal Pony-Ride Operators Accused of Animal Cruelty in Burabay
- Cameras to Automatically Detect E-Scooter Violations in Almaty
- Police Name Almaty Districts with Highest Number of Crimes
- Oil Slick Reported Near Atash Beach on Kazakhstan’s Caspian Coast
- AFM Plans Body Cameras and GPS Tracking for Detainee Escorts
- Nine Underexplored Basins Made Available for Oil Exploration
- 5.5 Billion Tenge Gas Debt Settled Without Trial in Aktobe
- Nearly 50 Forest Fires Break Out Across Kazakhstan in a Week
- Twenty Evacuated After Fire at Aktogay Concentrator
- Fire Breaks Out at Oil Field in Mangystau Region
- Two Kazakhtelecom Employees Die in Separate Workplace Incidents
- Ukraine Agrees to Avoid Targeting CPC Infrastructure
- Man Sentenced to Community Service for Stalking Woman in Almaty Region
- KMG Denies Report of $80 Billion ExxonMobil Kashagan Project
- Almaty Suspect Detained Over Fake Plates Imported from Russia
- EAEU Countries Agree to Recognize Each Other’s Academic Titles
- KNB and Military Auction Off Body Armor, Gas Masks and Nazarbayev Portraits
- Kazakhstan Pharmacies Cut Prices on 589 Medicines
- Atyrau Refinery Leadership Change Confirmed
