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Winter Paralympics 2026: making history thanks to National Lottery players

Milano Cortina 2026: The Paralympic Winter Games

More than 650 athletes from 50 countries competed for 70 gold medals on ice and snow as the Games took place in Italy.

The action followed a historic Winter Olympics for Team GB at Milano Cortina 2026.

Backed by over £200 million of National Lottery funding in winter sport since 1995, these achievements highlighted the growing strength of British winter sport - made possible because of you.

Discover how National Lottery players help power ParalympicsGB on their journey to the Paralympic Games.

A young member in a sit ski on the slope at Pembrey, supported by a guide.

Flying down the slopes: how National Lottery funding is giving children with additional needs the thrill of skiing

As ParalympicsGB competed at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics, a National Lottery-funded charity in Wales showed how grassroots sport can change lives.

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Club members in action at Curl Aberdeen, with young and older curlers competing side by side. The club has over 600 members aged eight and over, and has hosted the European and World Curling Championships.

World championships, Olympic medallists, and a wheelchair league. Welcome to Curl Aberdeen

Every time you play the National Lottery, a share of what you spend goes to good causes.

Curl Aberdeen in north-east Scotland is one of them - a community sports venue built with National Lottery funding, open to everyone, where wheelchair curlers compete in the club league as the Winter Paralympic Games unfold in Italy.

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A curler in a wheelchair

Three of GB's Paralympic curlers train in a converted bowling hall in Dumfries

Three of Great Britain’s Paralympic curlers called a converted bowling hall in south-west Scotland their training home.

As they competed at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games - which marked the 50th anniversary of the first Winter Paralympics - that venue took part in National Lottery Open Week, offering free sessions to National Lottery players.

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Two people in wheelchairs holding equipment used for curling and smiling at the camera.

ParalympicsGB athletes ready to make history in Milano-Cortina 2026

Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean headed to the Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics with ParalympicsGB - and said National Lottery funding played a vital role in their journey to the Games.

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