Before the nation bids farewell to the para athletes who shone on the slopes and ice, Italy presented us some souvenirs that we would be taken home from these Games.
In case you've missed, let's relive last night's closing ceremony at Cortina.
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A historic final on the ice, standout performances in cross-country and one last gold celebrated by the home crowd capped nine days of action in Italy.
Let's relive the few remaining events on the ninth and final day of the Winter Paralympics.
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It's now the point that winter is over for us as we say, Grazie and arrivederci, Italia.
That's all for this evening's closing rites at Cortina, and this has been the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, now signing off.
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There is one Italian souvenir to pack before we head home.
The stage of the ceremony lights up with the electronic band Planet Funk in the afterparty.
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The girl Sofia blows out the flame, and the two cauldrons in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo are now extinguished. 🔥
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We got another souvenir memory for us to bring home from these Games - an enormous snow globe featuring landmarks that include the Milan Cathedral and Cortina's Dolomite Mountains.
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Parsons have officially the Milano-Cortina 2026 Games closed.
"I call upon athletes from all over the world to meet again in the French Alps in four years' time, where once again, Paralympic sport will transform the world."
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On the microphone right now is Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee.
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We move onto the closing speeches, starting with Giovanni Malago, head of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Foundation.
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The Marseillaise rings out in its reimagined form, as the countdown begins for the 2030 Winter Para Games in the French Alps.
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Milan's deputy mayor Anna Scavuzzo and Cortina mayor Gianluca Lorenzi hands the Paralympic flag over to IPC head Andrew Parsons, who then entrusts it to the presidents of host regions Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes.
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To the strands of the IPC hymn, the Paralympic flag is being hoisted down for one last time here in Italy.
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As we depart Italy after the Games are over, Cortina provided us with a visual postcard as a souvenir. 🇮🇹
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The mountain takes centre stage as performers representing the alpine community enter, each carrying a cube that transforms into ice, snow, paths, shelters, or villages.
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We are back to the show as the second segment highlights Formisanoff, composer of the ceremony’s soundtrack, and she takes us from mountain peaks to the snowy Dolomites, turning music into radiant energy.
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Everything here couldn't be done without the thousands of volunteers, who are involved to ensure a smooth run to the Para Games themselves.
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The newly-elected members of the IPC Athletes' Council, namely Kiwi alpine skiier Adam Hall, and Canadian sled hockey player Tyler McGregor (he is absent since Tyler is in Milan for the US-Canada final early on) - were honored tonight.
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The real stars throughout Milan and Cortina's Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games - Tina and Milo, the official mascots - are both here ahead of the athletes' parade.
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Award-winning singer Arisa performs a moving rendition of the Italian anthem - "Il Canto degli Italiani", or the "Fratelli d'Italia".
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Just before the Italian national anthem blares out, all of the host's medalists in these Winter Para Games have entered the Arena.
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The luminous ropes have formed the Italian tricolor, as the country's flag, afterwards, was being carried inside the Olympic Stadium by six Italian veteran Paralympic medalists.
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Ropes then appeared, as if this was climbing toward the summit of a mountain.
Individual energy became collective strength as bodies and threads of light intertwine in motion.
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At this moment, Tokmak's crutches have become luminous brushes, tracing the Games' sport pictograms, symbols of inclusion.
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The first act featured polio survivor and Cirque du Soleil dancer Dergin Tokmak, bringing Paralympic values to life as he turns vulnerability into achievement, and showing how falling and then rising again can transform limits into strength.
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Led by artistic director Angelo Bonello, the ceremony is entitled "Italian Souvenier", being described as a design of memories, highlighting the sporting success and the beauty of the Italian regions of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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RIGHT NOW - We are now live at the Cortina Olympic Stadium.
Tonight, all the hundreds of para athletes are all here to celebrate for one final time here in Italy, as we signal the end of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics.
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The competitions are all done, and we take a look at the final medal tally of these Para Games.
China were the overall winners with 15 golds (three less than 18 won in 2022), as the US is ranked second with 13, and Russia at third with eight.
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Team USA has completed their drive for five in the Paralympic ice hockey tournament, securing an unprecedented fifth title in a row after winning over Canada 6-2 in this afternoon's gold final.
🥇 🇺🇸 United States
🥈 🇨🇦 Canada
🥉 🇨🇳 China
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GOLD FINAL - The para ice hockey final has been chapter 3 of the US-Canada encounter at Milan, and it yet again ended in favour of the Americans as they notched the Paralympic five-peat with an emphatic 6-2 win.
🇺🇸 USA - 6
🇨🇦 CAN - 2
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