Winter Paralympics end with China first and a US hockey win

The Winter Paralympics concluded in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. China finished as the highest-ranked team in the medal table. The Paralympic flag was handed to the organizers of the 2030 Winter Paralympics, to be held in the French Alps. In para ice hockey, the United States defeated Canada 6–2.

The Paralympics are the Games for athletes with disabilities, staged after the Olympics and using many of the same host sites. A closing ceremony ends the competition and passes the flag to the next hosts. Cortina d'Ampezzo is the Italian resort where these Winter Paralympics concluded. The 2030 Games are set for the French Alps.

A medal table ranks teams by the medals they have won. Highest-ranked, in this report, was China. The account did not print China's gold, silver, and bronze counts. It stated the ranking. The flag handover was the ceremonial sequel.

Para ice hockey is sled hockey, the Paralympic form of the sport. The United States beat Canada 6–2. That score completed what the report called the three-peat of hockey championships at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Italy. A three-peat is three championships in succession. The report attached that completion to this 6–2 result.

Canada was the losing finalist in the para hockey gold-medal game. Six to two is a four-goal margin. No period-by-period scoring was given. The result stood beside China's place at the top of the overall table, which is a national ranking across sports, not a hockey ranking.

The Winter Paralympics closed in Cortina with China first in the medal table and the flag bound for the French Alps in 2030. The United States won para ice hockey gold, 6–2 over Canada, completing the reported three-peat of hockey titles at the Italian Winter Games and Paralympics. Ranking, flag, and score were the closing facts.