DAY 6 Thursday February 12th, 2026   MEDAL EVENTS   Alpine Skiing Women´s Super-G   Women´s Super-G       Cross-Country Skiing  Women´s 10km Freestyle   Women´s 10km Freestyle       Freestyle Skiing Men´s Moguls   Men´s Moguls, Qualification 2   Men´s Moguls, Finals       Snowboarding Men´s Snowboard Cross Women´s Halfpipe   Men´s Snowboard Cross Seeding   Men´s Snowboard Cross Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals & Finals     Women´s Halfpipe Finals       Speed Skating Women´s 5000m   Women´s 5000m       Short-Track Speed Skating Women´s 500m Quarterfinals Men´s 1000m Quarterfinals Women´s 500m Semifinals Men´s 1000m Semifinals Women´s 500m Finals Men´s 1000m Finals   Short-Track Speed Skating, Day 2       Luge Mixed Team Relay   Mixed Team Relay       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   QUALIFYING EVENTS   Curling Men´s Tournament Round-Robin Draw 2   Norway vs Germany United States vs Switzerland Great Britain vs Sweden     Women´s Tournament Round-Robin Draw 1   South Korea vs United States Japan vs Sweden Italy vs Switzerland Canada vs Denmark   Draw 2   China vs Great Britain Italy vs South Korea Denmark vs Japan Sweden vs United States     Ice Hockey Men´s Preliminary Round Group A   Switzerland vs France Czechia vs Canada   Group C   Latvia vs United States Germany vs Denmark     Women´s Preliminary Round Group A   Finland vs Canada     Skeleton Men´s Singles   Men´s Singles, Run 1 & 2

Discrimination 

This could be the last ever Paralympics. Come 2028 it might well not be held because the IPC has split in two. That’s one legacy for Andrew Parsons.    He could simply ignore CAS or even withdraw the IPC from them. Unless he is worried about falling from his hotel room window or is being blackmailed. 

The Netherlands has decided to cancel its hosting of the 2026 European Paralympic Swimming Championships due to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes under their own flags, ad.nl reported on February 25. The Dutch Swimming Federation (KNZB) made this decision after consultations with government ministries, including the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, which confirmed the withdrawal.

An interesting bit from the head of french biathon on the olympic success. Asking if the early gold in the mixed relay was a major factor in the following podiums, he highlighted the last world cup stage (9 podiums over the week) as a great confidence boost just before the Olympics.     https://www.nordicmag.info/jo-2026-biathlon-pour-nordic-magazine-stephane-bouthiaux-tire-le-bilan-des-incroyables-jeux-olympiques-du-biathlon-francais-on-naurait-jamais-pense-ramener-autant-de-medailles-0226/

BBC to use influencers across all its Sports coverage going forward  https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/bbc-broadcasting-rights-live-sport-zdh5nrvtr#:~:text=The%20BBC's%20director%20of%20sport,to%20many%20live%20sports%20events.

Sounds interesting, I'll check it out 

Indians have rediscovered hockey due to recent Olympic and Asian level successes. One of the catalyst was a sports movie called 'Chak De! India' (meaning Go India in Punjabi) which is a underdog movie on the women's team. The movie songs has become an iconic patriotic song to motivate our athletes in sports events and the movie title 'Chak De' has become a slogan in itself.  The movie is available in Netflix France as well - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871510/