The 2025-2026 winter competition season for Ukrainian Paralympians has commenced with impressive achievements at the World Cups in skiing and biathlon held in Canada.

At the FIS World Cup for para skiing, featuring over 120 athletes from 19 countries, the Ukrainian team of 21 athletes secured 6 medals:

• «Gold»: Serhiy Romaniuk (standing class, freestyle sprint).
• «Bronze»: Lyudmyla Lyashenko (standing class, 10 km classical interval start race and 10 km classical mass start); Oleksandra Kononova (standing class, freestyle sprint); Serafym Drahun (standing class, freestyle sprint); Dmytro Suyarko (vision impaired class, guide Oleksandr Nikonavich, 10 km classical mass start).

At the IBU World Cup in para biathlon, with over 70 athletes with disabilities competing, the Ukrainian team of 21 athletes claimed 15 medals:

• «Gold»: Oleksandr Kazik (vision impaired class, guide Serhiy Kucheryavyi, pursuit sprint); Anatoliy Kovalevskyi (vision impaired class, guide Oleksandr Mukshin, sprint).
• «Silver»: Oleksandr Kazik (vision impaired class, guide Serhiy Kucheryavyi, individual race 12.5 km); Serhiy Romaniuk (standing class, pursuit sprint and sprint); Lyudmyla Lyashenko (standing class, pursuit sprint and sprint); Yaroslav Reshetynskyi (vision impaired class, guide Dmytro Drahun, sprint); Oleksandra Kononova (standing class, individual race 12.5 km); Hryhoriy Vovchynskyi (standing class, individual race 12.5 km).
• «Bronze»: Oleksandra Kononova (standing class, pursuit sprint); Taras Rad (sitting class, pursuit sprint, individual race 12.5 km, sprint); Bohdana Konashuk (standing class, individual race 12.5 km).

These World Cups marked the first stage of the competition cycle for para skiers and para biathletes this season, bringing the Ukrainian team closer to the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games.