Taras Rad won Ukraine’s first gold medal at the 2026 Paralympics.

Ukrainian para-athlete Taras Rad won a gold medal in the sitting class parabiathlon at the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games . This is Ukraine’s first medal at the Games and also its first gold medal.

This was reported by Public Sport .

In the race, Rad overtook two representatives from China and climbed to the top step of the podium.

This is the Ukrainian’s second Paralympic gold medal. At the previous Games, the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing , he won the 12.5km cross-country skiing championship.

A total of five Ukrainian athletes participated in this race. Vasily Kravchuk took fourth place.