From Lausanne, SUI
(November 10, 2026) – The 2026/2027 IBSF Para Sport season had already been shortened to just a handful of races, and now that season has been completely nixed from the calendar.
An updated IBSF calendar from November 6 shows no events listed for the Para Sport World Cup or World Championships.
In a statement provided to Sliding On Ice by the IBSF, the federation says that its newly elected Executive Committee has been tasked, in part, “to establish a clear and forward-looking strategic direction for the years ahead. This includes a comprehensive review of the Federation’s existing structures, responsibilities and activities to ensure their long-term sustainability.”
With that review, the Federation made the decision to temporarily suspend Para Sport activities.
The statement goes on: “…certain activities have been temporarily put on hold for the 2026/27 season until appropriate strategic concepts have been developed to secure their long-term future. Among these activities are the centrally organized Para Sport competition programme.” Further, “the IBSF remains fully committed to developing a long-term strategy for Para Sport. This strategy will focus on expanding international participation, improving accessibility, strengthening cooperation with National Federations and stakeholders, and establishing sustainable training and competition structures.”
One goal that the federation has held from the onset of the Para Sport tour was to get sliding into the Paralympic Games. The International Paralympic Committee has repeatedly thwarted those ambitions. Though the IPC granted the IBSF as an IPC Recognized International Federation, it has repeatedly denied the sport a place in the Paralympic Games. Most recently, in 2021 the IPC stated that the sport did not meet the minimum criteria for the number of nations and regions regularly participating in the sport, with the IPC requiring 12 nations “regularly” participating and the IBSF having just 10 based on the IPC’s guidelines.
For the coming 2026/2027 season, the IBSF is encouraging race organizers from the various tracks to “provide training and competition opportunities for Para Sport athletes,” with the races being organized under the auspices of the IBSF.