CORTINA D’AMPEZZO (Italy), March 7 — Russia won its first Paralympic medal since 2014 on Saturday as Varvara Voronchikhina claimed bronze in the women’s downhill standing in Cortina.

Despite Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has allowed six Russian athletes and four from their allies Belarus to represent their countries, accompanied by their national flags, rather than competing as neutrals.