A male wheelchair curling athlete is delivering a stone with a stick during competition at Torino 2006.

Egidio Marchese hopes for a double Paralympic fairytale

Italian wheelchair curling veteran Egidio Marchese remembers feeling “an ocean of emotions” competing at his first Paralympics in front of a home crowd at Torino 2006 – two decades later, he hopes to do it all again at Milano Cortina 2026