It was chosen as the mascot to complement the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games logo that was based on the simplified form of the Japanese character for “naga” in Nagano, which was stylised to ...

In total 562 Para athletes (440 men and 122 women) from 31 countries competed in 122 medal events across five sports. Nagano 1998 was the last time ice sledge speed skating featured in the Paralympic ...