The United States wheelchair curling roster officially is set for the 2026 Paralympic Games in Milan Cortina.

USA Curling, the sport’s national governing body, held a selection camp featuring the country’s best wheelchair athletes. Ultimately, Matthew Thums, Oyuna Uranchimeg, Sean O’Neill, Dan Rose and Katie Verderber were named to the mixed curling rink. 

“So many players were deserving, and the choices were extremely difficult," said Pete Annis, the National Wheelchair Team Director. "In the end, we chose consistent performers who, collectively, create a powerful team dynamic." 

Thums and Uranchimeg are Paralympic veterans, having both competed at the 2022 Beijing Games. The mixed team finished in fifth place out of eleven. O'Neill, Rose and Verderber will make their first Paralympic appearances in March. 

The five-person mixed curling rink joins Laura Dwyer and Steve Emt, the duo representing the U.S. in the mixed doubles event that debuts in Milan Cortina. Team Dwyer/Emt qualified during the Team Trials event in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in early November.

The U.S. has earned a medal in every winter Paralympic sport except for wheelchair curling. The nation came close at the Vancouver Games in 2010, placing fourth. 20 years after the competition was introduced at the Torino Games, they'll now have two opportunities to bring home the hardware.

Round-robin play for wheelchair mixed doubles curling begins March 4 in Cortina, while pool play for wheelchair mixed curling starts March 7.