The Paralympics are an opportunity for sportspersons to have themselves noticed. Perhaps even more so for top athletes like Oksana Masters, who’ve made winning a habit. The podium never seems to elude Oksana Masters. Winning her 12th Paralympics medal, Masters has started the Paralympics on top form and seems to be moving along just fine.
This was Masters’ second medal in Beijing after delivering the US contingent with their first Gold win on Saturday.
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Masters is a multi-sport athlete and aced the course en route to her winning performance. She raced to a silver medal in the Para cross-country skiing women?s long-distance sitting race, finishing at 43:38.8 on Sunday at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.
While Saturday’s win marked her 11th Paralympic medal and 5th gold at the event, Sunday yielded her 12th at the same venue. Her last medal before Beijing came at Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, where she won gold medals at road cycling events in the time trial and road race.
Oksana Masters’ glorious performance continues
With her record win, Masters moves into an elite company. Masters is now tied in the standings for third all-time among US women; behind only alpine skiers, Sarah Will, and Sarah Billmeier. The two have 13 medals each and lead the athlete, who may yet surpass them.
Masters will compete in Beijing for a few more medals and stand a chance to snag a few too, and she may well stand to break the standing barrier the next time she is written about.
.@OksanaMasters powers through to podium in the cross-country skiing women's 15km sitting. 🥈#ShowTheWorld x #WinterParalympics pic.twitter.com/7vl14tOhsV
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) March 6, 2022
She raced to a silver medal in the Para cross-country skiing women?s long-distance sitting race finishing in 43:38.8 on Sunday at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.
Why was it so special for Oksana Masters?
After the hard-earned win, Master too expressed elation. Masters Said, ?I was trying so hard to get the gold.?
Masters added, ?I was trying to upgrade from silver in Sochi and the Pyeongchang bronze, but I’m just so happy to to be able to fight my way onto the podium. I can’t wait to see the U.S. flag being raised today at the medal ceremony.?
Masters, though, clearly has her eyes on the record. ?I wish there were more elements of skiing in it, but I think it challenged me in a really different way and I’m excited to see what the next few races have,? she added. Showing the true Olympian spirit, Masters’ only complaint seemed to be that the course did not set a challenge for her.
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The athlete is a Ukrainian-born individual who has taken to compete under the US Flag; this was after being adopted at a young age by a woman from Kentucky. With several events yet to go; Masters, yet again, proves her pedigree.
Do you think she can take a shot at the record? Will she break it here in Beijing?
