Paralympian Oksana Masters cross country skis in the Winter Paralympics and does road cycling in the Summer Paralympics. Here's how she trains for both.
are talking about it."You think these tough, strong, athletes are amazing at what they do, and nothing can go wrong for them," she said."But there are real struggles, and that's what makes us all human and relatable, to all go through that. We're all just human at the end of day."
We had to ask: which of her two Paralympic sports are her favorite? Masters said it was such a hard question to answer."I feel like when I'm cross country skiing, I'm so done with being cold and I want to be hot, and that's such a good transition. And then in the summer in cycling, it's just that same thing." But she shared"my first love is rowing and it will always be rowing.
When it comes to competing in the Paralympics, no matter what sport, Masters said,"there's way more than just the medal." She had gotten into sports originally to prove that she could do it. Someone had once told her she was too small and was never going to be an athlete. That turned into wanting to prove that person wrong, to see for herself if she was capable of achieving a gold medal.
Her"why" has transitioned over the years, and now her goal is to help inspire the next generation of girls to get into sports and to stay in sports. And while recovering from an unexpected leg surgery this year, although she doesn't feel 100 percent back to how she was, she's controlling what she can. Taking over a month off was really hard and having to relearn how to walk again made her realize,"I have no legs, all over again, even though more than half of my life has been that." But she feels like this could make her a better athlete. That's part of the reason she loves jumping from sport to sport.
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