Congratulations on OksanaMasters on etching her name in sports history! ESPYS
Paralympic medal count up to 17, since she’s a Summer Games athlete too: After winning bronze in rowing in London back in 2012, she took home her first Summer golds—both in cycling events—this past summer in Tokyo.SELF in February, Masters believes visibility and representation have gotten better for Paralympians, though she still says “there is such a long way to go.”
“It’s really cool for [Paralympians] to be able to hopefully look forward to their Olympic-within-Paralympic Games experience of ‘I'm a legit athlete, I’m Team USA,’” she said in her cover story. “They’re known as an athlete first—not what their life story is that propelled them down the Paralympic road instead of the Olympic road.”
The ESPYS nomination, though, is another step in the right direction, as she tells SELF after the announcement. “Words cannot express how grateful I am for ESPN to recognize me as an ATHLETE,” she says. “They have shattered the glass ceiling and have redefined what it means and looks like to be an athlete.”
The winners for the ESPYS awards, which will be broadcast live on July 20 on ABC, are chosen through fan votes. Fans can vote
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