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She's won 24 Paralympic medals. But Oksana Masters wants to talk about times she lost

NPR Topics: NewsΒ·@RachelTreismanΒ·2 months ago
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By Rachel Treisman Oksana Masters poses with one of her gold medals in Italy. Out of her 24 total medals from both Summer and Winter Paralympics, 14 are gold. Buda Mendes/Getty Images hide caption Multi-sport athlete Oksana Masters arrived in Milan Cortina as the most decorated U.S. Winter Paralympian in history, with 19 medals already under her belt from both summer and winter Games. But a series of setbacks had her wondering if she would add to her collection β€” let alone make it to the start line in Italy. Just two days before the opening ceremony, Masters announced on Instagram that she had been in and out of hospitals with a concussion and recurrent leg infection that kept her from training β€” not long after recovering from hand surgery for a torn ligament. She said she cried every day leading up to the Games, admitting, "I'm not the same skier as I was training to be." But she didn't give up.…

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