In the Biathlon Women's 6km, Sit-Slide Class, which was held on the 5th as one of the first competitions of the Beijing Paralympics, Ukraine-born American national team Oksana Masters won the gold medal.
Oksana Masters of the United States participated in the 7th Paralympic Games in Beijing in winter and summer, cross-country skiing and biathlon in winter, and boat and bicycle competition in summer, and won a total of 10 medals. A world-class para-athlete who has won.
Born in Ukraine in 1989, the Masters had a disability with different leg lengths from the time she was born, and she was adopted by an American at the age of seven.
In the practice held at the actual venue on the 1st of this month before the opening of the Beijing Games, the Masters put a heart-shaped mark of the Ukrainian flag on the left chest of Bibs, and her military invasion by Russia continues. It represented her feelings for Ukraine, where she was born.
The Masters participated in the Biathlon Women's 6km, Sit-Sliding Class, which was held on the morning of the 5th as one of the first competitions of the Beijing Paralympics, and succeeded in all 10 shots in two shots at the top. He finished and won his 11th medal at the Paralympics.
The silver medal was Shan Yilin from China, and the bronze medal was Kendall Gretsch from the United States.