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U.S. Paralympian Oksana Masters won a record-setting 12th Para gold medal at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games on Wednesday, March 11, earning victory in the women’s sitting 10km Para skiing event. Masters, who won a bronze medal rowing in the 2012 London Paralympic Games with doubles partner Rob Jones, is one of the most-decorated Para athletes of all time, having won a total of 22 medals overall, across the Para sports of rowing, skiing, and cycling.
“I don’t even know what to think and I can’t believe it’s actually happening,” Masters said after winning her third event. “I woke up very sore, and I knew it was going to be a really tough race right out of the gates. Our team was incredible, they were screaming and giving me updates out on the course and said, ‘How bad do you want this?’ I wanted it badly. This is an amazing team effort.”
The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games mark the 50th anniversary of the first Paralympic Winter Games. The closing ceremony will take place on March 15 in the renovated Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, former venue of the 1956 Olympic Winter Games.
