everybody wanna update you on American multisports superstorm
sandy masters earlier tonight
first summer Paralympic gold medal there's from mom two are
so
dominated the women's age forty
five
forty six seconds she's now won medals in different sports
some
in a previous role
and cross country skiing medals let's take you now to her medal
ceremony
medalist and Olympic champion
representing the United States of America
we'll be
good to
see
Mr
ladies and gentlemen the national anthem of the United
States of America
supercool
so this
ladies and gentlemen the
this new
see what it means to Oksana masters most versatile
Paralympians United States has ever seen
nothing
she
oh my god
it was way better than I ever could've imagined Diggs was not
imagining a result like this I just wanted to get through
the corner safe it
will save
and then all of a sudden the start line are follow car
the radio went out my take a look
and then
as the depression like okay I'm going to make every part of
the crew the course cow and I just
I can't believe it
Richard
from
I well Rio twenty sixteen when I got fifth place in the exact
race five years ago and then also it's been a very
challenging challenging journey to get to Tokyo and
just to get to the start line and I just wanted to do well
and make everyone who supported me through my
all my setbacks in every health stuff
make it count for them
well besides everybody was dealing with the extra year
postponement of the pandemic but then also on the Hundred
Days out celebration where everybody was celebrating Tokyo
twenty twenty Paralympic Games
I was going into surgery or something that just
was very unexpected out of nowhere was not planned and
%HESITATION it was about
extending my longevity of
let and it was something I had to get done and
%HESITATION
the team at Texas children's hospital along with the sports
med team and team USA and the Olympic committee
really got me here got me ready and then my boyfriend who is
also Paralympic athlete is in a wheelchair gave me his
wheelchair through my whole recovery and
I just
feel like coming full circle right now
he's here today
Russian message
oh my god oh my god how did my family
I just love you so much
you never you never never doubted me once even in
the moments I
I didn't believe in myself she always believed in me and
%HESITATION oh my gosh and that was a good luck errant tank
in the marathon cross