Team USA, Team Toyota’s Oksana Masters Earns Fourth Medal at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games

BEIJING (March 9, 2022) – At 32 years old, Team Toyota’s Oksana Masters earned her 14^th Paralympic medal, taking second place in the women’s cross-country skiing sitting sprint final event on Wednesday at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

Masters was the runner-up in the final event with a time of 3:19.9, resulting in her fourth medal of the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. She has now earned 14 career Paralympic medals, including five Paralympic gold medals.

Inclusive of summer and winter, Beijing 2022 is Masters’ sixth consecutive Games and she has won a Paralympic medal in all four of her sports – rowing, cross-country skiing, biathlon and cycling. The Louisville, Kentucky, native entered the Games as the most decorated athlete on the 2022 U.S. Paralympic Team roster and is one of four Global Team Toyota Athletes featured in the newest multi-episode video series from Olympic Channel and Toyota titled “From the Start.”

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