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Three Americans win Paralympic ten-kilometre cross-country golds
Masters, Adicoff and Peterson led a six-race programme in demanding snow conditions.
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Oksana Masters won the women’s sitting ten-kilometre interval start in Val di Fiemme, beating Yunji Kim by twenty seconds. The Korean had led early but fell near the end of her third lap, while Kendall Gretsch took bronze as Masters secured her third gold across the Games’ Nordic disciplines.
Jake Adicoff won men’s vision impaired with guide Reid Goble by one minute and forty-eight seconds. Sydney Peterson earned her first individual Paralympic title in women’s standing, holding off Vilde Nilsen by 2.7 seconds after the Norwegian closed rapidly during the final lap.
Anastasiia Bagiian won women’s vision impaired by more than two minutes. Karl Tabouret led throughout men’s standing for gold, while Ivan Golubkov took the sitting title ahead of two Chinese medallists.
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