Double duty: Masters and select group of Paralympians compete in both Summer and Winter Games

Oksana Masters, the most decorated American Winter Paralympian, is part of a select group of multi-sport athletes who have been competing both in the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, having to master different skills to succeed in entirely different disciplines every two years. In the last two decades or so, there have been some 120 athletes participating in both the Summer and Winter Paralympics, according to the International Paralympic Committee. Masters, who is a double leg amputee, ...

By TALES AZZONI