作者：克里·布林
更新时间：2026年3月12日 / 美国东部时间下午12:06 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作为美国有史以来获奖最多的冬季残奥会选手，奥克萨娜·马斯特斯在米兰赢得三枚金牌后告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻：“我的脸颊都笑僵了。”
“我感觉自己站在了世界之巅，”马斯特斯说，“我很震惊。”
3月7日，在冬季两项坐姿女子项目中夺冠后，马斯特斯收获了她的第20枚奖牌。她还在越野滑雪残疾人项目中再获两枚奖牌——第21枚和第22枚。她赢得了这两场比赛，将其职业生涯金牌总数提升至12枚。马斯特斯还将在2026年冬奥会上参加最后一场比赛。
这个赛季，马斯特斯经历了手术、骨感染和脑震荡的困扰，但她告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，自己在乌克兰的孤儿童年赋予了她在竞技体育中坚持下去所需的韧性。7岁时，她被一对美国夫妇收养。后来，由于切尔诺贝利核灾难的辐射暴露，她的双腿被截肢。
“我知道生命并非永恒，因此我不会把任何事情视为理所当然，”马斯特斯说，“当我回顾过去……我的个人经历与我的运动生涯惊人地相似。2008年，我未能参加残奥会，我经历过落选、成功、夺冠，也经历过空手而归的情况。我认为这源于小时候在乌克兰时从未放弃的精神，一直延续到现在。”
这是马斯特斯第八次参加残奥会。自2012年以来，她同时参加了夏季和冬季赛事，但她表示很难说更喜欢哪届奥运会。夏季赛事“晒黑效果更好，划船项目也很有趣”，但冬季残奥会的越野滑雪总是独一无二的，马斯特斯说。
“你永远不会遇到两次相同的赛道或相同的一圈，”她告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，“当我在比赛开始时滑雪，一圈和第二圈的情况完全不同。所以我必须不断调整，找到最快的路线和最佳雪道。我从不满足，总是在挑战自己的舒适区，这是冬季运动普遍具有的独特魅力。我非常喜欢这一点。”
马斯特斯是残奥会运动员中的偶像，也是一些年轻队友的榜样。她说，自己很幸运能够“展现运动员的两面性和成长历程”，并证明成功“没有完美的时间表”。
“我觉得能展示自己旅程中的起伏是一种莫大的荣誉，”马斯特斯说，“因为我认为，看到金牌得主（或新人）不必一帆风顺是非常重要的——而通常也确实不是一帆风顺的——这没关系。只要不要放弃自己和梦想。”
与此同时，她的动力来自家庭。
“我的妈妈是我来到这里并不断鞭策自己、证明自己潜力以及向社会证明什么是真正可能的最重要原因，”马斯特斯说。
美国目前在残奥会上的奖牌榜上排名第二，共获得12枚奖牌，仅次于中国的14枚。
U.S. Paralympian Oksana Masters reflects on winning 22 medals: “My cheeks are hurting from smiling”
By Kerry Breen
Updated on: March 12, 2026 / 12:06 PM EDT / CBS News
Oksana Masters, the most decorated U.S. Winter Paralympian of all time, told CBS News that “my cheeks are hurting from smiling” after winning three gold medals in Milan.
“I feel like I’m on top of the world,” Masters said. “I am shocked.”
Masters took home her 20th medal after placing first in the women’s sprint sitting discipline in the Para biathalon on March 7. She also earned two more medals — her 21st and 22nd — in Para cross-country skiing events. She won both races, bringing her career gold medal tally to 12. Masters has one race left at the 2026 Winter Games.
Masters’ season was marred by surgery, a bone infection and concussion, but she told CBS News that her childhood as an orphan in Ukraine gave her the resilience needed to persevere in the world of competitive sports. Masters was adopted by an American couple when she was 7 years old. She later had her legs amputated due to radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster.
Oksana Masters of Team USA celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Para cross-country skiing women’s sprint sitting at the Paralympics, March 10, 2026, in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Luke Hales/Getty Images for IPC
“I know that life isn’t guaranteed, and so I don’t take anything for granted,” Masters said. “When I reflected back … my personal journey parallels so similarly to my athletic journey. I didn’t make my first Paralympic Games in 2008 when I wanted to. I know what it’s like to not make it, to make it, to win gold or walk away from a Paralympic Games with no medals. I think that stems from not ever giving up, when I was a little girl in Ukraine, to now.”
This is Masters’ eighth Paralympics. She has competed in both summer and winter events since 2012 but said it’s impossible to pick which Games she likes better. Summer has “better tan lines and rowing,” but cross-country skiing in the Winter Paralympics is always unique, Masters sais.
“You’ll never have the same course twice or the same lap twice,” she told CBS News. “When I ski at the start of the race, one lap, the second lap is different. So I’m constantly adjusting and finding those fast lines, the fast snow. And I’m not settling. I’m constantly adjusting and pushing myself outside of my comfort zones and that’s something that’s so unique to winter sports in general. I do love that part of it.”
Masters is an icon among Paralympic athletes and a role model to some younger teammates. She said she feels lucky to “show both sides of an athlete and the journey,” and show that there “isn’t a perfect timeline” to success.
Oksana Masters of Team USA celebrates after winning gold in the Para cross-country skiing sprint sitting final at the Paralympics, March 10, 2026, in Val di Fiemme, Italy. Marco Mantovani/Getty Images
“I feel like it’s just an absolute honor to be able to show parts of my journey, the ups and downs, because I think it’s very important to see that gold medalists or (first-timers) that it doesn’t have to be smooth sailing, and it often isn’t, and it’s okay,” Masters said. “Just don’t give up on yourself and your dream.”
Meanwhile, her own inspiration is close to home.
“My mom is my number one reason of why I’m here and why I keep pushing myself and trying to prove to myself what’s truly possible, and prove to society what’s truly possible,” Masters said.
The U.S. is currently second in the medal count at the Paralympic Games, with 12 medals, behind China, with 14 total medals.
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