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Breaking Through the “Pain Cave,” with Paralympian Cyclist Oksana Masters


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Oksana Masters has competed in four different Paralympic sports—rowing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, and cycling—and in every Paralympic Games, summer and winter, going back to 2012. She’s won eight medals along the way. So she knows a thing or two about pushing through pain. A double amputee above the knee, Oksana talks about how she found therapy in sports, the simple counting trick she uses when her self-talk starts going south, and why she approaches races as just another day of training. 

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