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" It was honestly like 'Annie.' One day I was alone in a cold, dark Eastern European orphanage, and then the next day I was in an enchanted, mystical land known as Walmart. "

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" I was a super active kid, so I've always been aware of where my body is in space, and I think when I had my legs amputated, it makes you more aware of your body, and because I don't use my legs, I use more of my hands. "

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Hands

Space

" My mom literally saved my life. I wasn't supposed to make it out of the orphanage. "

" They said if I stayed in the orphanage for another month or so, I basically would not have been able to be alive. "

" I never in a million years thought I would be able to be a Paralympic athlete. "

" It's weird to not know what a family is. Not know what a mother's love is. And not really know what a hug is or anything. "

" Every single race that I get on the podium in biathlon, I'm shocked. "

" When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle. "

" You don't get any second chances. "

" I'm chasing that gold medal. "

" I've gotten a lot of people saying. 'That is awesome. You're so brave.' I hate when people say brave. I'm not brave. I'm just living my life. Why is that brave? "

" I think it is very unfortunate that there is a ban on adoptions in Russia. "

" Sport has definitely been an outlet for me. "

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Outlet

Sport

" I like to keep my hair and makeup routines easy and simple on race days. "

" I was born with legs, but they were so deformed. "

" Cycling's primarily a pushing motion, and skiing is more pulling, so it kind of balances out the body. "

" I definitely did not like my body when I first started sports. I didn't like my body just in general as a teenager. Being a girl and a teenager with two prosthetic legs and two hands that were misshapen that had so much reconstructive surgery on them, I thought my world was over - put a zit on top of that, and then my life is completely over. "

" Sports were a way for me to get comfortable with my body. I learned to appreciate everything I could still do. "

" I'm a coffee lover. "

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Coffee

Lover

" When I ski, I take both of my legs off and get into a sit ski: a ski with a custom seat that has been molded for me. I use my core and arms to propel myself on snow with help from ski poles. "

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Myself

Legs

" It's insane going from skiing to cycling. Even though you are in prime shape, you feel like you have never worked out a day in your life. "

" The realization that I'm never going to run again, the feeling through my hair when you run... you're still a kid. You still have so much life to live. "

" I wear my prosthetics legs every day, and when I train in the gym, I call them my Lamborghini, because both legs and sockets, which extend up to my hips to keep the legs on via a suction seal, cost about $305,815. "

" I can go days without eating if I don't think about food. Your mind, to protect itself, learns not to pay attention to that hunger feeling. "

" I'm just stupid and too headstrong. "

" It's extremely important for my sit ski to be perfectly fit to me. If it's too big, and I shift around, the energy and strength I put into propelling myself forward will be lost. The right fit is everything in my sport. "

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Lost

Myself

" I never thought I'd be able to go back to Ukraine. "

" I'm a person that, once I start something, I can't just quit it. "

" When I first had my legs amputated, it was hard for me to be positive and feel pretty. Many people don't know that someone with a disability can be strong and beautiful and successful as an athlete. "

" The mind is really powerful. "

" Growing up in a very poor orphanage in Ukraine, there wasn't much food. "

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Food

Growing