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" 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. "
Oksana Masters
Never
Skiing
You
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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
" That's what I'm focused on, having that perfect race. "
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Having
Perfect
Race
" I definitely went through a period where I don't want to say I hated myself, but I hated what I saw in the mirror. I would try to cover it up, and it wasn't until I started doing sports - until after London 2012 - that I kind of started getting more of that confidence in my body and appreciating my body. "
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" My mom literally saved my life. I wasn't supposed to make it out of the orphanage. "
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Supposed
My Life
" 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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One Day
Land
" I'm a person that, once I start something, I can't just quit it. "
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" I'm just stupid and too headstrong. "
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Too
Stupid
" I started doing sports when I was 13 and competitively doing sports - where I was actually training - when I was 17. "
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Sports
Started
" I absolutely fell in love with being on the water and the peace and freedom that you get being on the water in a single boat. "
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You
Water
" It's hard to understand the athlete's lifestyle. You literally eat, sleep, train. You go to training camps in the winter where there is no Internet, you can't make phone calls. "
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Internet
Phone
" You don't get any second chances. "
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Second
Get
" Every single race that I get on the podium in biathlon, I'm shocked. "
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Single
Get
" 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? "
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Brave
My Life
" With cycling, I can still be active and compete, and ultimately, that's what I love to do, to be competitive. "
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Active
I Can
" I usually like to keep my hair and makeup routines pretty simple after I work out but always need a little bit of mascara to finish off the look. I just swipe some on and then am good to go for the rest of the day. "
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Day
Work
" I was a troublemaker. "
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" I'm stubborn; once I start something, I want to see how far I can go. "
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Go
Want
Stubborn
" It doesn't matter what kind of body you have, it's the determination and the spirit that's going to get you there. I want to prove that. "
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Spirit
You
" The mind is really powerful. "
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Mind
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" My hair is super fine, so I love using Batiste Dry Shampoo to give it volume after I shower and dry my hair. It also gives me extra body and texture for when I choose to wear my hair in a French braid. "
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Shower
Choose
Body
" I think it is very unfortunate that there is a ban on adoptions in Russia. "
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Think
I Think
Ban
" Growing up in a very poor orphanage in Ukraine, there wasn't much food. "
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Food
Growing
" I was born with legs, but they were so deformed. "
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Were
" 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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Me
Legs
" 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. "
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" I was missing the main weight-bearing bone in both legs. And the left leg, I didn't have a full knee. It was a floating knee. I had six toes. My hands were webbed, and I also have one kidney. I don't have a full bicep on my right side. Thank God my hair didn't get ruined. "
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Bone
Thank God
" Sports were a way for me to get comfortable with my body. I learned to appreciate everything I could still do. "
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Appreciate
Body
" I was supposed to be adopted when I was five, but then my adoption was pushed back by two years. "
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Then
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" The biggest challenge during competition is keeping my real legs warm with clothing, because I have poor circulation in the tissue around the amputated areas. "
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Real
" I don't know why, but I love sunflowers, and I just have this vivid memory of being in a field of sunflowers and how they felt like trees. They felt so tall. "
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Know
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