Season 5
2 episodes
55 min. per episode
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A determined athlete battles societal challenges and personal doubts, striving to redefine what it means to overcome limitations.
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Oksana Masters was born with six toes on both feet and deformed hands, probably due to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear accident during her mother's pregnancy. After being in several orphanages, she was adopted at the age of seven and moved to the United States, where both of her legs were amputated above the knee. At the age of 13, she began rowing, and from that point on, her career as an all-around athlete took off. At the 2012 London Paralympics, she became the first American to win a bronze medal in rowing. Shortly after, she began competing in winter sports, winning silver, and bronze medals in Nordic skiing at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, she won two golds and one bronze in Nordic cross-country skiing and two silvers in biathlon, making her name known around the world. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, she won two golds and a bronze in Nordic cross-country skiing, and two silvers in biathlon.
Born in Germany, he had his right leg amputated below the knee in a wakeboarding accident in 2003. He made his international debut in 2009, then won the 2011 World Championships in the long jump. His first appearance was at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and won the gold medal with a new world record of 7.35 meters. In 2015, Markus again set a new world record with an impressive jump of 8.40 meters at the Para Athletics World Championships. He won a gold medal once again at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. People say that "he is the only one who can break his record." He also won a gold medal in the relay with the German national team in Rio. At the European Championships in June 2021, he broke his own record with a jump of 8.62 meters, 14 centimeters longer than his previous record.
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