Oksana`s Life Story

Oksana was born     [on, in, at, the] Ukraine in 1989.

The location and time of her birth have significance            [because of, cause, during, after] the catastrophic events that occurred 3 years earlier,         [for, during, through, after] the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster.

The radiation had strange effects     [on, for, at, in] her development.

Oksana was given up      [from, to, for, with] adoption from birth but her birth defects were going to require lots of medical help.

        [Over, From, During, Despite]the course of seven years, she would have both legs amputated.

At the age of 13 the girl became interested      [in, with, to, on] rowing after the introduction to the sport.

She found     [in, up, out, at]quickly the more she pushed herself, the stronger, faster and more in contrl she became.

After 14 months of learning how to ski, Oksana won silver and bronze medals in Nordic skiing    [at, in, to, on]the Paralympic Winter Games Sochi 2014.

She qualified     [to, at, in, for]the Paralympic Games Rio 2016      [that, so, like, as]a cyclist and finished just off the podium in fourth in the road race.

          [Despite, Thoughout, Due to, Nearly] two weeks before the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics in South Korea, Masters has had to overcome a serious injury to her right elbow that she incurred.

        [Due to, Over, Despite, Because] the injury, she won gold in cross-country in the 1.1 km sprint and in 5km event, silver in the 6 km and 12.5km biathlon competitions, and bronze in the 12 km cross-country event.

Oksana loves new challenges and pushing herself      [on, out, in, from]of her comfort zone.

           [Because, That’s why, Also, Unlike] Oksana is so competitive and hates losing, she believes a sport has always been in her blood.