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Oksana Masters took six gold medals in six races at the Planica 2021 World Cup in Slovenia ⒸAdrian Stykowski/World Para Snow Sports By Lena Smirnova | For World Para Snow Sports
USA’s Oksana Masters and Russia’s Vladislav Lekomtsev finished the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Planica, Slovenia undefeated as they grabbed double gold in the last two Para biathlon races.
The season’s first World Cup, which took place from 3 to 10 March, was made up of three cross-country and three biathlon races. The biathlon individual and sprint events concluded the competition.
Masters and Lekomtsev finished the World Cup with six gold medals after missing only one shot in each of the two final events.
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After two silver medals Ukraine s Oleksandra Kononova won gold in the women s middle distance at the World Cup in Slovenia ⒸAdrian Stykowski/World Para Snow Sports By Lena Smirnova | For World Para Snow Sports
Ukrainian women added a golden glow to their yellow-and-blue uniforms with a full medal sweep in the three Para cross-country races at the World Cup in Planica, Slovenia.
Liudmyla Liashenko led the charge with two gold medals, in the sprint and short-distance races, and a silver in Sunday’s middle-distance event.
Oleksandra Kononova picked up the gold in the middle distance, to add to her two silver from the earlier races, while Yuliia Batenkova-Bauman took a third cross-country bronze.
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Ukraine’s Liudmyla Liashenko, Russia’s Vladislav Lekomtsev’s and USA’s Oksana Masters all made it three gold medals out of three in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on Saturday (6 March) at the first day of World Cup races in Para biathlon.
Russian athletes swept the men’s events grabbing four gold medals out of six to add to the five gold they won in two earlier Para cross-country races. Two more biathlon races, the individual and the sprint, will be held on 9-10 March to wrap up the season’s World Cup opener.