Team USA went 1-2 on the podium in the 10K sitting biathlon.
in Tokyo. Germany’s Anja Wicker took home the bronze.
“I haven’t really been feeling that confident skiing the past couple of races, so I didn’t really know what to expect today, but I felt really good all the way through,” Gretsch toldafter the race. “I’ve skied so many times with Oksana and I know she can really turn it on in the last lap, so you just have to push every second.”
For Masters, her second-place finish was a redemption of sorts, since she had to drop out of the same race in Pyeongchang after she fell and reinjured her elbow. “It’s actually incredible to be able to line up in this race again with clean shooting, and be on the podium with my teammate,” Masters told theGretsch made her Paralympic debut as a Winter Games athlete in 2018 in Pyeongchang, where she won golds in the 6K biathlon and cross-country skiing.