A closing ceremony boycotted by Ukraine signaled the end of the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics.

The medal count is now at 22 for Oksana Masters, the most decorated American Winter Paralympian.

Oksana Masters has won her 11th Paralympic gold medal and she calls it redemption after missing the top spot four years ago.

The Winter Paralympics come to Milan Cortina to celebrate their 50th anniversary, with China looking to extend its dominance as a Paralympic powerhouse and Ukraine and other nations boycotting the opening ceremony over the return of the Russian flag and anthem.

Oksana Masters is the most decorated American Winter Paralympian and is part of a select group of multi-sport athletes who have been competing in both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, having to master different skills to succeed in entirely different disciplines every two years.

The stakes for all these U.S. skiers, skaters, snowboarders and sliders over the next 100 days could not be more clear.

Athletes at the last Summer Olympics remember the unmistakable sadness of competing with nearly no one in the stands amid pandemic-era restrictions in Tokyo three years ago.

The so-called playbook for athletes at the Tokyo Olympics provides a guide to a “safe and successful Games."