RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tatyana McFadden wanted to go to Russia, where she was born and lived until age 6.
So she took up Nordic skiing, qualified for the 2014 U.S. Paralympic team, traveled to Sochi and won a silver medal in the 1-kilometer sit ski sprint. She then returned to her record-breaking wheelchair racing career.
"I really wanted to go back to where I was from, so I chose cross-country skiing and it was quite a ride," said the 27-year-old McFadden, who was born in St. Petersburg but moved to the U.S. after being adopted.