Yesterday at the Laura Cross-Country Ski & Biathlon Center at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, Ukrainian Lyudmyla Pavlenko won gold in the women's 12km sitting race.  United States skier Oksana Masters won silver, and Russia's Svetlana Konovalova won bronze.   Other United States skiers in the race included Tatyana McFaddenn who finished fifth, Monica Bascio who finish seventh, and Beth Requist who finished sixteenth.
Russia swept the podium in the men's 15km sitting event held earlier in the day, with Roman Petuschkov winning gold, Irek Zaripov silver and Aleksandr Davidovich bronze. Ukraine's Maksym Yarovyi finished just out of medal standing fourth place.  United States skiers in the race included Andrew Soule who finished fifth, Sean Halstead who finished ninth, Aaron Pike who finished twelfth, Daniel Cnossen who finished thirteenth, Augusto Jose Perez who finished seventeenth and Bryan Price who finished nineteenth.
 Winners of the women's sitting 12km cross country at the flower ceremony. Image: Laura Hale.
 Poland's Kamil Rosiek starts the men's race. Image: Laura Hale.


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Ukraine's Lyudmyla Pavlenko wins gold in 2014 Winter Paralympics