Oksana Masters won the women's sitting 10km at Tesero on Wednesday, the 22nd Paralympic medal of her career. Aaron Pike, her fiancé and an eight-time Paralympian who has never won a medal at the Games, raced the men's sitting 10km at the same venue. He did not finish on the podium. Three U.S. Golds at Tesero. Masters crossed first over South Korea's Yunji Kim and China's Shiyu Wang, her second gold at Tesero in back-to-back days following Tuesday's sprint. Sydney Peterson won the women's standing 10km for her second gold at Milan. Jake Adicoff won the men's visually impaired 10km alongside guide Peter Wolter, his second individual gold at these Games. Para cross-country skiing at Tesero ran six medal events Wednesday morning, and U.S. athletes won three of them. Pike's Race. Pike is 39 and racing at his eighth Winter Games. He is a world champion in para cross-country skiing and para biathlon, a long-distance specialist who has competed at the Paralympic level for more than a decade. He has never won a Paralympic medal. Golubkov, competing as a neutral athlete, won the men's sitting 10km. Two Chinese athletes followed him to the podium. Pike finished off the podium. He and Masters are engaged; he proposed in a gondola, a reference to the one they rode at Sochi in 2014 when she won her first winter medals. At the biathlon sprint final earlier in the week, he was the first person to reach her at the finish line. She...

Masters hit 22 medals with the 10km gold at Tesero. Pike finished off the podium. Emt and Dwyer lost curling bronze 11-10 in extra ends.

Oksana Masters Won Her 22nd Paralympic Medal at Tesero. Aaron Pike Finished Outside the Medals in the Same Race.

 Oksana Masters won the women's sitting 10km at Tesero on Wednesday, the 22nd Paralympic medal of her career. Aaron Pike, her fiancé and an eight-time Paralympian who has never won a medal at the Games, raced the men's sitting 10km at the same venue. He did not finish on the podium. Three U.S. Golds at Tesero. Masters crossed first over South Korea's Yunji Kim and China's Shiyu Wang, her second gold at Tesero in back-to-back days following Tuesday's sprint. Sydney Peterson won the women's standing 10km for her second gold at Milan. Jake Adicoff won the men's visually impaired 10km alongside guide Peter Wolter, his second individual gold at these Games. Para cross-country skiing at Tesero ran six medal events Wednesday morning, and U.S. athletes won three of them. Pike's Race. Pike is 39 and racing at his eighth Winter Games. He is a world champion in para cross-country skiing and para biathlon, a long-distance specialist who has competed at the Paralympic level for more than a decade. He has never won a Paralympic medal. Golubkov, competing as a neutral athlete, won the men's sitting 10km. Two Chinese athletes followed him to the podium. Pike finished off the podium. He and Masters are engaged; he proposed in a gondola, a reference to the one they rode at Sochi in 2014 when she won her first winter medals. At the biathlon sprint final earlier in the week, he was the first person to reach her at the finish line. She...

Masters hit 22 medals with the 10km gold at Tesero. Pike finished off the podium. Emt and Dwyer lost curling bronze 11-10 in extra ends.

Oksana Masters Won Her 22nd Paralympic Medal at Tesero. Aaron Pike Finished Outside the Medals in the Same Race.

Tuesday at Tesero, Oksana Masters won the women's sitting sprint and earned her 21st Paralympic medal. Aaron Pike was there at the finish line to meet her, the same way he was in Sochi in 2014 when she won her first winter medal. On Wednesday, Pike is the one on the start list. Cross-Country Goes to Distance. Tuesday's sprint events at Tesero ran fast and short. Wednesday's para cross-country skiing schedule flips to the 10km interval start, a sustained distance race across the sitting, standing, and visually impaired categories. Six medal events are on the card. Coverage starts at 4:45 AM ET on USA Network, with the women's sitting 10km leading the morning. The men's sitting 10km begins at 5:10 AM ET on Peacock and USA Network. Standing and visually impaired categories follow from 6:30 AM through 8:45 AM ET. Aaron Pike's 10km. Aaron Pike is 39 years old, an eight-time Paralympian, and a world champion in para cross-country skiing. He has two individual world championship golds in para biathlon and a third in the mixed relay in cross-country. He and Masters have trained at the same venues and raced at the same Games across more than a decade. He has never won a Paralympic medal. The sitting 10km is where that changes, or it doesn't. Pike races at 5:10 AM ET at Tesero, the same stadium where Masters has won twice in five days. The interval start format means athletes go out at staggered times and race against the...

Aaron Pike races the 10km at Tesero. Emt and Dwyer play Latvia for the first Paralympic curling medal in U.S. history.

What's on at the 2026 Winter Paralympics on March 11: Emt and Dwyer Play for Bronze, Pike Runs the 10km

Tuesday at Tesero, Oksana Masters won the women's sitting sprint and earned her 21st Paralympic medal. Aaron Pike was there at the finish line to meet her, the same way he was in Sochi in 2014 when she won her first winter medal. On Wednesday, Pike is the one on the start list. Cross-Country Goes to Distance. Tuesday's sprint events at Tesero ran fast and short. Wednesday's para cross-country skiing schedule flips to the 10km interval start, a sustained distance race across the sitting, standing, and visually impaired categories. Six medal events are on the card. Coverage starts at 4:45 AM ET on USA Network, with the women's sitting 10km leading the morning. The men's sitting 10km begins at 5:10 AM ET on Peacock and USA Network. Standing and visually impaired categories follow from 6:30 AM through 8:45 AM ET. Aaron Pike's 10km. Aaron Pike is 39 years old, an eight-time Paralympian, and a world champion in para cross-country skiing. He has two individual world championship golds in para biathlon and a third in the mixed relay in cross-country. He and Masters have trained at the same venues and raced at the same Games across more than a decade. He has never won a Paralympic medal. The sitting 10km is where that changes, or it doesn't. Pike races at 5:10 AM ET at Tesero, the same stadium where Masters has won twice in five days. The interval start format means athletes go out at staggered times and race against the...

Aaron Pike races the 10km at Tesero. Emt and Dwyer play Latvia for the first Paralympic curling medal in U.S. history.

What's on at the 2026 Winter Paralympics on March 11: Emt and Dwyer Play for Bronze, Pike Runs the 10km

Aaron Pike is 39 years old. He has competed at eight consecutive Winter Paralympic Games from Vancouver 2010 through Milano Cortina 2026. He's a two-time individual world champion in para biathlon and won bronze in the mixed relay at the World Championships in para cross-country skiing. He has never won a Paralympic medal. That career arc doesn't fit the narrative structure most people expect from elite athletes. World championship gold is supposed to translate to Paralympic hardware. Sixteen years at the Paralympic level is supposed to produce at least one podium finish. Pike's career shows what happens when the scoreboard and the actual performance diverge for nearly two decades. The Day 5 Race at Tesero. On March 11, 2026, the sitting 10km race ran at Tesero. The men's and women's events ran back-to-back on the same course. Pike finished off the podium. Golubkov, competing as a neutral athlete, won gold. Two Chinese athletes took silver and bronze. Oksana Masters won the women's sitting 10km the same day. It was her 22nd career Paralympic medal. She and Pike have been training partners for more than a decade. They're engaged. He proposed in a gondola as a deliberate callback to Sochi 2014, where they rode a gondola together when she won her first winter medals. At the 2026 Games biathlon sprint final on Day 1, Pike was the first person to reach Masters at the finish line when she won gold. That was her 20th career medal. At Tesero on Day 5,...

Eight Paralympic Games, world champion in para biathlon and cross-country skiing, and never a Paralympic medal.

Aaron Pike Won World Championship Gold in Para Cross-Country Skiing. He Has Never Won a Medal at the Paralympics.

Aaron Pike is 39 years old. He has competed at eight consecutive Winter Paralympic Games from Vancouver 2010 through Milano Cortina 2026. He's a two-time individual world champion in para biathlon and won bronze in the mixed relay at the World Championships in para cross-country skiing. He has never won a Paralympic medal. That career arc doesn't fit the narrative structure most people expect from elite athletes. World championship gold is supposed to translate to Paralympic hardware. Sixteen years at the Paralympic level is supposed to produce at least one podium finish. Pike's career shows what happens when the scoreboard and the actual performance diverge for nearly two decades. The Day 5 Race at Tesero. On March 11, 2026, the sitting 10km race ran at Tesero. The men's and women's events ran back-to-back on the same course. Pike finished off the podium. Golubkov, competing as a neutral athlete, won gold. Two Chinese athletes took silver and bronze. Oksana Masters won the women's sitting 10km the same day. It was her 22nd career Paralympic medal. She and Pike have been training partners for more than a decade. They're engaged. He proposed in a gondola as a deliberate callback to Sochi 2014, where they rode a gondola together when she won her first winter medals. At the 2026 Games biathlon sprint final on Day 1, Pike was the first person to reach Masters at the finish line when she won gold. That was her 20th career medal. At Tesero on Day 5,...

Aaron Pike Won World Championship Gold in Para Cross-Country Skiing. He Has Never Won a Medal at the Paralympics.

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Gerard Butler shines as a hero in 'Olympus Has Fallen,' a bloody action film not for kids, with terrorists seizing the White House.

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First of all, this movie is a WOW. But it's not for kids. It is bloody and violent so it's strictly for adults. That said, it is a powerful action movie with a new hero in Hollywood. Move over Sly, Arnold, Bruce, and the rest of you. Make way for Gerard Butler. Yes, the man who played the Phantom in the 2004 movie The Phantom of the Opera proves he has what it takes to be a one-man killing machine.  Olympus Has Fallen is the story of an army of terrorists who take over the White House in a bloody battle. They take the President (Aaron Eckhart) hostage and their demands for his release could lead to World War III. These guys mean business. Led by Kang (Rick Yune), they have no mercy and no compassion for the innocent. They kill everyone.  During the attack, the President's former Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler), now pushing pencils at the Treasury Department, heads over to the White House (aka Olympus, the Secret Service codename for the building) to help. He makes his way through the streets of Washington as they are being riddled with bullets from an attack plane. When he arrives at the White House the carnage is extensive, but he manages to make his way through the gun battle into the building. When the shooting is over, Banning is the only good guy left in the White House, except for the hostages in the White House bunker....

A 10-second video posted to Reddit last week has drawn over 11,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments, not because something dramatic happened, but because of what didn't happen. A young man with Down syndrome is working his shift at a restaurant, wearing a leather apron, when his mom stops by. She tells him he looks fantastic. He gives her a cool head nod and says one word: "Always." That's it. That's the whole exchange. And it tells you everything about how this young man was raised, the business that hired him, and what the disability community and the general public respond to when they see someone with Down syndrome thriving at work. What Reddit Saw. The top comments aren't focused on his disability. They're focused on his demeanor. "Holy moly he was raised so well!! I love the confidence," wrote one commenter with 607 upvotes. Another added, "For real you can tell someone put a lot of love into raising him right." Others called him a "distinguished gentleman" and noted he was carrying the job "with honor." One commenter wrote, "Growing self respect through hard work." The video shows capability, not inspiration. He's not there because someone felt generous. He's there because he can do the job, and he knows it. The Uncomfortable Truth in the Comments. One commenter offered a sharp observation: "It's a little weird that we celebrate his functionality because he has Down syndrome. But it's very clear he is super capable and likely can...

A viral Reddit video shows a young man with Down syndrome responding to his mom's compliment at work with one word: 'Always.'

Young Man with Down Syndrome Starts His First Job and Looks Amazing Doing It

A 10-second video posted to Reddit last week has drawn over 11,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments, not because something dramatic happened, but because of what didn't happen. A young man with Down syndrome is working his shift at a restaurant, wearing a leather apron, when his mom stops by. She tells him he looks fantastic. He gives her a cool head nod and says one word: "Always."   That's it. That's the whole exchange. And it tells you everything about how this young man was raised, the business that hired him, and what the disability community and the general public respond to when they see someone with Down syndrome thriving at work. What Reddit Saw. The top comments aren't focused on his disability. They're focused on his demeanor. "Holy moly he was raised so well!! I love the confidence," wrote one commenter with 607 upvotes. Another added, "For real you can tell someone put a lot of love into raising him right." Others called him a "distinguished gentleman" and noted he was carrying the job "with honor." One commenter wrote, "Growing self respect through hard work." The video shows capability, not inspiration. He's not there because someone felt generous. He's there because he can do the job, and he knows it. The Uncomfortable Truth in the Comments. One commenter offered a sharp observation: "It's a little weird that we celebrate his functionality because he has Down syndrome. But it's very clear he is super capable and likely can...

This review is courtesy of Wynsum Arts' Every App Has a Story, the stories behind Wynsum Arts' distinguished apps. "The iPad opens the door for parents to take on a more active role. We are in a new era of AAC; this is very powerful for families." — Dave Hershberger, president of Saltillo TouchChat In 1996, Dave Hershberger incorporated his company Saltillo. He established the company with a focus on assistive communication but couldn't begin to imagine what his company would accomplish in the following 16 years as technology platforms changed. Hershberger fell into the industry by way of a high school job in 1978. Throughout high school and college (he earned an engineering degree at University of Akron), Hershberger worked with a company that developed augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) devices. He struck out on his own because he wanted to expand the population he served by developing AAC devices. "Once I saw the difference that technology can make in people's lives, I knew I could never leave the field," Hershberger says. "I have worked with kids who had very little communication and our technology helps them attend school. It makes an incredible difference in their lives. I got into this field by chance, but once here, it definitely captivated me. And today the technology allows us to do things we couldn't even imagine back then." Why Did You Develop the TouchChat App? Dave Hershberger:...

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 This review is courtesy of Wynsum Arts' Every App Has a Story, the stories behind Wynsum Arts' distinguished apps.            "The iPad opens the door for parents to take on a more active role. We are in a new era of AAC; this is very powerful for families."  — Dave Hershberger, president of Saltillo  TouchChat In 1996, Dave Hershberger incorporated his company Saltillo. He established the company with a focus on assistive communication but couldn't begin to imagine what his company would accomplish in the following 16 years as technology platforms changed. Hershberger fell into the industry by way of a high school job in 1978. Throughout high school and college (he earned an engineering degree at University of Akron), Hershberger worked with a company that developed augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) devices. He struck out on his own because he wanted to expand the population he served by developing AAC devices. "Once I saw the difference that technology can make in people's lives, I knew I could never leave the field," Hershberger says. "I have worked with kids who had very little communication and our technology helps them attend school. It makes an incredible difference in their lives. I got into this field by chance, but once here, it definitely captivated me. And today the technology allows us to do things we couldn't even imagine back then." Why Did You Develop the TouchChat App? Dave Hershberger:...

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