sports
March 14, 2026
Jake Adicoff, first out gay US man to win Winter Paralympic gold, adds to haul
Adicoff adds relay title after two previous Milan golds
TL;DR
- Jake Adicoff won a gold medal in the Para cross-country mixed relay at the Milan Cortina Games.
- Adicoff became the first openly gay American male athlete to win gold in the Winter Paralympics earlier in the week.
- This relay gold is Adicoff's third medal of the Milan Cortina Games, adding to his two previous individual golds.
- Oksana Masters earned her 23rd Paralympic medal, the most for an American Winter Paralympian, with this victory.
- Adicoff had previously won a silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics and two silvers in Beijing.
- Adicoff has limited vision in his left eye and no vision in his right eye.
- Masters also competes in Para rowing and Para cycling in the Summer Games and has won 18 Winter and 5 Summer Paralympic medals.
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