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Anastasiia Bagiian, of Russia, leaves the podium with her guide Sergei Siniakin, after winning the gold medal in the cross country skiing women's 10Km interval start classic vision impaired final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Anastasiia Bagiian, of Russia, and her guide Sergei Siniakin, wave from the podium after winning the gold medal in the cross country skiing women's 10Km interval start classic vision impaired final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Ivan Golubkov, of Russia, waves from the podium after winning the gold medal in the cross country skiing men's 10Km interval start sitting final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Ivan Golubkov, of Russia, competes in the cross country skiing men's 10Km interval start sitting final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Silver medalist Mao Zhongwu, of China, left, shakes hands with gold medalist Ivan Golubkov, of Russia, while bronze medalist Zheng Peng, of China, looks on, on the podium after the cross country skiing men's 10Km interval start sitting final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Anastasiia Bagiian, of Russia, leaves the podium with her guide Sergei Siniakin, after winning the gold medal in the cross country skiing women's 10Km interval start classic vision impaired final at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Tesero, Italy, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)