Team USA won it's first-ever mixed relay gold to close out the cross-country competition at the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 on Sunday at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, China. 

Team USA's 4x2.5-kilometer mixed relay featured Oksana Masters, St. Lawrence University's Sydney Peterson, Dan Cnossen and Jake Adicoff guided by Sam Wood. They stormed to a 25:59.3 gold-medal finish.  

On winning her first Paralympic gold medal, Peterson said:

"It's pretty amazing, I've got a great team out there today. I'm super excited. Everyone stepped up and really skied so fast. I never expected to bring home a medal and to do it now as a team is even better."

Peterson, who has appeared in her first Paralympic games in Beijing, has also won a silver and a bronze medal.