Meet the Minnesota athletes competing in the 2022 Winter Paralympics

The power couple: Park Rapids native Aaron Pike is a six-time Paralympian, competing in every summer and winter games since 2012. In Beijing, he will compete in Nordic skiing.

• Born in Ukraine, Oksana Masters has 10 medals across Nordic skiing, cycling and rowing, and has been dating Pike for years, according to a People magazine profile.
• "My heart is breaking for my country of birth," Masters said recently on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Who else is participating, per the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee:

• Batoyun "Oyuna" Uranchimeg, hometown Burnsville, wheelchair curling.
• Sydney Peterson, Lake Elmo, Nordic skiing.
• Max Nelson, Stillwater, Nordic skiing.
• Mike Schultz, St. Cloud, snowboarding.

What's next: The games will be broadcast on NBC, Olympic Channel and USA Network; and streamed on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.