Non-Binary Skateboarder Alana Smith Atumiza Uthenga Wamphamvu Atatha Kupikisana pa Masewera a Olimpiki a Tokyo

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American skateboarder komanso woyamba Olimpiki Alana Smith apitiliza kulimbikitsa ena onse komanso kupitilira Masewera a Tokyo. Smith, yemwe amadziwika kuti sanali wosankha nawo adagawana nawo uthenga wamphamvu Lolemba pa Instagram atapikisana nawo pamwambo wama skateboarding azimayi, momwe adamaliza komaliza kutentha kwachitatu mwa anayi Lamlungu.

"Ndi nyama yankhalwe bwanji - kukwera kwamfumu ... Cholinga changa chobwera mu izi chinali choti ndikhale wosangalala ndikukhala chithunzi cha anthu onga ine," adalemba a Smith patsamba lawo. "Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'moyo wanga wonse, ndimanyadira munthu yemwe ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito kuti ndikhale. Ndasankha chisangalalo changa kuposa mendulo."

Smith anali m'modzi mwa othamanga 12 omwe adasankhidwa kuti adzayimire United States pamasewera otsetsereka m'chilimwe pamasewera a Olimpiki pomwe masewerawa adayamba kudikirira. Mu Instagram Lolemba lolemba, Smith anawonjezera kuti "pazonse zomwe ndachita, ndinkafuna kuchoka mu izi ndikudziwa kuti I UNAPOLOGETICALLY ndinali ndekha ndipo ndinali kumwetulira moona mtima. Kumva mumtima mwanga kumanena kuti ndinachita zimenezo."

Pampikisano woyamba wa azimayi ochita masewera otsetsereka m’misewu Lamlungu, Momiji Nishiya wa ku Japan analandira golide, kenako Rayssa Leal wa ku Brazil ndi siliva, ndi Funa Nakayama, wa ku Japannso ndi bronze. Poganizira za nthawi yawo pamasewera a Olimpiki Lolemba, Smith - yemwe adanenapo kale za kuyesa kudzipha m'mbuyomu - adati "akumva okondwa kukhala ndi moyo ndipo akumva ngati ndikuyenera kukhala pano kwa nthawi yayitali. .... Ndizo zonse zomwe ndapempha. "

"Dzulo usiku ndidakhala ndi mphindi pakhonde, sindine wachipembedzo kapena kukhala ndi aliyense / chilichonse chomwe ndimalankhula naye. Usiku watha ndidathokoza aliyense amene anali kunja uko yemwe adandipatsa mwayi kuti ndisachoke padziko lapansi usiku womwe ndidagona. pakati pa mseu, "adatero Smith pa Instagram, yemwe adathokoza onse" omwe awathandizira [iwo] pamafunde ambiri amoyo. "

"Sindingathe kudikira kuti ndiyambenso skate chifukwa cha chikondi chake, osati mpikisano wokha, womwe ndi wovuta kwambiri poganizira za mpikisanowu unandithandiza kupezanso chikondi changa," iwo anapitiriza.

Smith adakopeka ndi chikondi kuchokera kwa mafani pawailesi yakanema kumapeto kwa sabata lino, powona momwe adalemba zilembo zawo, "iwo / iwo," pa skateboard yawo. "Sindikuganiza kuti ndidzakhala wosangalala ngati Alana Smith pomwe akumakwera masewera a skate board pa Olimpiki," adatero wowonera Lamlungu.

Sikuti zonse zidayenda bwino kwa Smith pamasewera a Olimpiki, komabe, chifukwa olemba ena sanawamvetse bwino pomwe amasanthula momwe amachitira. Wothamangayo akuti adagawana nawo makanema pa Nkhani zawo za Instagram za mafani omwe adawongolera akatswiri pamasewerawa, malinga ndi LERO. Masewera a NBC kuyambira pamenepo wapepesa.

"NBC Sports yadzipereka ku - ndikumvetsetsa kufunikira kwa - kugwiritsa ntchito matchulidwe olondola kwa aliyense pamapulatifomu athu," malinga ndi NBC kudzera m'mawu, monga adanenera m'mawu atolankhani kuchokera ku GLAAD, gulu la Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "Ngakhale kuti olemba ndemanga athu adagwiritsa ntchito mawu oyenerera pa nkhani yathu, tidafalitsa chakudya chapadziko lonse chomwe sichinapangidwe ndi NBCUniversal chomwe chinasokoneza Olympian Alana Smith.

Kuphatikiza pa Smith, opitilira 160 a LGBTQ + ochokera kumayiko osiyanasiyana akupikisana pa Olimpiki yaku Tokyo, malinga ndi Outsports. Quinn, osewera wapakati pa timu ya mpira wa azimayi ku Canada, ndiye wothamanga woyamba poyera kuti azigonana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kuchita nawo mpikisano wa Olimpiki. A Laurel Hubbard, azimayi ophatikizana ndi akazi, nawonso akupikisana nawo ku New Zealand pampikisano wokweza.

Ngakhale Masewera a Tokyo adakopeka ndimankhani ambiri okonda kale, kuphatikiza ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi Simone Biles lingaliro loti akhale ndi thanzi lam'mutu kuposa zonse, palibe kukayika kuti Smith ndi mawu awo olimbikitsa adachita nawo chidwi pamasewera a Olimpiki kwamuyaya.

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