Wolemba Paralympian Melissa Stockwell Pa Kudzikuza Kwaku America Komanso Maganizo Olimbikitsa

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Ngati pali chinthu chimodzi chomwe Melissa Stockwell akumva pakadali pano, ndikuthokoza. Patsogolo pa Masewera Olimba Mtima Olimpha chilimwe chino ku Tokyo, U.S.Msirikali wakale wankhondo adavulala panjinga yamoto atadutsa nthambi ndikulephera kuyendetsa njingayo. Stockwell adaphunzira kuchokera kwa madotolo kuti adavulala msana komwe kumamulepheretsa kuphunzira masabata angapo. Ngakhale kuwopsyezedwa kwakukulu, wothamanga wazaka 41 adatha kupikisana nawo pamasewerawa, ndikuyika chachisanu mu mpikisano wa azimayi wa triathlon. Pakati pa chaka chodzaza ndi zovuta zakuthupi komanso kuvutika ndi mliri wa COVID-19, Stockwell ndiwothokoza chifukwa cha zomwe zidachitikira ku Tokyo.

"Ndikutanthauza, anali Masewera osiyana kwambiri, koma ndikuganiza kuti adawapanga kukhala apadera kwambiri," adatero Stockwell Maonekedwe. "[Unali] chikondwerero chamasewera, ndikupita ku Tokyo. Kungokhalako, zinali zodabwitsa." (Zogwirizana: Anastasia Pagonis Anapambana Mendulo Yoyamba Yagolide ku Team USA pa Tokyo Paralympics Mu Record-Breaking Fashion)

Stockwell, mendulo yamkuwa ya 2016 Games ku Rio, adapikisana nawo pamsonkhano wa triathlon PTS2 ku Tokyo chilimwechi, ndi Allysa Seely wa Team USA atapambana golide. Pazochitika za Paralympic, othamanga amagawika m'magulu osiyanasiyana kutengera kulumala kwawo kuti awonetsetse kuti pali mpikisano woyenera ponseponse. Stockwell ali mgulu la PTS2, lomwe ndi limodzi mwamagawo ampikisano omwe amagwiritsa ntchito bandala, malinga ndi Masewera a NBC.

Kubwerera ku 2004, moyo wa Stockwell udasinthiratu pomwe adakhala msirikali wamkazi waku America woyamba kutaya chiwalo mu Nkhondo ya Iraq. Galimoto yomwe iye ndi gulu lake amayendetsa panthawiyo idagundidwa ndi bomba lomwe linali m'mphepete mwa msewu m'misewu ya Iraq. "Ndidaduka mwendo zaka 17 zapitazo, ndidapita kuchipatala, ndipo ndidazindikira kuti ndili ndi mwayi," akutero. "Ndinazunguliridwa ndi asilikali ena ovulala kwambiri, kotero kunali kovuta kwa ine kudzimvera chisoni, ndipo ndimadzimva ngati mtundu umenewo umayika zinthu m'mbali iliyonse ya moyo wanga. Kodi ndimakhalabe ndi masiku oipa? Zachidziwikire, koma ndimatha kuyang'ana mozungulira ndikuzindikira mwayi wathu wokhala ndi zinthu zomwe tili nazo. "

Stockwell adapuma pantchito ku Gulu Lankhondo ku 2005 atavulala. Analandiranso Purple Heart, yomwe imaperekedwa kwa omwe anaphedwa kapena ovulala pamene akugwira ntchito ya usilikali, ndi Bronze Star, yomwe imaperekedwa chifukwa chakuchita bwino, ntchito, kapena kuchita bwino kapena kugwira ntchito kumalo omenyera nkhondo. Chaka chomwecho, adadziwitsidwanso ku Paralympics ndi John Register wa Komiti ya Olimpiki ya Paralympic ya Gulu Lankhondo ndi Veteran la US, yemwe adawonetsa Masewera ku Walter Reed Medical Center ku Maryland. Stockwell adachita chidwi ndi lingaliro loyimiranso United States, koma ngati wothamanga, malinga ndi Masewera a NBC. Ndi ma Paralympics a Beijing a 2008 patadutsa zaka zitatu zokha panthawiyo, Stockwell adatembenukira kumadzi ndikusambira ngati gawo lokonzanso ku Walter Reed. (Zokhudzana: Wosambira Olumala Paricmpic Jessica Long Anaika Patsogolo Maganizo Awo Amankhwala Mwanjira Yatsopano Yatsopano Patsogolo pa Masewera a Tokyo)

Stockwell pamapeto pake adasamukira ku Colorado Springs, Colorado mu 2007 kuti akapitilize kuphunzitsa ku US Olympic Training Center ku Colorado Springs. Chaka chotsatira, adasankhidwa kukhala timu yaku America ya Paralympic Swim ya 2008. Ngakhale sanapeze mendulo pamasewera a 2008, Stockwell pambuyo pake adasunthira ku triathlon (masewera omwe amakhala ndi kuthamanga, kupalasa njinga, ndikusambira) ndipo adapeza malo pagulu loyambira la para-triathlon la Team USA ku 2016. Ndipo pomwe Stockwell akupita kuti adzipatse nthawi yopumira asanaganize za tsogolo lake pambuyo pa Tokyo, mayi wa ana awiri akuyembekezera kudzakhala ndi ana awo, mwana wamwamuna Dallas, 6, ndi mwana wamkazi Millie, 4, ndi mwamuna Brian Tolsma.

"Nthawi zomwe ndimakonda ndimakhala ndi banja langa, ndipo kumapeto kwa sabata lino tinapita kumsasa," akutero. "Ndipo zinthu zazing'ono ngati kupita kokayenda mozungulira oyandikana nawo banja langa ndi galu. Kukhala kunyumba ndikukhala pakati pa anthu omwe ndimacheza nawo kwambiri ndi zina mwazinthu zomwe ndimakonda kuchita."

Pambuyo pake komanso wokondedwa kwambiri, asitikali amakhala ndi malo apadera mumtima wa Stockwell. M'chilimwechi, adakhala kazembe wa ChapStick - yemwe amakonda kwambiri kwa nthawi yayitali, BTW - pomwe chizindikirocho chikupitilizabe kulimbikitsa ngwazi zaku America. ChapStick ikulemekezanso ndikuthandizira oyankha oyambilira ankhondo kudzera mu mgwirizano ndi Operation Gratitude, yopanda phindu yomwe imathandizira anthu aku America kuwonetsa kuyamikira kwawo asitikali, asitikali ankhondo, komanso oyankha oyamba kudzera pamakalata ndi phukusi la chisamaliro. Mtunduwu posachedwapa watulutsa timitengo tating'ono (Buy It, $ 6, chapstick.com) wokhala ndi zikwangwani zaku America komanso ndodo iliyonse yogulitsidwa, ChapStick ipereka ndodo ku Operation Gratitude. Kuphatikiza apo, ChapStick (yomwe yathandizira asitikali aku US kuyambira Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse) yapereka $ 100,000 kudzera pazogulitsa ndi ndalama ku Operation Gratitude, zomwe zingathandize kudzaza ndi kutumiza phukusi la chisamaliro kwa ngwazi zaku America.

"Ndakhala wokonda ChapStick kwa nthawi yonse yomwe ndikukumbukira," akutero Stockwell. "Nthawi zonse ndimakhala nawo, amakhala ndi ine nthawi zonse, zimakhala ngati ndikubwera kukhala kazembe wa brand."

Ndikukumbukira zaka 20 za Seputembara 11, 2001, pafupi, Stockwell adawonetsanso kulimba mtima kwa America komanso zomwe adagawana ndi ana ake aang'ono. "Seputembara 11 ndi tsiku lomwe ndimakondwerera chaka chilichonse. Ndikuganiza kuti mumakondwerera kulimba mtima kwa America; mumakondwerera Achimereka omwe, m'malo mothawa nyumba yoyaka, adathamangira komweko kuti akapulumutse anzawo aku America. Zitakhala choncho onetsani Kunyada kwa America, "akutero. "Ana anga, mwachiwonekere ali ndi zaka 4 ndi 6 [zaka] ndipo akuyamba. kumvetsetsa zinthu, koma, nthawi zonse momwe ndingathere, ndimagawana nawo zomwe asilikali athu amachita, zomwe tachita, zomwe anali yunifolomuyo ataya mtima ndi chiyembekezo kuti azindikira kuti ali ndi mwayi wokhala komwe amakhala."

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