Wosambira wa Paralympic Becca Meyers Wasiya Masewera a Tokyo Atakanidwa 'Chisamaliro' Chololera komanso Chofunikira

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Asanachitike Masewera a Paralympic ku Tokyo mwezi watha, Becca Meyers wosambira waku America alengeza Lachiwiri kuti wachoka pampikisanowu, pogawana kuti Komiti Yapadziko Lonse ya Olimpiki & Paralympic "yakana" mobwerezabwereza "zopempha" zogona posankha, osamupatsa "chisankho" koma kuti atuluke.

M'mawu omwe adagawana nawo pa Twitter ndi Instagram, Meyers - yemwe wakhala wogontha kuyambira pomwe adabadwa komanso ali wakhungu - adati adayenera kupanga "chigamulo chowawa" kusiya Masewerawo atakanidwa kuti abweretse. Wothandizira Wosamalira Munthu, Amayi Maria, ku Japan.

"Ndakwiya, ndakhumudwitsidwa, koma koposa zonse, ndikumva chisoni kuti sindikuyimira dziko langa," a Meyers adalemba m'mawu awo a Instagram, ndikuwonjeza kuti m'malo mololeza aliyense wothamanga PCA yake ku Tokyo, onse 34 Osambira a Paralympic - asanu ndi anayi mwa iwo omwe ali ndi vuto losawona - adzagawana PCA yomweyo chifukwa cha nkhawa za COVID-19. "Ndili ndi Covid, pali njira zatsopano zachitetezo ndi malire kwa ogwira ntchito osafunikira," adalemba, ndikuwonjezera, "ndichoncho, koma PCA yodalirika ndiyofunika kuti ndipikisane."

Meyers, mendulo ya Paralympic kasanu ndi kamodzi, adabadwa ndi matenda a Usher, vuto lomwe limakhudza kuwona ndi kumva. Mu op-ed yofalitsidwa Lachiwiri ndi USA Today, wothamanga wazaka 26 adati "amakonda kukakamizidwa kukhala omasuka m'malo ovuta" - kuphatikiza kuvala chigoba komanso kusamvana chifukwa cha mliri wa COVID-19, womwe umamulepheretsa kuwerenga milomo - koma Masewera a Paralympic "ayenera kukhala malo a othamanga olumala, malo amodzi omwe timatha kupikisana nawo pabwalo lamasewera, ndi zothandizira zonse, chitetezo, ndi machitidwe othandizira." (Zogwirizana: Anthu Akupanga Masikiti Oyera Oyang'ana a DIY kwa Anthu Ogontha ndi Amavuto Akumva)

USOPC idavomereza kugwiritsa ntchito PCA ya Meyers kuyambira 2017. Anatinso USOPC yakana pempho lake "malinga ndi malamulo a COVID-19 ndi boma la Japan," lomwe laletsanso owonera ku Masewera a Olimpiki, poyesa kulimbana ndi kufalikira kwa COVID-19 pomwe milandu ikupitilira kukwera, malinga ndi BBC. "Ndikukhulupirira kwambiri kuti kuchepa kwa ogwira ntchito sikunapangidwe kuti muchepetse kuchuluka kwa anthu othandizira ma Paralympian, monga ma PCAs, koma kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa anthu osafunikira," adalemba Lachiwiri ku USA Today.

Meyers anawonjezera Lachiwiri momwe kupezeka kokha kwa ma PCAs kumalola othamanga olumala kupikisana pazochitika zazikulu, monga Paralympics. "Amatithandiza kuyenda m'malo awa achilendo, kuchokera padziwe la dziwe, kulowa kwa othamanga kuti tipeze komwe tingadye. Koma thandizo lalikulu kwambiri lomwe amapereka kwa othamanga ngati ine likutipatsa kuthekera kokhulupirira malo athu - kumva kuti tili kunyumba kwathu posakhalitsa tili m'malo atsopanowa, osadziwika, "adalongosola. (Zogwirizana: Onerani Wothamanga Wosawoneka Uyu Akuphwanya Njira Yake Yoyamba ya Ultramarathon)

Maonekedwe adafikira woimira Komiti ya Olimpiki ndi Paralympic yaku US Lachitatu koma sanayankhe. M'mawu omwe adagawana nawo USA Today, komitiyi idati, "Zomwe tidapanga m'malo mwa timuyi sizinali zophweka, ndipo tikumva chisoni chifukwa cha othamanga omwe sangakwanitse kupeza thandizo lawo lakale," ndikuwonjezera, "tili ndi chidaliro pamlingo tikuthandizira Team USA ndipo tikuyembekeza kuwapatsa mwayi wothamanga ngakhale munthawi zomwe sizinachitikepo. "

Meyers adalandira chithandizo chochuluka pawailesi yakanema kuchokera kwa okonda masewera, ndale, komanso omenyera ufulu wa olumala. Wosewera tennis waku America a Billie Jean King adayankha pa Twitter Lachitatu, ndikupempha USOPC kuti "ichite zoyenera."

"Anthu olumala amayenera ulemu, malo okhala, ndi zosinthidwa kuti achite bwino m'moyo," adalemba King. "Izi ndi zamanyazi ndipo ndizosavuta kusintha. Becca Meyers akuyenera kuchita bwino."

Bwanamkubwa Larry Hogan waku Maryland, kwawo kwa Meyers, anenanso zomwezi pothandizira Meyers pa Twitter. "Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti atalandira malo ake oyenerera, Becca akumulandila mwayi wampikisano ku Tokyo," adalemba a Hogan Lachiwiri. "Komiti ya United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee iyenera kusintha nthawi yomweyo chisankho chake."

Meyers adalandiranso thandizo kuchokera kwa maseneta onse aku Maryland, Chris Van Hollen ndi Ben Cardin, limodzi ndi Senator wa New Hampshire Maggie Hassan ndi wochita sewero wogontha Marlee Matlin, yemwe adazitcha "zowopsa," ndikuwonjezera kuti mliri "SI chifukwa chokanira [olumala. peoples'] ufulu wofikira." (Zokhudzana: Mayi Uyu Anapambana Mendulo ya Golide ku Paralympics Atakhala Pamalo Obiriwira)

Ponena za Meyers, adamaliza mawu ake a Instagram Lachiwiri akufotokoza kuti "akulankhula kwa mibadwo yamtsogolo ya othamanga a Paralympic ndikuyembekeza kuti sadzakhalanso ndi zowawa zomwe ndakhala nazo. Zokwanira." Masewera a Paralympic ayamba pa Ogasiti 24, ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti Meyers apeza chithandizo ndi malo ogona kuti agwirizane ndi osambira anzake ku Tokyo.

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