Anastasia Pagonis Anapambana Mendulo Yoyamba Yagolide ku USA Paralympics In Record-Breaking Fashion

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Team USA yayamba mochititsa chidwi ku Tokyo Paralympics - ndi mendulo 12 ndikuwerengera - ndipo Anastasia Pagonis wazaka 17 wawonjeza gawo loyamba la zida zagolide pazosonkhanitsa zomwe zikukulirakulira ku America.

Wobadwira ku New York adapikisana nawo Lachinayi pa freemy ya mita 400 ya S11. Sanangopeza malo otsogola koma adamenya mbiri yake yapadziko lonse (4: 56.16) atangolowa 4: 54.49, malinga ndi Masewera a NBC. Lisette Bruinsma waku Netherlands adakhala wachiwiri ndi nthawi ya 5:05.34, kenako Cai Liwen waku China wachitatu pa 5:07.56.

Pagonis, yemwe ndi wakhungu, adatenga nawo mbali mu mpikisano wa S11, kalasi yamasewera yomwe imapangidwira othamanga omwe ali ndi vuto losawona, makamaka omwe ali ndi mawonekedwe otsika kwambiri komanso / kapena osawona bwino, malinga ndi Paralympics. Osambira omwe akuchita nawo mpikisano wamasewerawa amafunika kuvala zikopa zakuda kuti zitsimikizire mpikisano wabwino.

Komabe, Lachinayi lisanachitike, Pagonis adavutika m'maganizo pambuyo poti suti yake yosambira isanapse. "Ndidachita mantha ndipo ndidayamba kulira chifukwa suti yanga idang'ambika. Ndipo zinthu zimachitika, zinthu zimasokonekera, ndi gawo chabe la munthu. Kungogubuduka ndi nkhonya ndichinthu chomwe ndimavutika nacho, makamaka mu mikhalidwe yovutitsa kwambiri inde ndimadziwa, ngati, Hei, ngati sindingathe kuvala suti iyi, sindisambira. Sindikukankhira kuti ndikhale wopanikizika kwambiri kuti ndivale suti yanga kuti sindingathe kusambira mipikisano yanga yonse," adatero, malinga ndi tsamba lovomerezeka la Paralympic Games. "Muyenera kudziikira malire ndipo ndikuganiza kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri." (Zokhudzana: Wosambira wa Paralympic Jessica Kwanthawi yayitali adaika patsogolo thanzi lake lamaganizidwe munjira yatsopano masewera a Tokyo asanachitike)

Pagonis anawonjezera Lachinayi kuti "umoyo wamaganizo ndi 100 peresenti ya masewerawo," akuwonjezera kuti, "ngati simuli m'maganizo pamenepo ndiye kuti simuli komweko, ndipo simungathe kuthamanga." (Onani: Miyambo Yaumoyo Wamaganizo Imene Imathandiza Simone Biles Kukhala Olimbikitsidwa)

Kutsatira mbiri yake ku Tokyo Lachinayi, Pagonis adapita ku TikTok - komwe ali ndi otsatira mamiliyoni awiri - kukawonetsa mendulo yake yagolide. Mu kanemayo, Pagonis akuwoneka akuvina atanyamula mendulo yagolide. "Sindikudziwa kuti ndikumva bwanji," adalemba mawu ake. (Zokhudzana: Paralympic Track Athlete Scout Bassett Pakufunika Kwakuchira - kwa Othamanga a Mibadwo Yonse)

Wosewera mpira wachinyamata, Pagonis adatha kuwona mpaka zaka 9 asanawoneke masomphenya ake. Patadutsa zaka ziwiri, adapezeka kuti ali ndi Stargardt macular degeneration, matenda osowa kwambiri a diso, minofu kumbuyo kwa diso yomwe imawunikira, malinga ndi National Eye Institute. Pambuyo pake anapezeka kuti ali ndi vuto la chibadwa ndi autoimmune retinopathy, malinga ndi tsamba lovomerezeka la Team USA, lomwe limakhudzanso diso. M'zaka zaposachedwa, Pagonis adatembenukira kuma media media kuti athane ndi malingaliro olakwika omwe ali nawo ndi omwe ali ndi vuto lakuwona.

"Sindingakhale zomwe anthu amaganiza kuti khungu ndi pomwe sangachite chilichonse, sangathe kuvala bwino, sangathe kudzola zodzoladzola," adatero, malinga ndi tsamba lovomerezeka la Team USA. "Sindikhala munthu ameneyo. Chifukwa chake ndimakhala ngati, hmmm, ndiloleni ndipange ngati badass momwe ndingathere."

Lero, Pagonis akuswa zolemba mu dziwe ndipo adzakhala ndi mwayi wopezanso mendulo zochulukirapo ku Team USA akapikisana nawo pa freestyle ya 50-mita Lachisanu, Lolemba pa 200 mita mita medley, komanso Lachisanu chamawa ma 100 mita freestyle.

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