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Masewera a Paralympic a 2020 akuyambika ku Tokyo sabata ino, ndipo wosambira waku America a Jessica Long sangakhale ndi chisangalalo. Pambuyo paulendo "wovuta" ku Rio Paralympics mu 2016 - panthawiyo, anali ndi vuto la kudya komanso kuvulala paphewa - Long tsopano akumva "bwino kwambiri" m'thupi komanso m'maganizo. Ndipo ndicho chifukwa, mwa zina, kuika patsogolo ubwino wake m'njira yatsopano.

"Zaka zisanu zapitazi ndagwiradi ntchito paumoyo wanga ndikuwona wothandizira - zomwe, ndizoseketsa chifukwa ndimaganiza kuti ndikupita kuchipatala, ndikalankhula zonse zosambira, ndipo ngati zilipo, sindimayankhulanso kusambira, "Long akutiMaonekedwe. (Zogwirizana: Chifukwa Chomwe Aliyense Ayenera Kuyesa Chithandizo Chake Mosachepera Kamodzi)

Ngakhale Long wakhala akusambira pampikisano kwazaka zambiri - zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti akhale Paralympic atakwanitsa zaka 12 ku Athens, Greece - wothamanga wazaka 29 amadziwa kuti masewerawa ndi gawo za moyo wake osati moyo wake wonse. "Ndikuganiza kuti mutha kulekanitsa awiriwa, ndipo, ndimakondabe, ndili ndi chidwi chopambana, komanso wofunitsitsa kukhala wopambana pamasewerawa, koma ndikudziwa kumapeto kwa tsikulo, ndikungosambira, "akufotokoza a Long. "Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti izi zandithandizadi kuti ndikonzekere bwino ku Tokyo." (Zokhudzana: 4 Zofunikira Phunziro pa Mental Health Tikuphunzira Aliyense Ayenera Kudziwa, Malinga Ndi Psychologist)

Paralympian wachiwiri wokongoletsedwa kwambiri m'mbiri ya U.S. Adabadwira ku Siberia ali ndi vuto lodziwika bwino lotchedwa fibular hemimelia, momwe ma fibulae (mafupa a shin), mafupa amiyendo, ndi akakolo samakula bwino. Ali ndi miyezi 13, adatengedwa kuchokera kunyumba yosamalira ana amasiye ku Russia ndi makolo aku America Steve ndi Elizabeth Long. Patatha miyezi isanu, anam’dula miyendo yonse m’munsi mwa mawondo kuti aphunzire kuyenda pogwiritsa ntchito miyendo yoikidwiratu.

Kuyambira ali wamng'ono, Long anali wokangalika ndipo ankasewera masewera olimbitsa thupi, basketball, ndi kukwera miyala, malinga ndi Masewera a NBC. Koma sizinali mpaka pamene anali ndi zaka 10 kuti adalowa m'gulu la osambira lochita mpikisano - kenaka adayenerera ku U.S. Paralympic Team patangopita zaka ziwiri. "Ndimakonda kusambira; ndimakonda zonse zomwe zandipatsa," akutero Long pa ntchito yake yazaka 19, zomwe zinalembedwa pamalonda osangalatsa a Super Bowl a Toyota pokondwerera Masewera a Olimpiki ndi Paralympic achaka chino. “Ndikayang’ana m’mbuyo pa moyo wanga, ndimadzifunsa kuti, ‘Kodi ndasambira padziko lonse lapansi?

Masiku ano, njira yophunzitsira ya Long imakhala ndi kutambasula m'mawa komanso kuchita maola awiri. Kenako amalowetsa m'maso mwake asanadumphirenso mu dziwe madzulo. Koma musanapemphe, ayi, nthawi yayitali sikuti onse amasambira komanso samadzisamalira. M'malo mwake, Long amadzichitira yekha "masiku anga," omwe amaphatikizapo R&R mu mphika."Ndikatopa kapena ngati ndakhala ndikugwira ntchito mopitirira muyeso kapena ndakhala ndikuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndipamene ndimayenera kubwerera kumbuyo ndikuganiza kuti, 'Chabwino, uyenera kudzipatula, uyenera kulowa mkati. malingaliro abwino, 'ndipo imodzi mwanjira zomwe ndimakonda kuchita ndikubwezeretsanso pakati, "akutero a Long. "Ndimakonda kusamba m'madzi amchere a Epsom. Ndimakonda kuyika kandulo, kuwerenga buku, ndikungotenga sekondi." (Zogwirizana: Zilowerereni Kudzisamalira ndi Zinthu Zosamba Zamadzi)

Dr Teal's Epsom Salt Soaking Solution (Buy It, $5, amazon.com) amawerengera nthawi yayitali ngati njira yake yothandizira kuchepetsa zowawa ndi zowawa. "Ndikusinthasintha mikono kambirimbiri pochita izi, kotero kwa ine, imakhala ngati nthawi yanga yanthawi yanga, ndi thanzi langa lamisala, komanso ndichira kwanga, ndipo zimandilola kuti ndiyimirire ndikuyambiranso , kutenga tsikulo, ndipo ndimamva choncho, zosaneneka, "akutero.

Ndipo pomwe Long ali wokonzeka kutenga Toyko - osatchulapo Masewera a Paralympics ku Paris ku 2024 komanso ku Los Angeles mu 2028, mwina masewera omaliza pantchito yake - akuyesetsanso kuti akhale ndi malingaliro abwino komanso kukayika kulikonse ku bay. "Kwa ine, ndikuganiza kuti tonse othamanga timatha kulumikizana, kungofanana ndi kukakamizidwa," akufotokoza Long. Ndipo ngakhale kuti Long ali bwino kutsamira kupsinjika "pang'ono," amadziwanso nthawi yoti abwerere kuti adziteteze kuti asaganize mopambanitsa. "Nthawi iliyonse ndikaganiza za Tokyo kapena mpikisano uliwonse kapena ndikafika pamasewera, ndimangokhala ndikuganiza bwino," akutero. (Zokhudzana: Simone Biles Akuchokapo pa Olimpiki Ndizomwe Zimamupangitsa Kukhala Wophunzira)

Kodi ndi chiyembekezo chiti chodikirira kwambiri pambuyo poti atolere zida zambiri ku Tokyo? Kuyanjananso kokoma ndi banja lake komanso mwamuna wake Lucas Winters, yemwe adakwatirana naye mu Okutobala 2019. "Sindinawone banja langa kuyambira Epulo, ndipo sindinamuwonepo mwamuna wanga kuyambira pamenepo .... -miyezi theka," akutero Long, yemwe wakhala akuphunzitsa ku Colorado Springs. "Ndiye amene adzanditenga ndikadzafika pa Sept. 4, ndipo tili ndi nthawi yowerengera."

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