Oyendetsa Njinga Awiri Olowa pa Badass Gawani Momwe Masewerawa Asinthira Moyo Wawo

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• Iron Mkazi Wampikisano wama Wheelchair
• Watsopano Watsopano-Wobwera
• Kulimbikitsana
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Kwa awiri mwa othamanga achikazi oyendetsa njinga zoyipa, a Tatyana McFadden ndi Arielle Rausin, kugunda njirayi kumangoposa kulandira mphotho. Othamanga osankhika awa (omwe, zowona zoseketsa: ophunzitsidwa limodzi ku Yunivesite ya Illinois) amayang'ana kwambiri kupatsa othamanga mwayi ndi mwayi wopeza masewera omwe adasintha miyoyo yawo, ngakhale akumana ndi zopinga zambiri.

Kukhala ndi chilema ndizochepa pamasewera ambiri ndipo kuthamanga pa njinga ya olumala sikusiyana. Pali zopinga zambiri polowera: Kungakhale kovuta kukonza madera ndikupeza zochitika zomwe zimathandizira masewerawa, ndipo ngakhale mutatero, zingakutayitseni chifukwa ma wheelchair ambiri amapitilira $ 3,000.

Komabe, azimayi awiri odabwitsawa adapeza kuti zinthu zitha kusintha moyo wawo. Iwo atsimikizira kuti othamanga a luso lonse akhoza kupindula ndi masewerawa ndipo adzipangira okha thupi ndi maganizo awo panjira ... ngakhale pamene palibe amene ankaganiza kuti angakwanitse.

Umu ndi momwe amaswa malamulo ndikupeza mphamvu zawo ngati azimayi komanso othamanga.

Iron Mkazi Wampikisano wama Wheelchair

Mwinamwake mudamvapo dzina la Tatyana McFadden wazaka 29 mwezi watha pamene Paralympian adaswa tepi pa NYRR United Airlines NYC Half Marathon, ndikumuwonjezera pamndandanda wake wopambana. Mpaka pano, wapambana kasanu mpikisano wa New York City Marathon, mendulo zagolide zisanu ndi ziwiri pa Masewera a Paralympic a Team USA, ndi mendulo 13 zagolide pa IPC World Championship. ICYDK, ndiye wopambana kwambiri pampikisano waukulu kuposa wopikisana naye wina aliyense.

Ulendo wake wopita kukalikiliki, komabe, adayamba asanafike pamiyala yambiri ndithudi sanaphatikizepo mipando yothamanga kwambiri kapena maphunziro apadera.

McFadden (yemwe adabadwa ndi msana wam'mimba, akumupundula kuyambira mchiuno mpaka kumiyendo) adakhala zaka zoyambirira za moyo wawo m'nyumba yosungira ana amasiye ku St. Petersburg, Russia. "Ndinalibe chikuku," akutero. "Sindinkadziwa nkomwe kuti ilipo. Ndinatsetsereka pansi kapena kuyenda ndi manja anga."

Ataleredwa ndi banja laku America ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi, McFadden adayamba moyo wake watsopano m'bomalo ali ndi zovuta zazikulu zathanzi chifukwa miyendo yake idali itachepa, zomwe zidapangitsa maopaleshoni angapo.

Ngakhale kuti sankadziwa zimenezi panthawiyo, zimenezi zinasintha kwambiri. Atachira, adayamba kuchita nawo masewera ndipo adachita zonse zomwe angathe: kusambira, basketball, hockey, kupanga mipanda… kenako pamapeto pake akuthamanga olumala, akufotokoza. Akuti iye ndi banja lake adawona kukhala otakataka ngati njira yokhazikitsanso thanzi lake.

“Ndili kusekondale, ndinazindikira kuti ndinali kupeza thanzi langa ndi kudziimira [kudzera m’maseŵera],” akutero. "Ndinkatha kukankhira chikuku changa ndekha ndipo ndinkakhala moyo wodziimira, wathanzi. Ndikatero m'pamene ndikanakhala ndi zolinga ndi maloto." Koma sizinali zophweka kwa iye nthawi zonse. Nthawi zambiri amafunsidwa kuti asapikisane nawo m'mipikisano yothamanga kuti chikuku chake chisakhale chowopsa kwa othamanga amphamvu.

Mpaka atamaliza sukulu pomwe McFadden amakhoza kuganizira momwe masewera adakhudzira mawonekedwe ake komanso mphamvu. Ankafuna kuwonetsetsa kuti wophunzira aliyense ali ndi mwayi wofanana wopambana pamasewera. Mwakutero, adakhala nawo pamilandu yomwe pamapeto pake idapangitsa zomwe zidachitika ku Maryland zomwe zidapatsa ophunzira olumala mwayi wampikisano wothamanga.

"Ife timangoganizira zomwe munthu sindingathe chitani, "akutero." Zilibe kanthu momwe mumazichitira, tonse tatuluka kuti tithamange. Masewera ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yolimbikitsira kulengeza ndikubweretsa aliyense palimodzi,"

McFadden anapitabe ku University of Illinois pa maphunziro a basketball, koma pamapeto pake adapereka izi kuti agwiritse ntchito nthawi yonse. Anakhala wothamanga mtunda wovuta kwambiri ndipo wophunzitsa wake adamuyesa kuti ayesetse kuthamanga. Kotero iye anatero, ndipo yakhala mbiri yolemba mbiri kuyambira pamenepo.

"Ndinayang'ana kwambiri pa marathons pomwe, panthawiyo, ndimachita ma sprints a 100-200m," akutero. "Koma ndidachita. Ndizodabwitsa momwe tingasinthire matupi athu."

Watsopano Watsopano-Wobwera

Wothamanga pa njinga ya olumala osankhika Arielle Rausin anali ndi zovuta zofananira kupeza masewera osinthika. Wopuwala ali ndi zaka 10 pa ngozi yagalimoto, adayamba kupikisana mu 5Ks ndikuthamanga kudutsa dziko ndi anzake a m'kalasi omwe amatha kuyenda panjinga ya olumala tsiku ndi tsiku (aka, wovuta kwambiri komanso wosagwira ntchito bwino.)

Koma kusapeza bwino kwakugwiritsa ntchito mpando wopanda mpikisano sikungapikisane ndi kupatsidwa mphamvu komwe amamva kuti akuthamanga, ndipo makochi olimbikitsa olimbitsa thupi adathandizira kuwonetsa Rausin kuti atha kupikisana ndikupambana.

"Kukula, ukakhala pampando, umalandira thandizo kusamutsa ndikukagona pabedi, magalimoto, kulikonse, ndipo zomwe ndidazindikira nthawi yomweyo ndikuti ndidakhala wamphamvu," akutero. "Kuthamanga kunandipatsa lingaliro loti ine angathe kukwaniritsa zinthu ndikukwaniritsa zolinga zanga ndi maloto anga "

Nthawi yoyamba Rausin adawona woyendetsa njinga ya olumala anali wazaka 16 panthawi ya 15K ndi abambo ake ku Tampa. Kumeneko, adakumana ndi mphunzitsi wothamanga ku yunivesite ya Illinois yemwe adamuuza kuti akavomerezedwa kusukuluyi, adzakhala ndi malo mu timu yake. Ichi ndicho chilimbikitso chomwe adafunikira kuti adzikakamize kusukulu.

Lero amalowa mtunda wokwana ma 100-120 mamailosi sabata iliyonse kukonzekera nyengo yampikisano, ndipo mutha kumamupeza mu ubweya wa merino waku Australia, popeza amakhulupirira kwambiri luso lake lokhalitsa kununkhira komanso kusasunthika kwake. Chaka chino chokha, ali ndi mapulani othamangira marathon asanu ndi limodzi mpaka 10, kuphatikiza Boston Marathon ngati wothamanga wa Boston Elite wa 2019. Alinso ndi chidwi chofuna kupikisana nawo mu Masewera a Paralympic a 2020 ku Tokyo.

Kulimbikitsana

Chiyambireni kumasuka pa NYC theka la marathon pamodzi ndi McFadden mu Marichi, Rausin akuyang'ana kwambiri pa Boston Marathon mwezi wamawa. Cholinga chake ndikungokhala pamwamba kuposa momwe adachitira chaka chatha (anali wazaka 5), ​​ndipo ali ndi chilimbikitso choti atuluke pamene mapiri alimba: Tatyana McFadden.

"Sindinakumaneko ndi mayi wamphamvu ngati Tatyana," akutero Rausin. "Ndimamuganizira kuti ndikukwera mapiri ku Boston kapena milatho ku New York. Sitiroko yake ndiyodabwitsa." Kwa iye, McFadden akuti zakhala zosangalatsa kuwona Rausin akusintha ndikuwona momwe wapezera mwachangu. "Akuchita bwino pamasewerawa," akutero.

Ndipo sikuti amangopititsa patsogolo masewerawa ndi mphamvu zake zakuthupi; Rausin akuipitsa manja ake ndikupanga zida zabwinoko kuti othamanga pa njinga za olumala athe kuchita bwino kwambiri. Ataphunzira kalasi yosindikiza ya 3D ku koleji, Rausin adadzozedwa kuti apange magolovesi othamanga panjinga ndipo kuyambira pamenepo adayambitsa kampani yake ya Ingenium Manufacturing.

Onse awiri a Rausin ndi McFadden ati zomwe zimawalimbikitsa zimabwera chifukwa chowona momwe angadzilimbikitsire payekhapayekha, koma izi siziphimba zomwe akuchita kuti apereke mwayi wochulukirapo kwa m'badwo wotsatira wa othamanga olumala.

"Atsikana achichepere kulikonse ayenera kupikisana ndikupeza zatsopano," akutero Rausin. "Kuthamanga kumakupatsani mphamvu kwambiri ndipo kumakupatsani inu kumverera kuti mungathe kuchita chilichonse."

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