Chifukwa Chomwe Wothamanga Wosankhikayu ALI WABWINO ndikusazipanga konse ku Olimpiki

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Kukonzekera kwa Masewera a Olimpiki kumadzadza ndi nkhani za othamanga omwe ali pachimake pa ntchito zawo akuchita zinthu zodabwitsa, koma nthawi zina nkhani zomwe sizinapambane zimakhala zolimbikitsa-komanso zenizeni. Tengani nkhani ya wothamanga Julia Lucas, yemwe adachita nawo mpikisano wopita ku Olimpiki a 2012 mumpikisano wamamita 5,000. Adalowa nawo mu U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track and Field zaka zinayi zapitazo ngati nsapato kuti amalize mu atatu apamwamba ndikupita ku London. (Polankhula za mayesero a Olimpiki, Simone Biles' Flawless Floor Routine Will Get You Amped for Rio.)

Koma kusiyana pakati pa chiyembekezo cha Olimpiki ndi Olimpiki ndi gawo limodzi lokha la zana lachiwiri. Munthawi yamayesero, Lucas adadzikankhira kutsogolo kwa paketi ali ndi zingwe zochepa kuti apite, koma adalephera kutsogolera. Anataya nthunzi ndipo anafika kumapeto pa 15: 19.83, masekondi okhaokha .04 kumbuyo kwa womaliza kumaliza. Khamu la anthu 20,000 ku Hayward Field yotchuka ku Oregon idazuma mwakamodzi, pozindikira kuti maloto a Lucas Olimpiki adatha. “Ndinazitaya modabwitsa m’gawo lomalizira la mpikisano,” akukumbukira motero wazaka 32 zakubadwayo.

Panalibe nthawi yodzimvera chisoni. Lucas amayenera kukhala ndi chibwano chake ndikudutsa pambuyo pa mpikisano, ndikumaliza kumaliza kowawa pamaso pa atolankhani ndikupita kumalo oyesa mankhwalawa pamodzi ndi omwe adakwanitsa kuchita nawo Olimpiki omwe anali pamtambo naini. Sipanapite mpaka atapita kunyumba kuti zenizeni zinayamba kuchitika. "Pamene ndinali ndekha ndikuzindikira kuti ichi chinali chinthu chenicheni, ndi pamene zinali zomvetsa chisoni kwambiri, ndipo zotsatira za tsiku ndi tsiku za kulephera zinayambika, "akutero.

Posakhalitsa anazindikira kuti Eugene, Oregon, kumene ankakhala ndi kuphunzira mpikisano waukulu, sakanagwiranso ntchito. Anapeza njira yobwerera kumayendedwe amphepo m'nkhalango ndi mapiri a North Carolina, komwe adayamba kuthamanga ndipo kenako adachita nawo mpikisano ku koleji. "Ndinapita kumalo komwe ndimatha kukumbukira kuti ndimakonda izi," akutero. "Ndipo zidayenda bwino kwambiri," akutero. "Ndinayamba kukonda kuthamanga kachiwiri m'malo mokwiya."

Kubwerera ku North Carolina, adapitilizabe kuthamanga mpikisano kwa zaka ziwiri. "Ndinkafuna kuti nkhaniyi ikhale yoti ndinadzinyamula ndekha ndi nsapato zanga, ndipo ndinagonjetsa kutaya kumeneko, ndipo chinali chiwombolo, ndipo ndidzapita ku Olimpiki," akutero. Ili ndi sewero komanso mathero osangalatsa omwe nkhani iliyonse yamasewera ikusowa, sichoncho? "Koma sindikukhala moyo wa Disney," akutero Lucas. "Matsenga anali atapita kale." (Dziwani zambiri za Zifukwa zisanu Zomwe Zomwe Mumakulimbikitsirani Kusowa.) Sanathenso kudziwotcha, choncho adasiya kuthamanga kozizira, ndikusiya maloto ake a Olimpiki, ndikulonjeza kuti sadzathamanga chaka chonse. Kwina panjira, Lucas adazindikira kuti atha kukhala ndi gawo lalikulu pantchito yogwira ndi othamanga nthawi zonse kuposa momwe angathere ngati Olimpiki. "Ndinazindikira kuti nthawi yomwe kuthamanga kunandinyamula ndipamene ndinawona kuyesetsa kwenikweni kuchokera kwa anthu," akutero. "Kuwona kuyesayesa kopanda tanthauzo kukuyenda panjira-pali china chake chokongola kwambiri chomwe ndikufuna kudziphatika nacho."

Lucas akuwona kuyesayesa uku akubwera kuchokera kwa othamanga tsiku ndi tsiku ngati Nike + Run Coach ku New York City, komwe amaphunzitsa magulu a othamanga am'deralo, osachita bwino komanso ma doles omwe ali ndi zida zambiri zamoyo. "Ndakhala ndikukumana ndi vuto lililonse kapena vuto lililonse kapena kudzikayikira komwe aliyense angakhale nako kuthamanga, chifukwa chake ngati bondo lawo lipweteka mwanjira yomwe ndimadziwa, ndidzatha kuwathandiza," akutero. (Watsopano Kuthamanga? Khalani Olimbikitsidwa Ndi Minigoals Awa.)

Zangowonjezera kukonda kwake masewerawa koposa. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndimakonda kuthamanga kwambiri, koma chikondi changa chimakula," akutero. "Ndimauza aliyense." Kuphatikiza anthu 10,000 kuphatikiza omwe adamutsatira Instagram. "Lingaliro lolimbikitsa wina limandilimbikitsa," akutero Lucas. Ntchito yakwaniritsidwa.

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