Chifukwa Chake Muyenera Kuwonera Marathon ya Chicago Sabata Ino

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Iwo amati moyo ukhoza kusintha nthawi yomweyo, koma pa December 23, 1987, Jami Marseilles sankaganizira za kusintha kulikonse m’moyo wa m’tsogolo kapenanso china chilichonse kupatulapo kukwera msewu n’cholinga choti iye ndi amene amagona naye azikhala kunyumba. nthawi ya Khrisimasi. Koma atanyamuka, chimphepo champhamvu kwambiri ku Arizona chinagunda mwamphamvu komanso mwachangu, ndikuthamangitsa galimoto yawo mwachangu. Atsikana awiriwa adakakamira mgalimoto yawo opanda chakudya kapena kutentha kwa masiku 11 opweteka asanapulumutsidwe. Onse awiri adapulumuka, koma Jami adawonongeka kwamuyaya ndi chisanu choopsa ndipo adadulidwa miyendo yake yonse pansi pa bondo.

Nthawi yomweyo, moyo wonse wa Marseilles udasintha.

Koma pamene ankavutika kuti azolowere moyo wake ngati munthu wodulidwa ziwalo ziwiriziwiri, anali ndi womuthandizira wamphamvu yemwe sanamusiye: agogo ake aamuna. Mosiyana ndi ena omuzungulira, sanakhulupirire kuti mtsikanayo azimusokoneza, m'malo mwake amamuwonetsa chikondi chovuta. Chimodzi mwazokonda zake anali kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi ndipo anali wotsimikiza kuti kupangitsa Marseilles kulimbitsa thupi ndikofunikira pakumuthandiza kuti achiritse ndikupitilira ngoziyo. Mwatsoka, agogo ake okondedwa anamwalira mu 1996, koma Marseilles anapitiriza kutsatira malangizo ake. Kenako, tsiku lina, mayi wake yemwe adamupanga ziwonetsero adamuwonetsa vidiyo ya Paralympics. Kuyang'ana kamodzi pa othamanga odabwitsa ndipo adadziwa zomwe amafuna kuchita: kuthamanga mtunda wautali.

"Sindinayambe ndathamanga pamene ndinali ndi miyendo, ndipo tsopano ndinayenera kuphunzira kuthamanga pa miyendo ya robot?" akuseka. Koma iye akuti adamva mzimu wa agogo akewo ukumulimbikitsa choncho adatsimikiza mtima kupeza njira. Marseilles wolumikizidwa ndi Össur Prosthetics, yemwe adam'mangirira ndi mapazi awo a Flex-Run.

Chifukwa cha ma prosthetics apamwamba kwambiri, adayamba kuthamanga mwachangu-koma izi sizikutanthauza kuti sizinakhale zovuta. "Chinthu chovuta kwambiri chomwe ndimakumana nacho ndikugwira ntchito ndi miyendo yanga yotsalira," akutero. "Nthawi zina ndimakhala ndi zotupa pakhungu ndi zotupa kotero ndimayenera kumvera thupi langa ndikukhala wokonzeka nthawi zonse ndikuthamanga."

Maphunziro onsewa, kukonzekera, ndi zowawa zapindula-osati kokha Marseilles wothamanga, iye ali ndi mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi monga woyamba komanso yekhayo wodumpha miyendo iwiri pansi pa bondo kuthamanga theka la marathon. Pakati pa maphunziro, amapeza nthawi yoti achite nawo malonda a Adidas ndi Mazda komanso m'makanema A.I. ndipo Lipoti Lochepa, ndipo ngakhale analemba buku lonena za zomwe zinamuchitikira, Kukwera ndi Kuthamanga: Nkhani ya Jami Goldman.

Komabe, kumapeto kwa sabata ino, atenga vuto lake lalikulu kwambiri: Akuthamanga mpikisano wonse wa Chicago pa October 11. Sakukayikira kuti adzalima pamtunda wa makilomita 26.2 ndikukhala mkazi woyamba wodulira miyendo iwiri kuti achite zimenezo. Akuti kiyi, ndi gulu lalikulu la abwenzi omwe akuthamanga, kuphatikiza abale ndi abwenzi kuti amuthandizire panjira. Koma zinthu zikafika povuta, amakhala ndi chida chachinsinsi.

"Nthawi zonse ndimadzikumbutsa momwe ndakhalira, ndipo ngati ndingathe kukhala ndi moyo kwa masiku 11 mu chipale chofewa, ndikhoza kudutsa chilichonse," akutero, akuwonjezera kuti, "Ndaphunzira kuti ululu ndi wanthawi yochepa koma kusiya kulibe nthawi zonse. " Ndipo ali ndi uthenga kwa tonsefe omwe tikuvutikira kukwaniritsa zolinga zathu zolimbitsa thupi, mosasamala kanthu za zovuta zomwe tikukumana nazo: Osataya mtima.

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