Paralympian Melissa Stockwell PaAmerican Pride uye Inokurudzira Mafungiro

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Kana paine chinhu chimwe chete Melissa Stockwell ari kunzwa panguva ino, kutenda. Mberi kweMitambo yeParalympic mwaka uno wezhizha muTokyo, iyo U.S.Murwi wechiuto akakuvara muchiitiko chebhasikoro mushure mekumhanya nepamusoro pebazi uye akatadza kudzora bhasikoro. Stockwell akadzidza kubva kuna vanachiremba kuti akakuvara musana izvo zvaizomurambidza kudzidziswa kwemavhiki mashoma. Pasinei nekutya kukuru, mutambi wemakore makumi mana nerimwe ekuberekwa akakwanisa kukwikwidza muMitambo, achiisa chechishanu mumakwikwi e triathlon yevakadzi. Pakati pegore rakazara nematambudziko emuviri uye nekunetswa neCOVID-19 denda, Stockwell anotenda nechiitiko muTokyo.

"Ndiri kureva, yaive Mitambo yakasiyana kwazvo, asi ndinofunga yakaita kuti inyanye kukosha," Stockwell anoudza Chimiro. "[Kwakanga kuri] kupembera kwemitambo, kuenda kuTokyo. Kungovepo, zvaishamisa." (Zvakabatana: Anastasia Pagonis Akahwina Menduru Yegoridhe Yekutanga yeChikwata cheU.SA kuTokyo Paralympics MuRekodhi-Kuputsa Fashoni)

Stockwell, akahwina menduru yebhuronzi kubva kuMitambo ye2016 muRio, akakwikwidza muchiitiko chetriathlon PTS2 muTokyo zhizha rino, neChikwata cheUSA Allysa Seely achihwina goridhe. Kune zviitiko zveParalympic, vatambi vakaiswa mumapoka akasiyana zvichienderana nehurema hwavo kuti vaone kukwikwidza kwakaringana kumativi ese. Stockwell iri muboka rePTS2, rinova rimwe rematanho evanokwikwidza vanoshandisa prosthesis, sekureva kwa NBC Mitambo.

Kudzoka muna 2004, hupenyu hwaStockwell hwakashandurwa zvachose paakave musoja wechikadzi wekutanga wekuAmerica kurasikirwa nenhengo muhondo yeIraq. Motokari yaaityaira nechikwata chake panguva iyoyo yakarohwa nebhomba padivi pemugwagwa mumigwagwa yeIraq. “Ndakadimbuka gumbo makore 17 adarika, ndikaenda kuchipatara, ndikanyatsoona kuti ndakaita rombo rakanaka,” anodaro. "Ndakanga ndakakomberedzwa nemamwe varwi vane kukuvara kwakaipisisa, saka zvakanga zvakandiomera kuti ndizvinzwire urombo, uye ndinonzwa sokuti rudzi irworwo runoisa zvinhu sezvazviri mumativi ose oupenyu hwangu. Ndichine mazuva akaipa here? Chaizvoizvo, asi ini ndinokwanisa kutarisa-tarisa uye ndione kuti tine rombo rakanaka sei kuva nezvinhu zvatiinazvo. "

Stockwell akange ave pamudyandigere kubva kuHondo muna2005 zvichitevera kukuvara kwake. Akagamuchirawo Purple Heart, iyo inopiwa kune avo vakaurayiwa kana vakakuvadzwa vachishumira muchiuto, uye Bronze Star, iyo inopiwa nokuda kwekubudirira kwehugamba, basa, kana kubudirira kwakanaka kana kushanda munzvimbo yekurwisana. Gore rimwe chetero, akaunzwawo kumaParalympics naJohn Register weU.S.Olimpiki Komiti yeParalympic Yemauto neVeteran Chirongwa, uyo akapa pamitambo paWalter Reed Medical Center muMadganis. Stockwell akafadzwa nepfungwa yekumiririra U.S. zvakare, asi semumhanyi, sekureva kwa NBC Mitambo. Iine Beijing Paralympics ya2008 makore matatu chete panguva iyoyo, Stockwell akatendeukira kumvura ndokushambira sechikamu chekugadzirisa kwake paWalter Reed. (Zvinoenderana: Paralympic Swimmer Jessica Long Akaisa Mberi Hutano Hwake hwepfungwa Munzira Itsva Yese Mberi kweMitambo yeTokyo)

Stockwell akazopedzisira aenda kuColorado Springs, Colorado muna 2007 kuti arambe achidzidzisa kuU.S.Olimpiki Training Center muColorado Springs. Gore rakatevera, akatumidzwa kunhengo ye2008 US Paralympic Swim timu. Kunyange zvazvo asina kuhwina menduru paMitambo ya2008, Stockwell akazoisa pfungwa dzake kune triathlon (mutambo unosanganisira kumhanya, kuchovha bhasikoro, uye kushambira) uye akatora nzvimbo pachikwata cheTeam USA chekutanga para-triathlon muna 2016. Uye apo Stockwell ari kuenda. kuti azvipe nguva yekugaya asati afunga zvirongwa zvake zveramangwana mushure meTokyo, amai vevana vaviri vari kutarisira kupedza nguva nevana vavo, mwanakomana Dallas, 6, nemwanasikana Millie, 4, uye murume Brian Tolsma.

“Nguva dzandinofarira ndedzemhuri yangu, uye kupera kwevhiki kuno takaenda kumusasa,” anodaro. "Uye zvinhu zviduku zvakadai sekufamba-famba munharaunda nemhuri yangu uye imbwa. Kuva pamba uye kukomberedzwa nevanhu vari pedyo neni ndezvimwe zvezvinhu zvandinofarira kuita."

Beyond yake yepedyo uye yepedyo, mauto anogara akabata nzvimbo yakakosha mumoyo waStockwell. Mwaka uno wezhizha, akave mumiriri weChapStick - iyo yaanofarira kwenguva refu, BTW - sezvo mhando ichiramba ichisimudzira magamba eAmerica. ChapStick iri kukudza uye kutsigira varwi vekutanga kupindura kuburikidza nehukama neOperation Gratitude, isiri-purofiti iyo inogonesa maAmerican kuratidza kutenda kwavo kwemauto, veterans, uye vekutanga kupindura kuburikidza netsamba uye mapakeji ekuchengetedza. Iyo mhando ichangoburitsa yakatemwa-edition seti yematanda (Tenga Iwo, $ 6, chapstick.com) iine mureza weAmerican kurongedza uye kune yega tsvimbo yatengeswa, ChapStick ichapa tsvimbo kuOperation Gratitude. Pamusoro pezvo, ChapStick (iyo yakatsigira mauto eUS kubva Hondo Yenyika II) yakazvipira zviuru zana zvemadhora kuburikidza nechigadzirwa uye mari yezvipo kuOp Operation Gratitude, iyo ichabatsira kuzadza nekutumira mapakeji ekuchengetedza kumagamba eAmerica.

"Ndanga ndiri fan weChapStick kwenguva yakareba sezvandinogona kuyeuka," anodaro Stockwell. "Ndinogara ndiinayo nguva dzose, inogara iineni nguva dzose, zvinoita sekuuya kuzere denderedzwa kuti uve mumiriri wechigadzirwa."

Neyekucherechedzwa makumi maviri kwaSeptember 11, 2001, ichiswedera padyo, Stockwell akafunga zvakare nezvekusimba kweAmerica uye nezvaakagovana nevana vake vadiki. "Nyamavhuvhu 11 izuva randinopemberera gore rega rega. Ini ndinofunga iwe unopemberera kusimba kweAmerica; iwe unopemberera maAmerican ayo, panzvimbo pekutiza chivakwa chiri kutsva, vakamhanyira mariri kununura vamwe vavo vekuAmerican. ratidza Kudada kweAmerica," anodaro. "Vana vangu, zviri pachena kuti vane 4 uye 6 [makore] uye vari kutanga. kunzwisisa zvinhu, asi, kazhinji sezvandinogona, ndinogoverana navo izvo mauto edu anoita, zvatakaita, izvo izvo "yunifomu iyi yazvibaira netarisiro yekuti vanoona rombo rakanaka ravanogara kwavanogara."

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