Paralympic Swimmer Becca Meyers Abuda Mumitambo yeTokyo Mushure mekunyimwa 'Zvinonzwisisika uye Zvinokosha' Kuchengeta

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Pamberi peMitambo yeParalympic yemwedzi unouya muTokyo, mushahwi weUS Becca Meyers akazivisa neChipiri kuti abuda mumakwikwi, achigovana kuti United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee "yakaramba" yakaramba zvikumbiro zvake zve "pekugara zvine musoro uye kwakakosha" kuti ave nemubatsiri. yekusarudza kwake, ichimupa "hapana sarudzo" asi kuti abve.

Mumashoko akagovaniswa paTwitter yake ne Instagram, Meyers - anga ari matsi kubva achizvarwa uye asingaoniwo - akataura kuti aifanirwa kutora danho "rekushungurudza" kuti abve paMitambo mushure mekunge anzi arambidzwa kuunza. iye Personal Care Assistant, amai Maria, kuenda kuJapan.

"Ndakatsamwa, ndakaodzwa mwoyo, asi kupfuura zvese, ndiri kusuwa kusamiririra nyika yangu," Meyers akanyora mumashoko ake e Instagram, achiwedzera kuti panzvimbo yekubvumidza mumhanyi wega wega PCA yavo muTokyo, vese makumi matatu nemana. Vanoshambira veParalympic - vapfumbamwe vavo vasingaone - vachagovana PCA imwechete nekuda kweCCIDID-19 zvinetswa zvekuchengetedza. "NaCovid, kune matsva ekuchengetedza matanho uye miganho kune vasina-kukosha vashandi varipo," akanyora, achiwedzera, "ndizvo chaizvo, asi PCA inovimbwa yakakosha kwandiri kukwikwidza."

Meyers, katanhatu-nguva Paralympic medalist, akazvarwa aine Usher syndrome, mamiriro anokanganisa kuona uye kunzwa. Mune op-ed yakaburitswa Chipiri na USA Nhasi, mutambi ane makore makumi maviri nematanhatu akati "akajairwa kumanikidzwa kuti agadzikane munzvimbo isina kugadzikana" - kusanganisira kwese-kupfeka chifukidziro uye kuremara munharaunda nekuda kwechirwere cheCOVID-19, icho chinomutadzisa kugona kuverenga miromo - asi kuti Mitambo yeParalympic "inofanirwa kunge iri nzvimbo yevatambi vakaremara, inzvimbo imwechete iyo yatinokwanisa kukwikwidza padanho rinotamba, nezvose zvinobatsira, zvidziviriro, uye masisitimu ekutsigira aripo." (Yakabatana: Vanhu Vari Kugadzira DIY Yakajeka Meso Masiki kune Matsi uye Dambudziko Rekunzwa)

USOPC yakabvumidza kushandiswa kwePCA yeMeyers kubvira 2017. Vakati USOPC yakaramba chikumbiro chavo "pazvirango zveCOVID-19 nehurumende yeJapan," iyo yakarambidzawo vaoni kubva kuOlympic Games, mukuedza kurwisa kupararira kwe COVID-19 apo kesi dziri kuramba dzichikwira, sekureva kweBBC. "Ndinotenda zvakasimba kuti kuderedzwa kwevashandi kwanga kusiri kuitirwa kudzikisa huwandu hwevatsigiri vemaParalympian, semaPCA, asi kudzikisa huwandu hwevasina basa," akanyora Chipiri. USA Nhasi.

Meyers akawedzera neChipiri kuti kungovapo kwePCAs kunobvumira sei vatambi vakaremara kukwikwidza muzviitiko zvikuru, seParalympics. "Vanotibatsira kufamba munzvimbo idzi dzekunze, kubva kudhamu remitambo, kutarisa kwevatambi kusvika pakuwana kwatingadyire. Asi rubatsiro rukuru rwavanopa vatambi vakaita seni kutipa kukwanisa kuvimba nekwatinogara - kunzwa takasununguka kune vatambi. nguva pfupi tiri munharaunda itsva iyi, yatisina kujaira,” akatsanangura kudaro. (Zvinoenderana: Tarisa Uyu Mumhanyi Asingaoneki Anopwanya Her First Trail Ultramarathon)

Chimiro akasvika kumumiriri weU.S.Olympic & Paralympic Committee neChitatu asi haana kunzwa. Mune chirevo chakagoverwa kuna USA Nhasi, komiti yakati, "Sarudzo dzatakaita tichimiririra timu hadzina kunge dzave nyore, uye tine shungu pamoyo kune vatambi vasingakwanise kuwana yavo yekutsigira zviwanikwa," achiwedzera, "tine chivimbo muzinga re rutsigiro tichapa Team USA uye tinotarisira kuvapa mukana wakanaka wevatambi kunyangwe munguva dzisina kumboitika. "

Meyers kubva ipapo akagamuchira kudururwa kwerutsigiro pamasocial media kubva kuvateveri vemitambo, vezvematongerwo enyika, uye vanorwira kodzero dzevakaremara. Mutambi wetennis weUS Billie Jean King akapindura pa Twitter Chitatu, achiteterera USOPC kuti "ita chinhu chakanaka."

"Nharaunda yakaremara inofanirwa kuremekedzwa, pekugara, uye kugadziridzwa kwavanoda kuti vabudirire muhupenyu," akanyora King. "Mamiriro ezvinhu aya anonyadzisa uye anogadziriswa nyore nyore. Becca Meyers anofanirwa nani."

Gavhuna Larry Hogan weMadganis, nyika yekumusha kwaMeyers, vakatsigira iwo manzwiro mamwechete mukutsigira Meyers paTwitter. "Zvinonyadzisa kuti mushure mekuwana nzvimbo yake chaiyo, Becca ari kunyimwa kugona kwake kukwikwidza muTokyo," akadaro Hogan neChipiri. "United States Olimpiki & Paralympic Committee inofanirwa kuchinjisa sarudzo yayo nekukasira."

Meyers akagamuchirawo rutsigiro kubva kumaseneta ese eMadganis, Chris Van Hollen naBen Cardin, pamwe chete neDare reNew Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan uye mutambi wematsi Marlee Matlin, uyo akaitumidza "zvinotyisa," achiwedzera kuti denda "Hachisi chikonzero chekuramba [vakaremara peoples'] kodzero yekuwana." (Yakabatana: Uyu Mukadzi Akakunda Menduru yeGoridhe kumaParalympics Mushure mekuve Mune Nyika Yezvirimwa)

Kana ari Meyers, akapedzisa chirevo chake che Instagram neChipiri achitsanangura kuti ari "kutaura nezvezvizvarwa zvinotevera zvevatambi veParalympic netarisiro yekuti havafanirwe kusangana nemarwadzo andakambosangana nawo. Zvakwana zvakakwana." Mitambo yeParalympic inotanga muna Nyamavhuvhu 24, uye tarisiro iri kutarisira Meyers achave nerutsigiro nenzvimbo dzekugara dzaanoda kujoina nevamwe vake vanoshambira muTokyo.

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