Nei Uyu Elite Mumhanyi Akanaka Nekusambozviita KumaOlympics

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Kuvakwa kweMitambo yeOlympic kwakazadzwa nenyaya dzevatambi vari pamusoro pebasa ravo vachiita zvinhu zvisinganzwisisike, asi dzimwe nguva nyaya dzisiri-dzakabudirira dzinongo simbisa-uye dzichinyatsoitika. Tora nyaya yemumhanyi Julia Lucas, aive nepfuti yekuenda kumaOlympics e2012 mumujaho we5,000-mita. Akapinda muU.S.Olympic Timu Yekutongwa kweTrack neMunda makore mana apfuura seshangu-yekupedza ari matatu epamusoro uye kufambira mberi kuenda kuLondon. (Kutaura nezve miedzo yeOlimpiki, Simone Biles 'Flawless Floor Routine Inozokutorera Rio.)

Asi mutsauko uripo pakati peOlympian neOlymiki unovimba unongova zana ramazana rechipiri. Munguva yemiedzo, Lucas akazvisundidzira kumberi kwepakiti aine mashoma mashoma kuti aende, asi akatadza kutungamirira. Akarasikirwa nemhepo uye akayambuka mutsetse pa15: 19.83, chete .04 masekondi kumashure kweyechitatu-nzvimbo yekupedzisa. Boka revanhu zviuru makumi maviri kuOregon rinozivikanwa reHayward Field rakavhuvhuta kamwechete, vachiona kuti hope dzaLucas dzeOlympic dzakabviswa. "Ndakairasa nenzira inoshamisa mune yekupedzisira nhanho," ane makore makumi matatu nemaviri anoyeuka.

Pakanga pasina nguva yekuzvinzwira tsitsi. Lucas aifanirwa kuramba akabata chirebvu chake uye achipfuura nepashure pemujaho, achidzokorora kupera kunorwadza pamberi pezvenhau uyezve akananga kunzvimbo yekuyedza zvinodhaka pamwe chete nemakwikwi matatu eOlympic aive pagore pfumbamwe. Yakanga isiri iyo kusvika aenda kumba ndipo chokwadi chakatanga kuitika. "Pandakanga ndava ndega ndikaziva kuti ichi chaive chinhu chaicho, ndipo pazvaisuwisa chaizvo, uye ho-hum zuva nezuva mhedzisiro yekutadza yakatanga, " anoti.

Akakurumidza kuziva kuti Eugene, Oregon, kwaakange achigara nekudzidzira mujaho mukuru, aisazoshanda futi. Akawana nzira yake yekudzokera kumigwagwa ine mhepo mumasango nemakomo eNorth Carolina, kwaakatanga kumhanya uye akazokwikwidza kukoreji. “Ndakaenda kwandairangarira kuti ndinoda izvi,” anodaro. "Uye zvakashanda chaizvo," anodaro. "Ndakazviitira kuda kumhanyazve pane kuzvigumbukira."

Kudzoka kuNorth Carolina, iye akaramba achienderera kumhanya achikwikwidza kwemakore maviri. "Ini ndaida kuti nyaya ive yekuti ndakazvisimudza neangu mabhutsu ebhutsu, uye ndakakunda kurasikirwa uku, uye yaive rudzikinuro, uye ndaizoenderera kumaOlympics," anodaro. Ndiyo ine dhirama uye magumo anofadza anodiwa nengano yese yemitambo, handiti? "Asi ini handisi kurarama hupenyu hweDisney," anodaro Lucas. "Mashiripiti anga apera." (Dzidza zvakawanda nezve izvi Zvikonzero zvishanu Kukurudzira Kwako Kunoshayikwa.) Akange asingakwanise kuzvidzinga pabasa, saka akarega kumhanyisa kutonhora turkey, akaisa zviroto zvake zveOlimpiki kumashure kwake, uye akavimbisa kusamhanya mujaho wegore rese. Pane imwe nzira munzira, Lucas akaziva kuti aigona kuve nehukuru hwekushanda pamwe nevamhanyi venguva dzose kupfuura zvaakamboita saOlympian. “Ndakaona kuti nguva dzekumhanya dzakandisimudza ndipo pandakaona simba chairo richibva kuvanhu,” anodaro. "Kuona kushanda kusinganzwisisike kuchidzika pasi-pane chimwe chinhu chakanakisa ipapo chandiri kuda kuzvibatanidza nacho."

Lucas anoona iko kuyedza iko zvino kuchiuya kubva kumamhanyi ezuva nezuva seNike + Run Coach muNew York City, kwaanodzidzisa mapoka evamhanyi vemuno, vasiri vepamusoro uye doles kunze kwezvakawanda zvisingaverengeke zvehunyanzvi chaihwo-hwehupenyu. "Ndakave nekukuvara kwese kana dambudziko kana kusahadzika chero ani zvake angave nekumhanya, saka kana mabvi avo achirwadza nenzira yandinoziva, ndinokwanisa kuvabatsira," anodaro. ( Mutsva Pakumhanya? Shingaidzwa Nezvinangwa Zviduku Izvi.)

Izvo zvinongowedzera rudo rwake kumutambo uyu zvakanyanya. "Ndinofunga kuti ndinoda kumhanya zvakanyanya, asi rudo rwangu rwunowedzera," anodaro. "Ndinogona kuigovana nemunhu wese." Kusanganisira zviuru gumi-pamwe nevanhu vanotevera yake yepamusoro-inosimudzira Instagram account. "Pfungwa yekukurudzira mumwe munhu inondikurudzira," anodaro Lucas. Chinangwa chaitwa.

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