U-Anastasia Pagonis Uwine Indondo Yokuqala Yegolide Yeqembu lase-USA kuma-Paralympics aseTokyo Ngemfashini Ephula Irekhodi

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ITeam USA iqale kahle kumaTaralympics aseTokyo - ngezindondo eziyi-12 nokubala - kanti u-Anastasia Pagonis oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala ungeze ucezu lokuqala lwehadiwe legolide eqoqweni elikhulayo laseMelika.

Lo mdlali odabuka eNew York ubencintisana emqhudelwaneni we-freestyle S11 wamamitha angu-400 ngoLwesine. Akagcinanga ngokuthola indawo ephezulu emjahweni kepha washaya irekhodi lakhe langaphambilini lomhlaba (4: 56.16) ngemuva kokungena ngo-4: 54.49, ngokusho kuka Ezemidlalo ze-NBC. ULisette Bruinsma waseNetherlands ulale isibili ngesikhathi esingu-5:05.34, walandelwa uCai Liwen waseChina endaweni yesithathu ngo-5:07.56.

U-Pagonis, oyimpumputhe, ubambe iqhaza emqhudelwaneni we-S11, ikilasi lezemidlalo elikhethelwe abasubathi abanenkinga yokubona, ikakhulukazi labo abangaboni kahle kahle kanye/noma abangenakho ukukhanya, ngokusho kwama-Paralympics. Ababhukudi abancintisana kulesi sigaba sezemidlalo kudingeka ukuthi bagqoke izibuko ezimnyama ukuqinisekisa umncintiswano ofanele.

Ngaphambi komcimbi wangoLwesine, uPagonis uthwale kanzima emoyeni ngemuva kokugqashuka kwengubo yakhe yokubhukuda ngaphambi kokushisa. "Ngibe novalo futhi ngaqala ukukhala ngoba isudi yami iklebhukile. Futhi izinto ziyenzeka, izinto zihamba kabi, leyo yingxenye yokuba ngumuntu. Uhlobo nje lokugingqika ngezibhakela yinto engikuthola kunzima ngayo, ikakhulukazi izimo ezicindezelayo ngakho-ke yebo ngangazi, ngathi, hheyi, uma ngingenakugqoka le suti, angibhukudi. Angizukuzama ukuzenza ngicindezeleke ngokwengeziwe ukuthola isudi yami ukuze angikwazi ukubhukuda yonke eminye imijaho yami, "kusho yena, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi esemthethweni yeParalympic Games. "Kumele uzibekele imingcele futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kubaluleke kakhulu." (Kuhlobene: Umbhukudi wamaParalympic uJessica Wabeka Eqhulwini Impilo Yakhe Yengqondo Ngendlela Entsha Ngaphambi Kwemidlalo YaseTokyo)

U-Pagonis wanezela ngoLwesine ukuthi "impilo yengqondo ingamaphesenti angu-100 omdlalo," enezela, "uma ungekho lapho ngokwengqondo khona-ke awukho nhlobo, futhi ngeke ukwazi ukugijima." (Bheka: Imikhuba Yezempilo Yengqondo Esiza U-Simone Biles Ukuhlala Ekhuthazekile)

Kulandela umlando wakhe eTokyo ngoLwesine, uPagonis waya kuTikTok - lapho enembangela yabalandeli abayizigidi ezimbili - ukuyokhombisa indondo yakhe yegolide. Kule vidiyo, uPagonis ubonakala edansa ebambe indondo yakhe yegolide. "Awunasiqiniseko sokuthi uzizwa kanjani," ufake amagama esiqeshana. (Okuhlobene: I-Paralympic Track Atthlete Scout Bassett Ngokubaluleka Kokubuyisela — Kubasubathi Bayo Yonke Iminyaka)

Umdlali webhola likanobhutshuzwayo, uPagonis wakwazi ukubona kuze kube yiminyaka eyi-9 ngaphambi kokuba umbono wakhe uqale ukufiphala. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, kwatholakala ukuthi une-Stargardt macular degeneration, ukuphazamiseka okungajwayelekile kwe-retina, isicubu esingemuva kweso esizwa ukukhanya, ngokusho kweNational Eye Institute. Kamuva kwatholakala ukuthi unesimo sofuzo kanye ne-autoimmune retinopathy, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi esemthethweni yeThimba USA, nayo ethinta i-retina. Eminyakeni yakamuva, uPagonis uphendukele ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukulwa nezinkoleloze ezihambisana nalabo abangaboni kahle.

"Ngeke ngibe yilokho abantu abacabanga ukuthi ubumpumputhe kulapho bengenakwenza lutho, abakwazi ukugqoka kahle, abakwazi ukugcoba izimonyo," kusho i-website esemthethweni yeTeam USA. "Ngeke ngibe yiloyo muntu. Ngakho benginjengaye, hmmm, ake ngenze ngibe badass ngangokunokwenzeka."

Namuhla, u-Pagonis wephula amarekhodi ku-pool futhi uzoba nethuba lokuqoqa izindondo ezengeziwe ze-Team USA lapho eqhudelana ku-freestyle yamamitha angu-50 ngoLwesihlanu, i- individual medley yamamitha angu-200 yangoMsombuluko, kanye ne-freestyle yamamitha ayi-100 yangoLwesihlanu.

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