Umbhukudi We-Paralympic UJessica Long Ubeke Kuqala Impilo Yakhe Yengqondo Ngendlela Entsha Ephambi Kwemidlalo YaseTokyo

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Imidlalo yama-Paralympic yango-2020 ezoqala eTokyo kuleli sonto, futhi umbhukudi waseMelika uJessica Long akakwazi ukuyibamba injabulo yakhe. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kanzima "eRio Paralympics ngo-2016 - ngaleso sikhathi, ubekade enenkinga yokudla nokulimala ehlombe - uLong manje usezizwa" emuhle impela "emzimbeni nangokomzwelo. Futhi lokho ukubonga, ngokwengxenye, ukubeka phambili inhlalakahle yakhe ngendlela entsha.

"Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ngisebenze ngempela empilweni yami yengqondo futhi ngibona nomelaphi - okuyinto, okuyisizathu esihlekisayo engangicabanga ukuthi lapho ngingena ekwelapheni, ngizokhuluma ngakho konke ngokubhukuda, futhi uma kukhona, angikaze ngikhulume ngakho. ukubhukuda, "kusho uLongUmumo. (Okuhlobene: Kungani Wonke Umuntu Kufanele Azame Ukwelashwa Okungenani Kanye)

Yize uLong ebesebhukuda ngokuncintisana iminyaka - okumenza aqale ukudlala iParalympic eneminyaka engu-12 e-Athene, eGrisi - lo msubathi oneminyaka engama-29 uyazi ukuthi lo mdlalo ingxenye sempilo yakhe hhayi impilo yakhe yonke. "Ngicabanga ukuthi ungabahlukanisa nini laba bobabili, futhi, ngisenalo uthando ngakho, ngisenomdlandla wokuwina, futhi nginesifiso sokuba umhlabeleli engingaba khona emdlalweni, kodwa futhi ngiyazi ekugcineni usuku, kubhukuda nje, "kuchaza uLong. "Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho ngempela, kungisizile impela ngempilo yami yengqondo ukulungiselela iTokyo." (Okuhlobene: Izifundo Ezi-4 Ezibalulekile Zempilo Yengqondo Wonke Umuntu Okufanele Akwazi, Ngokusho Kwesazi Sezengqondo)

I-Paralympian yesibili ehlotshiswe kakhulu emlandweni wase-U.S. (Enezindondo ezingama-23 nokubala), uLong waqala indaba yakhe ekhuthazayo kude nekhaya lakhe lokutholwa eBaltimore Maryland. Wazalelwa eSiberia enesifo esingavamile esaziwa ngokuthi i-fibular hemimelia, lapho i-fibulae (amathambo e-shin), amathambo onyawo, namaqakala kungakhuli kahle. Ezinyangeni eziyi-13 ubudala, wamukelwa ekhaya lezintandane laseRussia ngabazali baseMelika uSteve no-Elizabeth Long. Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu kamuva, wanqunywa imilenze yomibili ngezansi kwamadolo ukuze afunde ukuhamba esebenzisa imilenze yokufakelwa.

Kusukela esemncane, uLong wayesebenza futhi edlala imidlalo efana ne-gymnastics, basketball, nokukhuphuka kwamatshe, ngokusho Ezemidlalo ze-NBC. Kodwa kwaze kwaba yilapho eseneminyaka engu-10 ubudala lapho ejoyina khona iqembu lababhukudi eliqhudelanayo - wabe esefanelekela Iqembu Lase-U.S. Paralympic eminyakeni emibili kamuva. "Ngiyakuthanda ukubhukuda; ngithanda yonke into enginikwa yona," kusho uLong weminyaka engu-19 yokusebenza kwakhe, izingxenye zayo ezibhalwe esikhangisweni esijabulisayo seSuper Bowl seToyota sigubha ama-Olympics kanye neMidlalo Yabantu Abakhubazekile. "Uma ngibheka emuva ekuphileni kwami, ngiba sengathi, 'O nkosi yami, ingabe sengibhukude umhlaba wonke? Mangaki amamayela engiwabhukude?'

Namuhla, irejimeni lokuqeqeshwa likaLong liqukethe ukuzelula nokwenziwa kwamahora amabili. Ubuye akhwimise ezinye izinto ngaphambi kokungena echibini futhi kusihlwa. Kepha ngaphambi kokuthi ubuze, cha, uhlelo lukaLong akusilo lonke ukubhukuda futhi akukho ukuzinakekela. Eqinisweni, uLong uziphatha njalo "kumadethi ami," afaka i-R & R ethile kubhavu."Uma ngikhathele noma ngisebenze ngokweqile noma nginomkhuba onzima impela, kulapho-ke lapho kufanele ngithathe isinyathelo ngibuyele emuva ngicabange, 'Kulungile, kufanele uzinike isikhathi sakho, kufanele ungene umqondo omuhle,' futhi enye yezindlela engizikhonzile ukwenza lokho ukukubuyisela esikhungweni," kusho uLong. "Ngiyakuthanda ukugeza u-Epsom usawoti. Ngiyathanda ukufaka ikhandlela, ukufunda incwadi, nokuthatha nje umzuzwana." (Okuhlobene: Gxila Ekuzinakekeleni Ngale Mikhiqizo Yokugeza Kanokusho)

Ukubalwa okude kukaDkt Teal i-Epsom Salt Soaking Solution (Ithenge, $ 5, amazon.com) njengokuya kwakhe ekusizeni ukudambisa izinhlungu. "Ngijikelezisa izingalo zami amahlandla ayizinkulungwane lapho ngisebenza, ngakho-ke kimi, kungathi yisikhathi sami, impilo yami yengqondo, futhi kungukululama kwami, futhi kungivumela ukuthi ngivuke ngikwenze futhi , ukuthatha usuku, futhi ngizizwa ngimangalisa, ”kusho yena.

Futhi ngenkathi u-Long ekulungele ukubhekana no-Toyko -- ingasaphathwa eyeMidlalo YamaParalympics eParis ngo-2024 nase-Los Angeles ngo-2028, cishe imidlalo yokugcina yomsebenzi wakhe - wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukugcina umqondo wakhe ulungile kanye nanoma yikuphi ukungabaza. ibhayi. “Kimina, ngicabanga ukuthi sonke singabasubathi singakwazi ukuhambisana, nenani lengcindezi,” kuchaza uLong. Futhi ngenkathi uLong ehamba kahle ngokuncika kwingcindezi "kancane," uyazi futhi ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi abuyele emuva ukuze azivikele ekucabangeni ngokweqile. "Noma kunini lapho ngicabanga ngeTokyo noma umjaho ngamunye noma ngifinyelela ukusebenza, ngifuna ukucabanga ukuthi nginethemba," esho. (Okuhlobene: USimone Biles Usuka Kuma-Olimpiki Yikho kanye Okumenza Abe yiGOOT)

Ngokuqondene nokuthi yini uLong ayibheke ngabomvu ngemuva kokuqoqa ihadiwe eningi eTokyo? Ukuhlangana okumnandi nomndeni wakhe nomyeni wakhe uLucas Winters, amshada ngo-Okthoba 2019. "Angikaze ngiwubone umndeni wami kusukela ngo-Ephreli, futhi angikaze ngimbone umyeni wami kusukela .... izinyanga ezingamahhafu, "kusho uLong, obeqeqeshwa eColorado Springs. "Nguyena ozongilanda uma ngithinta phansi ngoSepthemba 4, futhi sesivele sine-countdown."

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