I-Trampoline Gymnast Charlotte Drury Ivula Ngokutholakala Kwayo Isifo Sikashukela Ngaphambi Kwama-Olimpiki aseTokyo

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Umgwaqo oya kuma-Olympics ase-Tokyo ubulokhu unzima kubasubathi abaningi. Kudingeka bazulazule ukuhlehliswa konyaka ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19. Kepha umlingisi wokuzivocavoca we-trampoline uCharlotte Drury ubenesinye isithiyo ebesingalindelekile esaphonswa ngendlela yakhe ngo-2021: ukutholakala enesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1.

UDrury usanda kuphumela obala ngohambo lwakhe ku-Instagram, edalula ukuthi “ubezizwa kanjani” izinyanga eziningi ngaphambi kokuya kuma-Olympic Trials ka-2021 kodwa wakuveza “ukucindezeleka okuhlobene nobunzima bokuphila nokuqeqeshwa nokuya esikoleni. kubhebhetheka. " Lapho efika ekhempini yeThimba Lezabesifazane LaseGymnastics ngoMashi, nokho, lo msubathi oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala wabona okuthile okungahambi kahle.

"Ngichithe unyaka odlule ngiphusha imbongolo yami ngiphusha nokuqeqeshwa okunzima kakhulu empilweni yami ukuze ngibonakale ekhempini yeqembu lesizwe ngoMashi futhi ngibuke amanye amantombazane ephuma engigxumela ngamamayela," kubeka uDrury ku-Instagram.

Endleleni ebuya ekhempini, uDrury uthe uthathe isinqumo sokulalela "izwi elalikhala ngaphakathi ekhanda lakhe elalimtshela ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle." Wenza isikhathi sokubonana nodokotela wakhe futhi kwenziwa umsebenzi wegazi. Kamuva ngalolo suku, uDrury wathola izindaba eziguqula impilo kudokotela wakhe: Wayenesifo sikashukela sohlobo 1 futhi kwakudingeka ukulandelelwa okuphuthumayo. UDrury ube esekhumbula impendulo yakhe yamagama amathathu: "… ngiyaxolisa yini."

Isifo sikashukela sohlobo loku-1 senzeka lapho umzimba ungakhiqizi i-insulin, ihomoni umzimba wakho olisebenzisayo ukuze usebenzise i-glucose ukuze uthole amandla, futhi kungenzeka kunoma iyiphi iminyaka, ngokusho kwe-American Diabetes Association. Uhlobo lwesifo sikashukela sohlobo lwe-2, okuyisimo esivame kakhulu, senzeka lapho umzimba ungayisebenzisi kahle i-insulin.

Ephendula ukuxilongwa, uDrury wamisa isikhashana ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe, engaqiniseki ukuthi angaya kanjani phambili.

"Angizange ngizijwayeze ukwenza isonto lonke," kuhlanganyela uDrury. "Angizange ngicabange nokuqhubeka nokuzivocavoca umzimba."

Kodwa ngosizo lomqeqeshi u-Logan Dooley, owayengumqeqeshi wokuzivocavoca we-Olympic trampoline, kanye nabanye, u-Drury "waqala ukuthola indlela yokuyiphatha futhi wanquma ukunikeza konke enganginakho kulo mdlalo ngesikhathi esincane engangisishiyile."

Ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva, uDrury wathi usegunde amaphuzu ayisishiyagalolunye kuhlolo lwakhe lwe-hemoglobin test (noma i-A1C), olinganisa iphesenti likashukela egazini elihlanganiswe neprotheni ye-hemoglobin ethwala umoya-mpilo kumaseli akho abomvu egazi. Kubalulekile ukuqapha ngoba ukuphakama kwamazinga akho e-A1C, kukhulisa ubungozi bezinkinga zesifo sikashukela, ngokusho kweMayo Clinic. Manje oseseTokyo, uDrury uyabonga ngokuthi ukwazile ukubekezela.

“Amagama awakwazi ukuchaza ukuthi lo nyaka ubunzima kangakanani… kodwa kubo bonke ubunzima, ngiyaziqhenya ngokungazibekile phansi,” kusho uDrury. "Ngithole ukuthi ngiqinile kunalokho engikucabangayo."

UDrury uthole ukwesekwa okuthe xaxa kuma-Olympians adlule kusukela evule ngohambo lwakhe lwezempilo, okuhlanganisa nomqeqeshi womzimba uMcKayla Maroney noLaurie Hernandez.

"Ungugqozi lwami. Ubekezelele ezintweni ezingakaze zibonwe muntu—ngiwesaba ngempela amandla akho nsuku zonke. Ngikuthanda enyangeni," kuphawula uMaroney, owazuza izindondo zegolide nezesiliva. emidlalweni yaseLondon yango-2021.

UHernandez, othole indondo yegolide kuma-Olimpiki Asehlobo ase-2016 eRio de Janeiro, ubhale wathi, "Ngihlale ngikwesaba, ngakho-ke, ngiyaziqhenya ngawe."

UDooley naye unikele ngokweseka umphakathi kuDrury, esho ukuthi "uyaziqhenya ngokumangazayo" ngaye.

"Lona kube unyaka onzima; nokho, uyaqhubeka nokufakazela amandla akho futhi [uhlala] uthembekile ezinhlosweni zakho futhi uhlale ukhuthaza labo abaseduze nawe," kusho uDooley ku-Instagram yakhe.

Njengoba imidlalo yaseTokyo ihloselwe ukuqala ngoJulayi 23, uDrury nalo lonke iqembu leTeam USA bazokuzwa ukusekelwa kwabanye abasubathi kanye nezibukeli ezisukela kude - noma ngabe lo nyaka onzima ubaphatheleni.

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