Ama-Paralympian ase-US Ekugcineni Azokhokhelwa Njengama-Olimpiki Ngezindondo Zabo Ezinqobile

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Le midlalo yeParalympic Games eTokyo isasele namasonto ambalwa nje, futhi ngokokuqala ngqa, ama-Paralympian ase-U.S. Azothola inkokhelo efanayo nozakwabo bama-Olimpiki kusukela ekuqaleni.

Ngemuva kwama-Olimpiki wasebusika ka-2018 ePyeongchang, iKomidi lase-United States le-Olimpiki neParalympic lamemezela ukuthi bobabili ama-Olimpiki namaParalympian bazothola izinkokhelo ezilinganayo ngokusebenza kwezindondo. Futhi-ke, amaParalympian athola izindondo ngesikhathi semidlalo yasebusika ka-2018 athola i-bump pay bump ngokuya ngehardware yabo. Ngalesi sikhathi, nokho, isilinganiso semali ekhokhelwayo phakathi kwabo bonke abasubathi sizoqala ukusebenza kusukela ekuqaleni, okwenza iMidlalo yaseTokyo ibe ngeyesabekayo kulabo abancintisana namaParalympic.

Manje, ngiyazi ukuthi ucabangani: Linda, amaParalympians kanye nama-Olimpiki ayahola imali ngaphandle kwalokho kusukela ekuxhasweni kwabo? Yebo, yebo, bayakwenza futhi konke kuyingxenye yohlelo olubizwa ngokuthi "Operation Gold."

Ngokuyinhloko, abasubathi baseMelika baklonyeliswa inani elithile lemali elivela e-USOPC ngendondo ngayinye abayithatha bagoduka nayo kusuka Emidlalweni Yasebusika noma Yehlobo. Phambilini lolu hlelo belukhipha ama-Olympians ama- $ 37,500 ngokuwina ngakunye kwezindondo zegolide, ama- $ 22,500 ngesiliva, ne- $ 15,000 ngethusi. Ngokuqhathanisa, abasubathi beParalympic bathola ama- $ 7 500 nje ngendondo ngayinye yegolide, ama- $ 5,250 ngesiliva, ne- $ 3,750 ngethusi. Nokho, phakathi neMidlalo YaseTokyo, bobabili abathole izindondo kuma-Olympic neParalympic (ekugcineni) bazothola inani elifanayo, bathole u-$37,500 ngendondo ngayinye yegolide, u-$22 500 wesiliva, no-$15 000 ngethusi. (Okuhlobene: Abasubathi Abesifazane Abayi-6 Bakhuluma Ngokukhokha Okulingana Kwabesifazane)

Ngesikhathi kumenyezelwa okokuqala ngoshintsho oludonse isikhathi eside, uSarah Hirschland, oyi-CEO ye-USOPC, esitatimendeni uthe: "Ama-Paralympians ayingxenye ebalulekile yomphakathi wethu wezemidlalo futhi sidinga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siyabavuza ngokufanele lokho abakufezile. . Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwethu kuma-Paralympics ase-US kanye nabasubathi esibakhonzayo kusezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa lena bekungenye yezindawo lapho kwakukhona khona ukungqubuzana kumodeli yethu yoxhaso esinomuzwa wokuthi kudingeka siyishintshe." (Okuhlobene: Abakhubazekile Babelana Ngemikhuba Yabo Yokuzivocavoca Usuku Lwabesifazane Lomhlaba Wonke)

Muva nje, umsubathi waseRussia waseMelika uTatyana McFadden, osewine indondo yeParalympic amahlandla angu-17, uvulele ngenguquko yeholo engxoxweni no. Umnduze, esho ukuthi kumenza azizwe kanjani "eyigugu." "Ngiyazi ukuthi lokho kuzwakala kubuhlungu ukusho," kodwa ukuhola okulinganayo kwenza lo msubathi oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala ukuba "azizwe efana nanoma yimuphi omunye umsubathi, njenganoma yimuphi nje u-Olympian." (Okuhlobene: U-Katrina Gerhard Usitshela Ukuthi Kunjani Ukuqeqeshelwa AmaMarathoni Uhamba Ngesitulo Sabakhubazekile)

U-Andrew Kurka, oweParalympic Alpine skier okhubazeke kusukela okhalweni kwehle, utshele I-New York Times ngo-2019 ukuthi ukunyuswa kweholo kwamvumela ukuthi athenge umuzi. “Kuyinto eyehlayo ebhakedeni, siyithola kanye njalo eminyakeni emine, kodwa kwenza umehluko omkhulu,” kusho yena.

Konke lokho okushiwoyo, izinyathelo zokuthola ukulingana kwangempela kwabadlali beParalympic zisadingeka, ngokubhukuda uBecca Meyers abe yisibonelo esihle. Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uMeyers, owazalwa eyisithulu futhi ongaboni, naye wahoxa emidlalweni yaseTokyo ngemuva kokunqatshelwa ukuthi abe ngumsizi wakhe. "Ngithukuthele, ngiphoxekile, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngibuhlungu ngokungamele izwe lami," kubhala uMeyers esitatimendeni se-Instagram. Ukukhokha okulinganayo, noma kunjalo, kuyisinyathelo esibaluleke ngokungangabazeki sokuvala igebe phakathi kwamaParalympian nama-Olympians.

Njengabadlali be-Olimpiki, amaParalympian ahlangana evela emhlabeni wonke njalo eminyakeni emine futhi ancintisane ngemuva kwama-Olimpiki wasebusika nasehlobo, ngokulandelana. Njengamanje kunemidlalo engama-22 yasehlobo egunyazwe yiKomidi Lamazwe Ngamazwe Labantu Abakhubazekile, okubandakanya ukufaka umnsalo, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili nokubhukuda, phakathi kwabanye. Njengoba kuneMidlalo Yama-Paralympic yalo nyaka eqala ngoLwesithathu, Agasti 25 kuze kube yiSonto, Septhemba 5, abalandeli emhlabeni wonke bangahalalisela abasubathi ababathandayo bazi ukuthi abawinile ekugcineni sebeyitholile inkokhelo ebafanele.

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