Kungani Udinga Ukubukela I-Chicago Marathon Kule mpelasonto

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Bathi ukuphila kungashintsha ngokuphazima kweso, kodwa ngo-December 23, 1987, uJami Marseilles wayengacabangi nganoma yiziphi izinguquko zokuphila zesikhathi esizayo noma, kunalokho, enye into ngaphandle kokungena emgwaqeni ukuze yena nalowo ahlala naye babe sekhaya. isikhathi sikaKhisimusi. Kepha ngemuva kokuphuma kwabo, isiphepho esikhulu seqhwa sase-Arizona esashaya amarekhodi sashaya kanzima futhi ngokushesha, sayibamba ngokushesha imoto yabo. La mantombazane amabili ayebhajwe emotweni yawo engadlile futhi engafudumali izinsuku ezingu-11 ngaphambi kokuba atakulwe. Bobabili basinda, kodwa uJami walimala kanzima ngenxa yesithwathwa esibi kakhulu futhi kwadingeka anqunywe imilenze yomibili ngezansi kwedolo.

Ngaleso sikhathi, impilo yonke kaMarseilles yashintsha.

Kepha ngenkathi elwela ukujwayela impilo njenge-amputee yamazwe amabili, wayenomsekeli oyedwa onamandla ongakaze ashiye uhlangothi lwakhe: Umkhulu wakhe. Ngokungafani nabanye ababeseduze naye, wayengakholelwa ekuqotheni le ntokazi, kunalokho wayithela ngothando oluqinile. Enye yezinto ayezithanda kwakungukuzivocavoca umzimba futhi wayeqiniseka ukuthi ukuthola iMarseilles yokuzivocavoca kuzoba yinto esemqoka ekumsizeni aphulukise futhi aqhubeke engozini. Ngeshwa, umkhulu wakhe othandekayo washona ngo-1996, kodwa uMarseilles wayelokhu elandela iseluleko sakhe. Kwathi ngolunye usuku udokotela wakhe wokwenziwa wamkhombisa i-video evela kuma-Paralympics. Ukubheka abagijimi abamangalisayo futhi wayazi ukuthi ufuna ukwenzani: ukugijima ibanga elide.

"Angikaze ngigijime lapho nginemilenze, futhi manje bekufanele ngifunde ukugijima emilenzeni yamarobhothi?" ahleke. Kodwa uthi wezwa umoya kamkhulu wakhe umkhuthaza ngakho wazimisela ukuthola indlela. IMarseilles exhunywe ne-Össur Prosthetics, eyamxhuma ngezinyawo zeFlex-Run.

Ngenxa yobuchwepheshe bokufakelwa obuphezulu, uthathe ukugijima ngokushesha-kepha lokho akusho ukuthi bekungekho nzima. “Into enzima engibhekene nayo wukusebenza nezitho zami ezisele,” usho kanje. "Kwesinye isikhathi ngithola ukuqubuka kwesikhumba nokuhuzuka ngakho-ke kufanele ngilalele umzimba wami futhi ngihlale ngilungele ngenkathi ngiphuma ngigijima."

Konke lokho kuqeqeshwa, ukulungiselela, nobuhlungu sekukhokhele-hhayi kuphela uMarseilles umgijimi, ubambe irekhodi lomhlaba njengowokuqala nowukuphela kowesifazane osezingeni eliphansi elingaphansi kwamadolo ophethe umjaho wemarathon. Phakathi nokuqeqeshwa, uthole isikhathi sokuvela ezikhangisweni ze-Adidas ne-Mazda nasemafilimini. A.I. futhi Umbiko omncane, waze wabhala nencwadi mayelana nolwazi lwakhe, Up and Running: Indaba ka-Jami Goldman.

Kodwa-ke kule mpelasonto, uzobhekana nenselelo yakhe enkulu okwamanje: Ugijima umjaho ophelele waseChicago ngo-Okthoba 11. Akangabazi ukuthi uzolima lawo makhilomitha angama-26.2 futhi abe ngowesifazane ophindwe ama-amputee wokuqala ukwenza lokho. Ukhiye, uthi, iqembu elikhulu labangane abasebenza, kanye nomndeni nabangane ukumeseka kulo mzila. Kodwa lapho izinto ziba nzima ngempela, unesikhali esiyimfihlo.

Uthi: "Ngihlala ngizikhumbuza ukuthi sengifikile kangakanani, futhi uma ngingasinda ezinsukwini eziyi-11 ngisemgwaqweni weqhwa, ngingadlula kunoma yini," esho enezela, "Ngifunde ukuthi ubuhlungu bungobesikhashana kodwa ukuyeka ingunaphakade. " Futhi unomlayezo wethu sonke olwa kanzima ukuhlangabezana nezinhloso zethu zokufaneleka, noma ngabe yiziphi izinselelo esibhekene nazo: Ungalokothi, naphakade, uyeke.

Ngeke—futhi sizoba ngabanye babaningi abamjabulelayo njengoba ewela umugqa wokugcina kule mpelasonto!

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