IOlimpian Allyson Felix malunga nokuba uMama kunye nobhubhane ziyitshintshe njani imbono yakhe ngobomi

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Nguye kuphela umdlali wababhinqileyo kunye nomdlali weqonga owake waphumelela iimedali zegolide zeOlimpiki ezintandathu, kwaye ecaleni kukhuphiswano lweembaleki lweJamaican uMerlene Ottey, ngoyena mzila uqhotyoshelweyo kunye nomdlalo weOlympian ngalo lonke ixesha. Ngokucacileyo, u-Allyson Felix akaqhelekanga kumngeni. Wayejamelene ne-hiatus yeenyanga ezilithoba ngo-2014 ngenxa yokwenzakala emsipheni, wagcina iinyembezi ezinkulu zomgudu emva kokuwa kwindawo yokutsala ngo-2016, kwaye wanyanzelwa ukuba enze icandelo le-C likaxakeka ngo-2018 xa kwafunyaniswa ukuba une-pre- eclampsia ngexesha lokukhulelwa kunye nentombi yakhe umntwana uCamryn. Emva kokuba evele kwesi siganeko sibuhlungu, uFeliksi wagqiba ekubeni asike amaqhina kunye noNike owayesakuba ngumxhasi wakhe, emva kokuveza esidlangalaleni ukuphoxeka kwakhe ngento athi yayiyimbuyekezo engafanelekanga njengembaleki yasemva kokubeleka.

Kodwa la mava-nayo yonke eminye imiceli mngeni yobuqu neyobuchwephesha eyafika ngaphambili kwayo-ekugqibeleni yanceda ukulungiselela uFeliks ukutshintsha irekhodi lokutshintsha ubomi lonyaka owaziwa njenge 2020.

“Ndicinga ukuba bendikumoya wokulwa,” utshilo uFelix Ubume. "Ndikhe ndajamelana nobunzima obuninzi kwikhondo lomsebenzi wam oza emva kokuzalwa kwentombi yam, ubulumko besivumelwano, kunye nokulwela impilo yam kunye nentombi yam. IiOlimpiki zazihlehlisiwe, ndandisele ndikule nto yokucinga, "kuninzi kakhulu ekufuneka siphumelele ukuba le yenye into."

Oko akuthethi ukuba u-2020 ibingunyaka olula kuFeliksi - kodwa ukwazi ukuba wayengeyedwa kuye kwanceda ukuthomalalisa ukungaqiniseki. Ngokucacileyo ibiyindlela eyahlukileyo kuba ilizwe liphela belihamba ngayo kwaye wonke umntu ebefumana ilahleko enkulu, ke ibiziva ngathi ndihamba nabanye abantu, utshilo. Kodwa bendinamava obunzima.

Ukufumana amandla amqhubelayo kwamanye amaxesha anzima yile nto athi uFelix wanceda ijoni lakhe, nanjengoko irejimeni yakhe yoqeqesho yayiguqulelwe phantsi kwaye yena, kunye nehlabathi liphela, banyamezele ixhala lemihla ngemihla lengxaki engazange ibonwe kwihlabathi. . Kodwa kukho enye into eyatyhalela phambili uFelix, kwanakwezona ntsuku zazinzima, utsho. Yayingumbulelo lowo. "Ndiyakhumbula loo mihla nobusuku ndise-NICU kwaye ngelo xesha, ngokucacileyo ukukhuphisana yeyona nto ibisemqolombeni engqondweni yam - konke ibikukuziva ndinombulelo ngokuphila kwaye ndinombulelo ukuba intombi yam ibilapha," uyachaza. "Ngoko ke phakathi kokuphoxeka kweMidlalo ihlehlisiwe kwaye izinto zingakhange zibukeke ngendlela endandicinga ngayo, ekupheleni kosuku, sasisempilweni. Kukho umbulelo omkhulu kwezo zinto zisisiseko kangangokuba ngokwenene zibeka yonke into ngendlela. ."

Ngapha koko, ukuba ngumama kuncede ukutshintsha imbono yakhe malunga nayo yonke into, kubandakanya neendlela abantu ababhinqileyo, ngakumbi abasetyhini abaMnyama - abangalufumaniyo unonophelo abaludingayo kweli lizwe, utshilo uFeliks. Ukongeza ekuthetheni kukhathalelo lwempilo yoomama kunye namalungelo kunye nokuphathwa ngokungenabulungisa kweembaleki ezikhulelweyo, uFeliksi wayenza yaba ngumnqophiso wakhe ukumela abantu basetyhini abamnyama, abathi baphindwe kathathu okanye kane amathuba okusweleka ngenxa yeengxaki ezinxulumene nokukhulelwa kunabamhlophe. abasetyhini, ngokwamaZiko oLawulo lweNtsholongwane kunye noThintelo. (Bona: Intombi kaCarol isanda kusungula iNyathelo elinamandla lokuxhasa iMpilo kaMama oMnyama)

“Kubalulekile kum ukuba ndikhanyisele oonobangela abafana nengxaki yokusweleka koomama ejongene namanina aMnyama kunye nokuthethelela abasetyhini nokuzama ukuqhubela phambili kukulingana,” utshilo. "Ndicinga ngentombi yam kunye nabantwana kwisizukulwana sakhe, kwaye andifuni ukuba babenemilo efanayo. Njengembaleki, kunokoyikisa ukuthetha phandle kuba abantu banomdla kuwe ngenxa yokusebenza kwakho, ukuze ushiye kwaye ukuthetha ngezinto ezichaphazela mna noluntu lwam ibiyinto engazizeli ngokwemvelo kum.Kodwa ibisiba ngumama nokucinga ngalo mhlaba intombi yam izakukhula kulonto indenze ndaziva ndifuna ukuthetha ngabo. izinto." (Funda ngakumbi: Kutheni i-US ifuna ngamandla oogqirha abaNtsundu abaMnyama)

UFeliks uthi ukuba ngumama kuye kwanceda ekuhlakuleleni ububele kunye nomonde kuye-into ebonakalayo ebonakalayo kurhwebo lwakhe kwiphulo elizayo le-Bridgestone ye-Olimpiki kunye neParalympic yeTokyo 2020. Intengiso ibonisa imbaleki ephumelele ngokungakholelekiyo izama nje ukuthintela ukuhamba kwayo Ifowuni yakhe phantsi kwindlu yangasese-imeko abazali abaninzi abanokudibana nayo.

"Ukuba ngumama kutshintshe inkuthazo kunye nomnqweno wam," kwabelana uFelix. "Ndihlala ndikhuphisana ngokwendalo, kwaye bendisoloko ndinomnqweno wokuphumelela, kodwa ngoku ndingumzali, isizathu sokuba sahluke. Ndifuna ukubonisa intombi yam ukuba kunjani ukoyisa ubunzima kunye nomsebenzi onzima kufana nendlela isimilo nesidima esibaluleke ngayo kuyo nayiphi na into oyenzayo.Ngoko ke, ndijonge phambili kwiintsuku zokuba ndimxelele ngale minyaka kwaye ndimbonise imifanekiso yakhe [kunye nam ngexesha] loqeqesho kunye nayo yonke loo nto Utshintshile ukuba ndingubani iimbaleki. " (Inxulumene: Olu hambo luKholelekayo lwalo Mfazi ukuya kuMama aluyonto imfutshane iyakhuthaza)

UFeliksi kuye kwafuneka atshintshe nolindelo analo emzimbeni wakhe, nesesona sixhobo sakhe somsebenzi siphambili phantse iminyaka engamashumi amabini. “Ibe luhambo olunika umdla ngokwenene,” utshilo. "Ukukhulelwa kwakumangalisa ukubona ukuba umzimba unokwenza ntoni. Ndaziqeqesha ngalo lonke ixesha lokukhulelwa kwam kwaye ndaziva ndomelele kwaye oko kwandenza ndamkela umzimba wam. Kodwa ukubeleka nokubuyela kwaba ngumceli mngeni kuba uyayazi into eyenziwa ngumzimba wakho ngaphambili kwaye wena ' sihlala siyithelekisa kwaye ndizama ukubuyela kwaye yeyona njongo inomdla. Kum, khange yenzeke kwangoko.Ngoko ke bekukho amathandabuzo engqondweni yam, ngathi [ndomelele], ndingangcono kunoko? Bekufuneka ndibonakalise ububele kum - ngamava athobisayo ngokwenene. Umzimba wakho uyakwazi ukwenza izinto ezimangalisayo, kodwa ke kukuwunika ixesha lokwenza oko kufuneka ukwenzile. "

UFeliks uthi eyona nxalenye inkulu yokufunda ukuthanda nokuxabisa umzimba wakhe wasemva kokubeleka ibikukukhetha ukuphuma kunogumbe wemiyalezo yemithombo yeendaba ejolise kwabasetyhini. "Sikule minyaka yobudala" ye-snapback "kwaye 'ukuba awukhangeleki ngendlela ethile kwiintsuku ezimbini emva kokubeleka, wenzani ngobomi bakho," utshilo. "Imalunga nokungabhaliseli kuloo nto kwaye, nanjengembaleki eqeqeshiweyo, kufuneka ndizihlolisise. [Ukomelela] kujongeka ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, kwaye ayisiyiwo lo mfanekiso sineengqondo zethu - zininzi iindlela ezahlukeneyo ukuze somelele, kwaye simalunga nokwamkela nje oko. " (Eyeleleneyo: Iphulo likaMama lokhathalelo lweempawu zeMizimba yokwenyani emva kokubeleka)

Enye indlela entsha uFeliksi awamkele ngayo amandla akhe kukudibanisa iiklasi zokuzilolonga zePeloton kwindlela yakhe yesiqhelo, ade azimanye nenkampani (kunye nezinye iimbaleki ezisibhozo) ukwenza ingqokelela yeQela lokuSebenza kunye nohlu lokudlalwayo. "Abaqeqeshi bePeloton bahle kakhulu - ndiyamthanda uJess noRobin, uTunde, noAlex. Ndiyathetha ukuba uziva ngathi uyabazi behamba ngazo zonke iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba kunye nokubaleka!" uthi. "Ngokwenyani yayingumyeni wam owandifaka ePeloton - wayelukhuni ngenene kwaye wayefana, 'Ndicinga ukuba oku kungalunceda uqeqesho lwakho' kuba, kum yayihlala ingumceli mngeni wokubaleka ixesha elide okanye ukufumana loo msebenzi ungaphezulu. Bekumnandi ke ngobhubhane, ngakumbi kwintombazana encinci. Kwaye ndiyisebenzisela ukukhwela kwakhona, i-yoga, ukolula - ngoku ibandakanyiwe kwisicwangciso sam soqeqesho."

Ngelixa ngokuthozama esenokuvuma ukuba uyafutha kunye nokukhukhumala kunye nabanye abantu ngexesha lokuzilolonga ekhaya, uFeliksi usengomnye wabadlali behlabathi abagqwesileyo. Njengoko elungiselela iimvavanyo zeOlimpiki emva kokulibaziseka unyaka wonke, uthi uziva kamnandi. “Ndiziva ndinochulumanco kakhulu, kwaye ngethemba ukuba yonke into ihamba kakuhle kwaye ndingalenza iqela lam lesihlanu le-Olimpiki- ndiyayamkela yonke,” utshilo. "Ndicinga ukuba le Olimpiki izakubonakala yahlukile kunayo nayiphi na enye esakha sayibona, kwaye ndicinga ukuba izakuba nkulu kunezemidlalo nje - kum, kulungile.Eli ngethemba liyakuba lixesha lokuphiliswa kwehlabathi kunye nomsitho wokuqala omkhulu wokuhlangana, ke ndiziva ndinethemba lokwenene ngoku.

Njengokuba eqhubela phambili emva kwezithintelo ezininzi, uFeliksi ucacile ukuba ukongeza ekudaleni umhlaba ongcono wentombi yakhe, amandla akhe okuqhuba ngoku unovelwano-nkqu nangeentsuku apho inkuthazo isilela.

"Ndinezo ntsuku-ezininzi zezo ntsuku," utshilo. "Ndizama ukuba nobubele kum, kodwa kwangaxeshanye, jolisa kwiinjongo zam. Ndiyazi ukuba ndifuna ukuya kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki yesihlanu, kufuneka ndibeke umsebenzi kwaye ndiziphathe kakuhle, kodwa ndicinga ukuba kulungile Iintsuku zokuphumla zibaluleke kakhulu njengeentsuku ohamba nzima kakhulu, kwaye ndicinga ukuba yinto enzima ukuyiqonda, kodwa ukunika ingqalelo kwimpilo yakho yengqondo kwaye uthathe usuku olongezelelweyo lokuchacha - zonke ezi zinto. Kubalulekile ukuba sikwazi ukwenza. Kufuneka sizikhathalele - ukuphumla akuyonto imbi okanye into ekwenza buthathaka, kodwa yinxalenye yobomi. "

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