Indadi yeParalympic u-Becca Meyers urhoxile kwimidlalo yaseTokyo emva kokuba enqatshiwe 'eyiyo kwaye ibalulekile

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Phambi kwemidlalo yeParalympic yenyanga ezayo eTokyo, indadi yase-US u-Becca Meyers ubhengeze ngoLwesibini ukuba urhoxile kukhuphiswano, esabelana ukuba iKomiti yeOlimpiki yeOlimpiki kunye neParalympic yase-United States "iphindaphindekile" isalile izicelo zakhe "zendawo yokuhlala enengqiqo nebalulekileyo" ukuze abe nomncedisi. ekukhetheni kwakhe, emnika "akukho khetho" ngaphandle kokurhoxa.

Kwingxelo ekwabelwana ngazo kuTwitter naku-Instagram, uMeyers- obe sisisithulu ukusukela ekuzalweni kwakhe kwaye engaboni kakuhle- uthe kuye kwafuneka enze "isigqibo esisongela isisu" ukuba ashiye iMidlalo emva kokuba waxelwa ukuba akanakho ukuzisa. UMncedisi wakhe wokuKhathalela, umama uMaria, waya eJapan.

"Ndinomsindo, ndidanile, kodwa ngaphezulu kwayo yonke into, ndibuhlungu ngokungameli ilizwe lam," ubhale watsho uMeyers kwingxelo yakhe ye-Instagram, esongeza ukuba endaweni yokuvumela iimbaleki nganye i-PCA yabo eTokyo, bonke abangama-34 Abaqubhi beParalympic - abalithoba kubo abangaboni kakuhle - baya kwabelana ngePCA efanayo ngenxa yeenkxalabo zokhuseleko ze-COVID-19. "Nge-Covid, kukho amanyathelo amatsha okhuseleko kunye nemida kubasebenzi abangabalulekanga endaweni," wabhala, wongeza, "ngokufanelekileyo, kodwa i-PCA ethembekileyo ibalulekile ukuba ndikhuphisane."

UMeyers, imbasa yeParalympic yamaxesha amathandathu, wazalwa ene-Usher syndrome, imeko echaphazela umbono kunye nokuva. Ku-op-ed epapashwe ngoLwesibini ngu USA NamhlanjeImbaleki eneminyaka engama-26 ubudala yathi "iqhele ukunyanzelwa ukuba ikhululeke kwindawo engafanelekanga" - kubandakanya ukunxiba imaski yendawo yonke kunye nokungena ekuhlaleni ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19, othintela amandla akhe okufunda imilebe - kodwa ukuba Imidlalo yeeParalympic "kufanelekile ukuba ibe yindawo yeembaleki ezikhubazekileyo, indawo enye apho sikwazi ukukhuphisana kwinqanaba lokudlala, nazo zonke izibonelelo, ukhuseleko kunye neenkqubo zenkxaso ezikhoyo." (Idibeneyo: Abantu bayila i-DIY ecacileyo yobuso beemfama kunye nabanzima bokuva)

I-USOPC ivume ukusetyenziswa kwe-PCA kaMeyers ukusukela ngo-2017. Uthe i-USOPC iyasikhaba isicelo sakhe "kwisiseko sezithintelo ze-COVID-19 ngurhulumente waseJapan," ekwavale ababukeli kwimidlalo ye-Olimpiki, kumzamo woku Ukulwa nokusasazeka kwe-COVID-19 njengoko amatyala eqhubeka nokukhula, ngokwe-BBC. "Ndikholelwa kakhulu ukuba ukuncitshiswa kwabasebenzi bekungajoliswanga ekunciphiseni inani labasebenzi abancedisayo kwii-Paralympian, njengee-PCA, kodwa ukunciphisa inani labasebenzi abangabalulekanga," ubhale ngoLwesibini. USA Namhlanje.

UMeyers wongeze ngolwe-Lwesibini ukuba ubukho nje be-PCA bubavumela njani iimbaleki abakhubazekileyo ukuba bakhuphisane kwimicimbi ephambili, enje ngeeParalympics. "Basinceda sihamba kwezi ndawo zasemzini, ukusuka kumgangatho wedama lokubaleka, ukungena kwezembaleki ukufumana apho singatya khona. Kodwa eyona nkxaso inkulu bayinika iimbaleki ezinjengam isinika amandla okuthemba iindawo ezisingqongileyo - sizive sisekhaya ixesha elifutshane sikule ndawo intsha, engaqhelekanga, utshilo. (Idibeneyo: Bukela lo Mbaleki ongaboniyo oBonayo oQhekezayo kwiTrail yakhe yokuqala ye-Ultramarathon)

Ubume Ufikelele kummeli weKomiti yeOlimpiki kunye neParalympic yaseMelika ngolwesiThathu kodwa akazange aphendule. Kwingxelo ekwabelwana ngayo USA NamhlanjeIkomiti ithe, "Izigqibo esizenzileyo egameni leqela khange zibelula, kwaye sinentliziyo ebuhlungu kubadlali abangakwaziyo ukufumana inkxaso yabo yangaphambili," wongeza, "siqinisekile kwinqanaba Inkxaso siza kuyinika iQela lase-USA kwaye sijonge phambili ekubaboneleleni ngamava eembaleki akhuthazayo nangawona maxesha angazange abonwe ngaphambili. "

UMeyers sele efumene inkxaso kumajelo osasazo oluntu kubalandeli bezemidlalo, abezopolitiko, kunye nabalwela amalungelo okukhubazeka. Umdlali we-tennis wase-US uBillie Jean King uphendule kwi-Twitter ngoLwesithathu, ecela i-USOPC ukuba "yenze into efanelekileyo."

Uluntu olukhubazekileyo lufanelwe yintlonipho, indawo yokuhlala kunye nokulungiswa ukuze baphumelele ebomini, utshilo uKing. "Le meko ilihlazo kwaye kulula ukuyilungisa. U-Becca Meyers ufanelwe ngcono."

Irhuluneli uLarry Hogan waseMaryland, ilizwe lasekhaya likaMeyers, uvakalise ezo mvakalelo zifanayo exhasa uMeyers kuTwitter. "Kuyihlazo ukuba emva kokufumana indawo yakhe efanelekileyo, uBecca uhluthwe amandla akhe okukhuphisana eTokyo," u-tweeted uHogan ngoLwesibini. "IKomiti yeOlimpiki yase-United States kunye neParalympic kufuneka isitshintshe kwangoko isigqibo sayo."

UMeyers ukwafumene inkxaso kubo bobabini ooSenenja baseMaryland, uChris Van Hollen kunye noBen Cardin, kunye noSenator waseNew Hampshire uMaggie Hassan kunye nomdlali osisithulu uMarlee Matlin, owayibiza ngokuba "yothusayo," esongeza ukuba ubhubhani "ASIYOSIZATHU sokuphika [ukukhubazeka. peoples '] ilungelo lokufikelela. " (Idibeneyo: Lo mfazi uphumelele iMedali yeGolide kwiiParalympics emva kokuba ekwisimo sezityalo)

Ngokubhekisele kuMeyers, waqukumbela ingxelo yakhe ye-Instagram ngoLwesibini echaza ukuba "uthethela izizukulwana ezizayo iimbaleki zeParalympic ngethemba lokuba azisokuze zibenazo iintlungu endikhe ndadlula kuzo. Kwanele." Imidlalo yeParalympic iqala nge-24 ka-Agasti, kwaye nantsi iMeyers inethemba lokuba iya kuba nenkxaso kunye nendawo yokuhlala ayifunayo ukuze azimanye nabanye abadada eTokyo.

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