U-Anastasia Pagonis Won Iqela lase-USA iMedali yokuqala yeGolide kwi-Tokyo Paralympics kwiRekhodi-yokuPhula iMfashini

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Iqela lase-USA liqale ngendlela ebabazekayo kwiiParalympics zaseTokyo- ngeembasa ezili-12 kunye nokubala- kwaye uAnastasia Pagonis oneminyaka eli-17 ubudala wongeze isiqwenga sokuqala sehardware yegolide kwingqokelela ekhulayo yaseMelika.

Inzalelwane yaseNew York ikhuphisane ngo-Lwesine we-400-mitha freestyle S11. Akagcinanga nje ngokufumana indawo ephezulu kugqatso kodwa wabetha irekhodi lakhe lehlabathi langaphambili (4:56.16) emva kokungena ngo-4:54.49, ngokutsho NBC Sports. ULisette Bruinsma waseNetherlands uphume kwindawo yesibini ngexesha le-5:05.34, elandelwa nguCai Liwen waseChina kwindawo yesithathu ngo-5:07.56.

UPagonis, ongaboniyo, uthathe inxaxheba kukhuphiswano lwe-S11, udidi lwezemidlalo olonyulelwe iimbaleki ezinokukhubazeka okubonakalayo, ngakumbi abo banokubona okuphantsi kakhulu kunye / okanye abangaboniyo ukukhanya, ngokweeParalympics. Iindadi ezikhuphisanayo kolu didi lwezemidlalo kufuneka zinxibe iigoggs ezimnyama ukuqinisekisa ukhuphiswano olufanelekileyo.

Ngaphambi komsitho wangoLwesine, nangona kunjalo, uPagonis wazabalaza ngokweemvakalelo emva kokuba isuti yakhe yokuqubha yaphuka phambi kobushushu. "Ndaye ndangenwa luvalo kwaye ndaqala ukukhala kuba isuti yam ikrazukile. Kwaye izinto ziyenzeka, izinto zihamba gwenxa, leyo yinxalenye nje yokuba ngumntu. Uhlobo lokuqengqeleka nje ngamanqindi yinto endinzima kuyo, ngakumbi iimeko ezixinzelelekileyo ke ewe bendisazi, ngathi, hee, ukuba andikwazi ukuyinxiba le suti, andibhukudi. Andikwazi kuqubha lonke uhlanga lwam, utshilo, ngokweMidlalo yeParalympic 'iwebhusayithi. "Kuya kufuneka uzibekele imida kwaye ndicinga ukuba kubaluleke kakhulu." (Eyeleleneyo: Ukuqubha kweParalympic uJessica ixesha elide wabeka phambili impilo yakhe yengqondo ngeNdlela entsha ngaphambi kweMidlalo yaseTokyo)

UPagonis wongeze uLwesine ukuba "impilo yengqondo yiipesenti ezili-100 zomdlalo," wongeza, "ukuba awukho ngengqondo apho awukho kwaphela, kwaye awuzokwazi ukubaleka." (Bona: Izithethe zeMpilo yeNgqondo eziNceda iiSimone Biles zihlale zikhuthazeka)

Ukulandela indlela yakhe eyimbali eTokyo ngoLwesine, uPagonis waya eTikTok - apho anabalandeli abazizigidi ezibini - ukubonisa imbasa yakhe yegolide. Kwividiyo, uPagonis ubonwa edanisa ngelixa ephethe imbasa yegolide. "Andiqinisekanga ukuba ndiziva njani," wachaza iklip. (Eyeleleneyo: Imbaleki yeParalympic ye-Paralympic Scout Bassett ekuBalulekeni koBuyiselo kwakhona - kwiimbaleki zayo yonke iminyaka)

Umdlali webhola ekhatywayo ebuntwaneni, uPagonis wakwazi ukubona de wafikelela kwiminyaka eli-9 ngaphambi kokuba umbono wakhe uqale ukuphela. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, wafunyaniswa ukuba une-Stargardt macular degeneration, isifo esinqabileyo se-retina, izicwili ezisemva kweliso ezenza ukukhanya, ngokwe-National Eye Institute. Kamva wafunyaniswa ukuba unesifo semfuza kunye ne-autoimmune retinopathy, ngokwewebhusayithi esemthethweni yeQela lase-USA, elichaphazela ne-retina. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, uPagonis waguqukela kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ukuze alwe neempikiswano ezinxulumene nabantu abangaboni kakuhle.

"Andizukuba yile nto abantu bacinga ukuba ubumfama kulapho bangenakwenza nto, abanakuze banxibe kakuhle, abanakuthambisa," utshilo, ngokwewebhusayithi esemthethweni yeQela USA. "Andizukuba ngulomntu. Ke bendifana, hmmm, mandenze ibassass ngokunokwenzeka."

Namhlanje, uPagonis wophula iirekhodi equleni kwaye uzakuba nethuba lokufumana iimbasa ezithe chatha kwiQela lase-USA xa ekhuphisana kukhuphiswano lweemitha ezingama-50 lwangolwesihlanu, i-medley yeemitha ezingama-200 yangoMvulo, kunye nolwesihlanu oluzayo lweemitha ezili-100.

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