Indadi ye-Paralympic uJessica ixesha elide wayibeka phambili impilo yakhe yengqondo ngendlela entsha ngaphambi kweMidlalo yaseTokyo.

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Imidlalo ye-Paralympic ka-2020 imiselwe ukuqala eTokyo kule veki, kwaye indadi yaseMelika uJessica Long akakwazi kuzibamba yimincili. Ukulandela ukuphuma "okunzima" eRio Paralympics ngo-2016 - ngelo xesha, wayenengxaki yokutya kunye nokwenzakala kwamagxa - Ixesha elide ngoku liziva "lilunge ngenene" ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo. Kwaye ngumbulelo, ngokuyinxenye, ukubeka phambili impilo-ntle yakhe ngendlela entsha ngokupheleleyo.

"Kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo ndiye ndasebenza ngokwenyani kwimpilo yam yengqondo kwaye ndabona ugqirha - nto leyo ehlekisayo, kwaye ndicinga ukuba ukuya kunyango ndiza kuthetha ngako konke ukudada, kwaye ukuba ikhona into, andikhe ndithethe ngayo. ukuqubha,” utshilo uLongUbume. (Eyeleleneyo: Kutheni wonke umntu kufuneka azame unyango ubuncinci kanye)

Nangona ixesha elide ebhukuda ngokukhuphisana iminyaka - emenza ukuba abe liParalympic bt eneminyaka eyi-12 e-Athene, eGrisi- iimbaleki eneminyaka engama-29 ubudala iyayazi ukuba lo mdlalo Inxalenye yobomi bakhe hayi bonke ubomi bakhe. "Ndicinga ukuba xa ungahlula-hlula ezi zinto zimbini, kwaye, ndisenalo uthando lwalo, ndisenomdla wokuphumelela, kwaye ndinomdla wokuba yeyona nto ibalaseleyo endinokuba kuyo kwezemidlalo, kodwa ndiyazi ekupheleni usuku, kukuqubha nje, "ucacisa uLong. "Kwaye ndicinga ukuba yinyani, incede ngokwenene ngempilo yam yengqondo ndilungiselela ukuya eTokyo." (Idibeneyo: 4 Izifundo eziBalulekileyo zeMpilo yeNgqondo Wonke umntu kufuneka azi, ngokweNzululwazi ngengqondo)

I-Paralympian yesibini ehlotshiswe kakhulu kwimbali yase-U.S. Wazalelwa eSiberia enemeko engaqhelekanga eyaziwa ngokuba yi<em>fibular hemimelia, apho i<em>fibulae (i-shin bones), amathambo onyawo namaqatha angakhuli kakuhle. Kwiinyanga ezili-13 ubudala, wamkelwa kwikhaya leenkedama laseRussia ngabazali baseMelika uSteve no-Elizabeth Long. Kwiinyanga ezintlanu kamva, yomibini imilenze yakhe yanqunyulwa ngaphantsi kwamadolo ukuze afunde ukuhamba esebenzisa imilenze yofakelo.

Ukususela esemncinci, uLong wayesebenza kwaye edlala imidlalo efana nejimnastics, ibasketball, kunye nokunyuka kwamatye, ngokwe NBC Sports. Kodwa kwade kwaba li-10 leminyaka ubudala ukuba ajoyine iqela lokudada elinokhuphiswano- emva koko walungela iQela le-Paralympic yase-US kwiminyaka emibini kamva. "Ndiyakuthanda ukuqubha; ndiyayithanda yonke into endiyinikiweyo," utshilo uLong ngeminyaka yakhe ye-19 yomsebenzi, iinxalenye zazo zabhalwa kwintengiso ekhuthazayo yeSuper Bowl yeToyota ibhiyozela ii-Olimpiki zalo nyaka kunye neMidlalo yeParalympic. "Xa ndijonga emva ebomini bam, ndithi, 'Owu nkosi yam, ngaba ndidada ihlabathi lonke? Zingaphi iimayile endizidadayo ngokwenene?'

Namhlanje, irejimeni yoqeqesho olude iqulathe ukolula kusasa kunye nokuzilolonga iiyure ezimbini. Emva koko ucinezela kwelinye icala ngaphambi kokuba axhume equleni kwakhona ngokuhlwa. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ubuze, hayi, ishedyuli kaLong ayiqubha yonke kwaye akukho ukuzikhathalela. Ngapha koko, uLong uhlala eziphathela "imihla yam," ebandakanya i-R&R kwi-tub."Xa ndidiniwe okanye ndisebenze kakhulu okanye ndiziqhelanisa nzima, kulapho kufuneka ndithathe inyathelo kwaye ndicinge, 'Kulungile, kufuneka uthathe ixesha lakho, kufuneka ungene kwindawo yokutyela. ingqondo elungileyo, 'kwaye enye yeendlela zam endizithandayo zokwenza oko kukuyibuyisela embindini, "utshilo uLong. "Ndiyakuthanda ukuthatha iibhafu zetyuwa e-Epsom. Ndiyakuthanda ukubeka ikhandlela, ndifunda incwadi, kwaye ndithatha nje umzuzwana." (Eyeleleneyo: Gxila kwi-Self-Care ngezi Mveliso zeBhafu ziNtofontofo)

Ubala ixesha elide uGqr Teal's Epsom Soaking Solution (Yithenge, $5, amazon.com) njengendawo yakhe yokuya ekuncedeni ukuthomalalisa iintlungu neentlungu. "Ndijikelezisa iingalo zam amawaka amaxesha," , ukuthatha usuku, kwaye ndiziva njalo, ndingakholeleki, ”utshilo.

Kwaye ngelixa uLong ekulungele ukuthatha iToyko -- singasathethi ngeMidlalo yeParalympiki eParis ngo-2024 naseLos Angeles ngo-2028, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba yimidlalo yokugqibela yobomi bakhe - wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukugcina ingqondo yakhe ilungile kunye nawo nawaphi na amathandabuzo. ibheyi. "Kum, ndicinga ukuba sonke thina badlali sinokunxulumana, kunye nomlinganiselo woxinzelelo," kuchaza uLong. Kwaye ngelixa u-Long elungile ngokungqiyama kuxinzelelo "kancinci," uyazi ukuba ilixesha lokubuya umva ukuze azithintele ekucingeni kakhulu. Nangaliphi na ixesha ndicinga ngeTokyo okanye ugqatso ngalunye okanye ukufikelela kwintsebenzo, ndifuna ukucinga ngento entle kakhulu, utshilo. (Inxulumene: I-Simone Biles inyathela kude kwi-Olimpiki yile nto kanye emenza ukuba abe yi-GOT)

Ngokuphathelele yeyiphi ixesha elide elijonge phambili emva kokuba nokuqokelela izixhobo ezininzi eTokyo? Ukuhlangana kwakhona okumnandi kunye nosapho kunye nomyeni wakhe uLucas Winters, awatshata naye ngo-Okthobha ka-2019. "Andizange ndilubone usapho lwam ukusukela ngo-Epreli, kwaye andikaze ndimbone umyeni wam ukusukela.... -isiqingatha seenyanga, "utshilo uLong, obeziqeqesha eColorado Springs. "Nguye oza kundithatha xa ndichukumisa ngoSeptemba 4, kwaye sele sibala."

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