I-Trampoline Gymnast Charlotte Drury ivula malunga nokuchongwa kwesifo seswekile ngaphambi nje kweeOlimpiki zaseTokyo.

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Indlela eya kwiiOlimpiki zaseTokyo ibiyinto ejijekileyo kuninzi lweembaleki. Kuye kwafuneka bajonge ukuhlehliswa unyaka wonke ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19. Kodwa i-trampoline yokuzivocavoca umzimba uCharlotte Drury wayenomnye umqobo ongalindelekanga owaphosa indlela yakhe ngo-2021: ukufumanisa ukuba unesifo seswekile sokuqala.

UDrury kutshanje uvule ngohambo lwakhe ku-Instagram, eveza indlela "ebeziva "engekho" iinyanga ezikhokelela kuvavanyo lwe-Olimpiki ka-2021 kodwa wayibhengeza "kudandatheko olunxulunyaniswa nemizabalazo yokuphila noqeqesho kunye nokuya esikolweni. kwindyikitya yokufa. " Ukufika kwakhe kwikampu yeQela leSizwe leGymnastics ngo-Matshi, nangona kunjalo, iimbaleki eneminyaka eyi-25 yaqonda ukuba kukho into embi.

"Ndichithe unyaka ophelileyo ndijija iesile lam ndityhala noqeqesho olunzima ebomini bam ukuba ndibonakale kwikampu yeqela lesizwe ngoMatshi kwaye ndibukele amanye amantombazana enditsibela ngeemayile," kwabelwana ngoDrury ku-Instagram.

Endleleni egodukayo evela enkampini, uDrury uthe uthathe isigqibo sokumamela "ilizwi elinengxolo ngaphakathi kwentloko yakhe elalimxelela ukuba kukho into engalunganga." Wenza idinga kunye nogqirha wakhe waza wenza umsebenzi wegazi. Kamva ngala mini, u-Drury wafumana iindaba eziguqula ubomi kugqirha wakhe: Wayenesifo seswekile sokuqala kwaye kufuneka "kulandelwe ngokungxamisekileyo". UDrury emva koko wakhumbula impendulo yakhe yamagama amathathu: "… Uxolo yintoni."

Uhlobo lwe-1 yeswekile lwenzeka xa umzimba ungavelisi i-insulin, ihomoni esetyenziswa ngumzimba wakho ukusebenzisa i-glucose yamandla, kwaye inokwenzeka nakweyiphi na iminyaka, ngokutsho kwe-American Diabetes Association. Udidi lwesi-2 lweswekile, olona hlobo luxhaphakileyo, lubakho xa umzimba ungayisebenzisi kakuhle i-insulin.

Ukuphendula kuxilongo, uDrury walumisa okomzuzwana uqeqesho lwakhe, engaqinisekanga ukuba angaqhubela njani phambili.

“Andizange ndizilolonge iveki yonke,” watsho njalo uDrury. Andikhange ndicinge nokucinga ngokuqhubeka nejim.Oku kwakuvakala kungenakuphepheka kwaye kusoyikeka, kwaye kwakungekho ndlela yokuba ndikwazi ukulawula uxilongo olutshintsha ubomi kwaye ndingene kwimilo yeOlimpiki kwangethuba kulingo lokuqala kwiiveki ezintathu. "

Kodwa ngoncedo lomqeqeshi uLogan Dooley, owayesakuba ngumthambo womzimba weOlimpiki, nabanye, uDrury "waqala wafumanisa indlela yokuyilawula kwaye wagqiba ekubeni anike yonke into endinayo kwezemidlalo kwithuba elincinane ebendilishiyile."

Kwiinyanga ezintathu kamva, u-Drury wathi uchebe amanqaku alithoba kuvavanyo lwe-hemoglobin (okanye i-A1C), elinganisa ipesenti yeswekile yegazi eqhotyoshelwe kwiprotein ye-hemoglobin ethwala ioksijini kwiiseli zakho ezibomvu zegazi. Kubalulekile ukubeka iliso kuba amanqanaba akho e-A1C aphezulu, aphezulu umngcipheko weengxaki zeswekile, ngokutsho kweKliniki yaseMayo. Ngoku ebotshiwe eTokyo, uDrury unombulelo ukuba wakwazi ukunyamezela.

“Amagama awakwazi ukuchaza indlela obunzima ngayo lo nyaka… kodwa kubo bonke ubunzima, ndiyazingca ngokungazincami,” utshilo uDrury. "Ndifumanise ukuba ndinamandla kunokuba ndicinga."

I-Drury ifumene ukuthululwa kwenkxaso evela kwii-Olympians ezidlulileyo ukususela ekuvuleni malunga nohambo lwakhe lwezempilo, kuquka i-gymnast gymnast McKayla Maroney kunye noLaurie Hernandez.

"Uyinkuthazo yam. Uzingise kwizinto ezingazange ndibonwe mntu - ngokwenene ndiyawoyika amandla akho yonke imihla. Ndiyakuthanda enyangeni," watsho uMaroney, owafumana iimbasa zegolide nezesilivere. kwiMidlalo yaseLondon ka-2021.

UHernandez, imbasa yegolide evela kwii-Olimpiki zasehlotyeni zika-2016 eRio de Janeiro, ubhale wathi, "Ndihlala ndisoyika wena, kwaye ke, ndiyazingca ngawe."

UDooley ngokwakhe wanikezela ngenkxaso yakhe kuluntu kuDrury, echaza ukuba "unekratshi elingathethekiyo" njani ngaye.

"Lo ibingunyaka onzima; nangona kunjalo, uyaqhubeka nokubonakalisa amandla akho kwaye [hlala] unyanisile kwiinjongo zakho kwaye uhlala ukhuthaza abo bakungqongileyo," utshilo u-Dooley kwi-Instagram yakhe.

NgeMidlalo yaseTokyo ecwangciselwe ukuqalisa nge-23 kaJulayi, iDrury kunye neQela lase-USA liya kuba nenkxaso evela kwabanye abadlali kunye nababukeli ababukele kude - nokuba lo nyaka unzima ubaphathele ntoni.

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