I-Paralympians yase-US ekugqibeleni iza kuhlawulwa kangangomngxunya we-Olympians kwiiMbasa zabo eziphumeleleyo

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Le midlalo yeParalympic yeli hlobo eTokyo ikwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ukusuka, kwaye okokuqala, iiParalympians zase-US ziya kufumana umvuzo ofanayo noogxa babo beOlimpiki ukusuka ekuqaleni.

Ukulandela iiOlimpiki zasebusika zika-2018 ePyeongchang, i-United States ye-Olimpiki kunye neParalympic Committee yazisa ukuba bobabini i-Olimpiki kunye neParalympian bazakufumana ukuhlawulwa ngokulinganayo ngokusebenza kweembasa. Kwaye ke, iParalympians ephumelele iimbasa ngexesha leMidlalo yaseBusika ka-2018 ifumene intlawulo yokubuyisela emva ngokwezixhobo zabo. Ngeli xesha, nangona kunjalo, ubungakanani bemivuzo phakathi kwabo bonke iimbaleki buya kuphunyezwa kwasekuqaleni, okwenza iMidlalo yaseTokyo ibaluleke nangakumbi kubakhuphiswano beParalympic.

Ngoku, ndiyazi ukuba ucinga ntoni: Linda, iiParalympians kunye neeOlimpiki bafumana imali ngaphandle kwaleyo yenkxaso yabo? Ewe, ewe, bayayenza kwaye yonke inxalenye yenkqubo ebizwa ngokuba yi "Operation Gold."

Ngokusisiseko, iimbaleki zaseMelika zivuzwa isixa esithile semali kwi-USOPC ngembasa nganye abayigodusa nayo kwiMidlalo yaseBusika okanye yasehlotyeni. Ngaphambili, le nkqubo yanikezela iiOlimpiki i $ 37,500 yokuphumelela imbasa nganye yegolide, i $ 22,500 yesilivere, kunye ne- $ 15,000 yobhedu. Ngokuthelekisa, iimbaleki zeParalympic zifumene nje i-7 500 yeedola kwimedali nganye yegolide, $ 5,250 yesilivere, kunye ne-3,750 yeedola ngebronze. Ngexesha leMidlalo yaseTokyo, nangona kunjalo, zombini iimbasa zeOlimpiki kunye nezeParalympic (ekugqibeleni) ziya kufumana imali efanayo, zifumana i-37,500 yeedola kwimedali nganye yegolide, i-22,500 yeedola zesilivere, kunye ne-15,000 yeedola kubhedu. (Idibeneyo: Iimbaleki ezi-6 zaBasetyhini zithetha ngokuHlawula ngokuLinganayo kwabaseTyhini)

Ngexesha lesibhengezo sokuqala malunga notshintsho oludala, uSarah Hirschland, i-CEO ye-USOPC, uthe kwisiteyitimenti: "Ii-Paralympians ziyinxalenye yembaleki yethu kwaye kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba siyayivuza ngokufanelekileyo impumelelo yabo. . Utyalo-mali lwethu lwezemali kwi-US Paralympics kunye neembaleki esizisebenzelayo ziphezulu kakhulu, kodwa le yayiyenye indawo apho kukho ukungangqinelani kumzekelo wethu wenkxaso-mali esivakalelwa kukuba kufuneka siyitshintshe. (Related: IiParalympians Zabelana ngeeNdlela zabo zokuSebenza zoSuku lwaBasetyhini lwaMazwe ngaMazwe)

Kutshanje, imbaleki yaseRashiya yaseMelika, uTatyana McFadden, ophumelele imbasa yeParalympic kangangezihlandlo ezili-17, uye wavula umlomo ngotshintsho lwemivuzo kudliwano-ndlebe no. Inyibiba, echaza ukuba imenza azive njani "exabisekile." "Ndiyazi ukuba oko kuvakala kubuhlungu ukutsho," kodwa ukufumana umvuzo olinganayo kwenza umkhondo weembaleki oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala kwaye azive ngathi sifana nabanye abadlali, njengayo nayiphi na iOlimpiki. " (Eyeleleneyo: UKatrina Gerhard Usixelela ukuba kunjani ukuqeqeshelwa iiMarathons kwisitulo esinamavili)

U-Andrew Kurka, umtyibilizi weParalympic Alpine okhubazekileyo ukusuka esinqeni ukuhla, uxelele INew York Times Ngo-2019 ukuba ukunyusa umvuzo kwamvumela ukuba athenge indlu. “Kukuthotywa kwe-emele, siyifumana kanye emva kweminyaka emine, kodwa yenza umahluko omkhulu,” utshilo.

Yonke le nto ithethwayo, umtsi ukuya kulingano lokwenyani kwiimbaleki zeParalympic zisafuneka, kunye nendadi u-Becca Meyers engumzekelo obalaseleyo. Ebutsheni bale nyanga, uMeyers, owazalwa esisithulu kwaye eyimfama, warhoxa kwimidlalo yaseTokyo emva kokwaliwa ngumncedisi. “Ndinomsindo, ndidanile, kodwa ngaphezu kwako konke, ndibuhlungu ngokungamela ilizwe lam,” ubhale watsho uMeyers kwingxelo ye-Instagram. Ukuhlawulwa ngokulinganayo, nangona kunjalo, linyathelo elibalulekileyo elingenakuphikiswa lokuvala isikhewu phakathi kweeParalympian neeOlimpiki.

Ngokufana neembaleki zeOlimpiki, iiParalympian ziqokelela kwihlabathi liphela qho emva kweminyaka emine kwaye zikhuphisane emva kweeOlimpiki zaseBusika naseHlobo ngokwahlukeneyo. Kukho imidlalo engama-22 yasehlotyeni egunyaziswe yiKomiti yeParalympic yeHlabathi, kubandakanya ukutola, ukukhwela ibhayisikile kunye nokuqubha, phakathi kwabanye. Ngemidlalo yeParalympic yalo nyaka iqala ngoLwesithathu, nge-25 ka-Agasti ukuya ngeCawa, nge-5 kaSeptemba, abalandeli abasuka kwihlabathi liphela banokuvuya kwiimbaleki zabo abazithandayo besazi ukuba abaphumeleleyo ekugqibeleni bafumene intlawulo ebafaneleyo.

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