Kutheni le mbaleki ye-Elite ilungile kwaye ingaze yenziwe kwi-Olimpiki

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Ulwakhiwo lweMidlalo yeOlimpiki luzaliswe ngamabali eembaleki kwincopho yemisebenzi yabo yokwenza izinto ezintle, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha amabali angaphumeleliyo ayakhuthaza-kwaye ayinyani. Thatha ibali lembaleki uJulia Lucas, owayedubule waya kwii-Olimpiki zika-2012 kugqatso lweemitha ezingama-5 000. Ungene kuvavanyo lweqela le-Olimpiki yaseMelika kwiTrack and Field kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo njengesihlangu ukuze agqibe kwindawo yesithathu ephezulu kwaye adlulele eLondon. (Ukuthetha ngezilingo zeOlimpiki, iSimone Biles 'engenasiphelo kumgangatho wendlela iya kukufumana ulungele iRio.)

Kodwa umahluko phakathi kwethemba le-Olympian kunye ne-Olimpiki lithemba nje lekhulu lesibini. Ngexesha lovavanyo, uLucas wazityhala waya ngaphambili kwipakethi enemijikelo embalwa kuphela, kodwa akazange akwazi ukubamba ukhokelo. Ulahlekelwe ngumsi kwaye wawela umgca wokugqibela nge-15: 19.83, imizuzwana nje eyi -04 emva kwendawo yokugqiba indawo yesithathu. Isihlwele sabantu abangama-20 000 e-Oregon eHayward Field eyaziwayo sahlutha kanyekanye, siqonda ukuba amaphupha ka-Lucas Olimpiki apheliswa. “Ndiphulukene nayo ngendlela emangalisayo kwinyathelo lokugqibela logqatso,” ukhumbula oko oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala.

Kwakungekho xesha lokuzisola. ULucas kwafuneka agcine isilevu sakhe kwaye ahambe emva kogqatso lwenkqubo, ehlaziya ukugqiba okubuhlungu phambi kweendaba kwaye emva koko waya kwindawo yokuvavanya iziyobisi kunye nabathathu abaphumeleleyo be-Olimpiki ababekwilifu elisithoba. Kuxa waye wagoduka apho waqala khona ukunyaniseka. "Ndithe ekugqibeleni ndakuba ndedwa ndaza ndaqonda ukuba le yinto yokwenene, kulapho kwaba lusizi nyani, kunye nemiphumela yemihla ngemihla ye-ho-hum yokungaphumeleli. " uthi.

Ngokukhawuleza waqonda ukuba u-Eugene, Oregon, apho wayehlala khona kwaye eqeqesha ugqatso olukhulu, wayengasayi kuphinda asebenze. Wafumana indlela yakhe ebuyela kwiindlela ezinomoya emahlathini nasezintabeni zaseNyakatho Carolina, apho waqala khona ukusebenza kwaye kamva wakhuphisana ekholejini. Ndaya kwindawo apho ndinokukhumbula khona ukuba ndiyayithanda lento, utshilo. “Kwaye kwasebenza kakuhle kakhulu,” utshilo. "Ndiye ndakuthanda ukubaleka kwakhona kunokuba ndikucaphukele."

Buyela eNorth Carolina, uqhubeke nokubaleka ngokukhuphisana iminyaka emibini. "Ndifuna ibali lokuba ndizichongele i-bootstraps, kwaye ndoyisa oko kulahleka, kwaye yayiyinkululeko, kwaye ndaya kwi-Olimpiki," utshilo. Leyo inedrama kunye nesiphelo esonwabisayo esifunwa libali ngalinye lezemidlalo, akunjalo? "Kodwa andiphili ubomi beDisney," utshilo uLucas. "Umlingo wawuphelile." (Funda ngakumbi ngezi zizathu zi-5 zilahlekileyo iNkuthazo Yakho.) Wayengasenako ukuzifumana sele egxothiwe, ngoko wayeka ugqatso olubandayo, wabeka emva kwakhe amaphupha akhe e-Olimpiki, waza wathembisa ukuba akasayi kubaleka ugqatso unyaka wonke. Kwenye indawo apha endleleni, uLucas waqonda ukuba anganempembelelo enkulu ekusebenzeni neembaleki eziqhelekileyo kunangaphambili njengeOlimpiki. "Ndiqaphele ukuba ixesha lokubaleka lindiphakamisile kuxa ndibone umzamo wokwenene uvela ebantwini, utshilo. "Ukubona iinzame ezingathandabuzekiyo zisihla kumkhondo-kukho into entle apho endifuna ukuzibandakanya nayo."

ULucas ubona loo mzamo ngoku uvela kwiimbaleki zemihla ngemihla njengoMqeqeshi we-Nike + Run kwiSixeko saseNew York, apho aqeqesha khona amaqela eembaleki zasekhaya, ezingezona eziphakamileyo kunye ne-doles ngaphandle kwee-nuggets ezininzi zobungcali bobomi bokwenyani. "Ndiye ndafumana ukwenzakala okanye ingxaki okanye ukungaqiniseki nabani na ekubalekeni, ukuba idolo labo libuhlungu ngendlela endiyiqhelileyo, ndiyakwazi ukubanceda," utsho. (Entsha ukubaleka? Khuthazeka Ngezi Minigoals.)

Luvuselele uthando lwakhe kwezemidlalo ngakumbi. "Ndicinga ukuba ndiyakuthanda ukubaleka ngakumbi, kodwa uthando lwam luya lubanzi, utshilo. "Ndifumana ukwabelana naye wonke umntu." Kubandakanya i-10,000-kunye nabantu abalandela iakhawunti yakhe ye-Instagram ekhuthazayo. "Ingcinga yokukhuthaza omnye umntu iyandikhuthaza," utshilo uLucas. Umsebenzi ufezekisiwe.

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