'Yar wasan nakasassu Melissa Stockwell Akan Alfaharin Amurka da Ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa

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Idan akwai abu ɗaya Melissa Stockwell ke ji a wannan lokacin, godiya ce. Gaban wasannin Paralympic na bazara a Tokyo, AmurkaTsohon soji ya samu rauni a wani hatsarin babur bayan da ya bi ta kan reshe kuma ya rasa ikon sarrafa babur. Stockwell ta koya daga likitoci cewa ta samu rauni a bayanta wanda zai hana ta samun horo na wasu makonni. Duk da tsananin tsoro, 'yar wasan mai shekaru 41 ta samu damar shiga gasar, inda ta zama ta biyar a gasar triathlon ta mata. A cikin shekara guda da ke cike da ƙalubale na jiki da cutar sankarau ta COVID-19, Stockwell ya yi godiya ga gwaninta a Tokyo.

"Ina nufin, Wasan daban ne, amma ina tsammanin hakan ya sa ya zama na musamman," in ji Stockwell Siffa. "[Bikin] bikin wasanni ne, ya sanya shi zuwa Tokyo. Kawai don kasancewa a can, yana da ban mamaki." (Mai dangantaka: Anastasia Pagonis ta lashe lambar zinare ta farko ta Amurka a gasar tseren nakasassu ta Tokyo a cikin Rubuce-Rubuce)

Stockwell, wanda ya lashe lambar tagulla daga Wasannin 2016 a Rio, ya fafata a gasar triathlon PTS2 a Tokyo wannan bazara, tare da Allysa Seely na USA USA ta lashe zinare. Don wasannin Paralympic, an haɗa 'yan wasa zuwa rarrabuwa daban -daban dangane da naƙasassun su don tabbatar da gasa mai kyau a ko'ina. Stockwell yana cikin rukunin PTS2, wanda shine ɗayan rarrabuwa ga masu fafatawa waɗanda ke amfani da ƙarfafawa, a cewar Wasannin NBC.

Komawa cikin 2004, rayuwar Stockwell ta canza har abada lokacin da ta zama sojan Amurka mace ta farko da ta rasa wata gaggawa a yakin Iraki. Motar da ita da rundunarsu ke shiga a lokacin ta tayar da bam a gefen titin Iraqi. "Na rasa kafata shekaru 17 da suka wuce, na je asibiti, kuma na gane cewa ina da sa'a sosai," in ji ta. “Wasu sojoji sun kewaye ni da raunukan da suka fi muni, don haka da wuya na ji tausayin kaina, kuma ina jin kamar irin wannan yana sanya al’amura a kowane fanni na rayuwata, shin har yanzu ina da ranaku marasa kyau? Tabbas, amma zan iya duba ko'ina don gane yadda muke da sa'ar samun abubuwan da muke da su."

Stockwell ta yi ritaya ta likita daga aikin soja a shekara ta 2005 sakamakon raunin da ta samu. Haka kuma ta samu Zuciyar Purple, wacce ake ba wa waɗanda aka kashe ko aka raunata a lokacin da suke aikin soja, da kuma Tauraron Bronze, wanda ake ba da shi don jarumtaka, hidima, ko kyakkyawar nasara ko hidima a yankin yaƙi. A waccan shekarar, John Register na Kwamitin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Olympics na Amurka da tsohon soja ya gabatar da ita ga Paralympics, wanda ya gabatar akan Wasannin a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Walter Reed a Maryland. Stockwell ya sha'awar ra'ayin sake wakiltar Amurka, amma a matsayin ɗan wasa, a cewar Wasannin NBC. Tare da wasannin nakasassu na Beijing na 2008 shekaru uku kacal a lokacin, Stockwell ta juya zuwa ruwa kuma ta yi iyo a wani bangare na gyaranta a Walter Reed. (Mai alaka: Mai wasan ninkaya Jessica Long ta ba da fifikon lafiyar kwakwalwar ta a cikin sabuwar hanya gaba da wasannin Tokyo)

Daga ƙarshe Stockwell ya ƙaura zuwa Colorado Springs, Colorado a 2007 don ci gaba da horo a Cibiyar Horar da Wasannin Olympics ta Amurka a Colorado Springs.. Shekara guda bayan haka, an nada ta cikin ƙungiyar wasan ninkaya ta Amurka ta 2008. Kodayake ba ta sami lambar yabo ba a Wasannin 2008, Stockwell daga baya ta mayar da hankali ga triathlon (wasanni wanda ya ƙunshi gudu, keke, da kuma iyo) kuma ya sami wuri a tawagar Amurka ta farko na para-triathlon a 2016. Kuma yayin da Stockwell ke tafiya. don ba wa kanta wani lokaci don ta narke kafin ta gano shirinta na gaba bayan Tokyo, mahaifiyar biyu tana fatan yin amfani da lokaci tare da 'ya'yanta, ɗan Dallas, 6, da 'yar Millie, 4, da mijinta Brian Tolsma.

"Lokacin da na fi so shine tare da iyalina, kuma a karshen mako mun tafi sansani," in ji ta. "Kuma ƙananan abubuwa kamar yin yawo a cikin unguwa tare da iyalina da kare. Kasancewa a gida da kewaye da mutanen da ke kusa da ni suna cikin abubuwan da na fi so in yi."

Bayan ta kusa da mafi so, sojoji har abada suna riƙe da matsayi na musamman a cikin zuciyar Stockwell. A wannan bazara, ta zama jakadiyar alama ga ChapStick - wanda ta kasance mai son dogon lokaci, BTW - yayin da alamar ke ci gaba da fafatawa da gwarzon Amurka. ChapStick kuma yana girmama da tallafawa masu ba da amsa na farko na soja ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da Operation Gratitude, mai zaman kanta wanda ke baiwa Amurkawa damar bayyana godiyarsu ga sojoji, tsoffin sojoji, da masu ba da amsa na farko ta hanyar wasiƙa da fakitin kulawa. Alamar kwanan nan ta fito da wani takaitaccen tsari na sanduna (Sayi Shi, $ 6, chapstick.com) wanda ke nuna fakitin tutar Amurka kuma ga kowane sanda da aka sayar, ChapStick zai ba da gudummawar itace ga Operation Gratitude. Bugu da ƙari, ChapStick (wanda ya tallafa wa sojojin Amurka tun lokacin yakin duniya na biyu) ya ba da $ 100,000 ta hanyar samfuri da gudummawar kuɗi zuwa Operation Gratitude, wanda zai taimaka wajen cikawa da jigilar kayan aikin kulawa ga jarumawan Amurka.

"Na kasance mai son ChapStick da gaske muddin zan iya tunawa," in ji Stockwell. "Kullum ina tare da shi, koyaushe yana tare da ni, irin zowa ne don zama jakadan alama."

Tare da bikin cika shekaru 20 na Satumba 11, 2001, yana gabatowa, Stockwell kuma ta yi tunani game da juriyar Amurka da abin da ta raba da 'ya'yanta ƙanana. "Ranar 11 ga Satumba rana ce da nake yi a kowace shekara. Ina tsammanin kuna murnar juriyar Amurka; kuna bikin waɗancan Amurkawa cewa, maimakon gudu daga wani gini da ke cin wuta, sai suka shiga cikinsa don ceto 'yan uwansu. nuna Girman kai na Amurka," in ji ta. "Yara na, a fili suna 4 da 6 (shekaru) kuma suna farawa. don fahimtar abubuwa, amma, a duk lokacin da zan iya, ina raba musu abin da sojojinmu suke yi, abin da muka yi, abin da suke a ciki. yunifom din ya sadaukar da fatan cewa za su gane irin sa'ar da suka yi ta rayuwa a inda suke. "

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