Dan wasan ninkaya Becca Meyers ya janye daga wasannin Tokyo bayan da aka hana shi 'Kulawa mai ma'ana da mahimmanci'

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Gaban wasannin Paralympic na wata mai zuwa a Tokyo, mai wasan ninkaya Becca Meyers ta sanar a ranar Talata cewa ta janye daga gasar, inda ta bayyana cewa Kwamitin wasannin Olympic da Paralympic na Amurka ya “musanta” buƙatun ta na “madaidaiciya da mahimmin masauki” don samun mataimakiyar kulawa. na zabinta, ba ta "babu zabi" sai dai ta janye.

A cikin bayanan da aka raba a shafinta na Twitter da Instagram, Meyers-wacce ta kasance kurame tun haihuwarta kuma ta makance-ta ce dole ne ta yanke shawarar "yanke shawara mai ban haushi" don ficewa daga Wasan bayan an ba ta damar ikon kawo Mataimakin Mataimakiyar Kulawa, mahaifiyar Maria, zuwa Japan.

Meyers ta rubuta a cikin bayanan ta na Instagram, ta kara da cewa a maimakon barin kowane dan wasa PCA na sa a Tokyo, duka 34 Masu wasan ninkaya na nakasassu-tara daga cikinsu masu matsalar gani-za su raba PCA iri ɗaya saboda damuwar tsaro ta COVID-19. "Tare da Covid, akwai sabbin matakan tsaro da iyakoki ga ma'aikatan da ba su da mahimmanci a wurin," ta rubuta, ta kara da cewa, "da kyau haka, amma amintaccen PCA yana da mahimmanci a gare ni in gasa."

Meyers, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Paralympic sau shida, an haife shi da ciwon Usher, yanayin da ke shafar gani da ji. A cikin wani op-ed da aka buga Talata ta Amurka A Yau'Yar wasan mai shekaru 26 ta ce ta saba da tilasta mata zama cikin kwanciyar hankali a cikin yanayi mara dadi - gami da sanya abin rufe fuska na duniya da kuma nisantar da jama'a saboda cutar ta COVID-19, wacce ke hana ta iya karanta lebe - amma cewa Wasannin nakasassu "ana kyautata zaton za su zama mafakar 'yan wasa masu nakasa, wuri guda da za mu iya yin gasa a matakin wasa, tare da dukkan abubuwan more rayuwa, kariya, da tsarin tallafi." (Mai Dangantaka: Mutane Suna Zayyana Mashin Fuskantar DIY bayyanannu don kurame da wahalar ji)

USOPC ta amince da amfani da PCA ga Meyers tun daga 2017. Ta ce USOPC ta musanta bukatar ta "kan ainihin takunkumin COVID-19 da gwamnatin Japan ta yi," wanda kuma ya hana 'yan kallo shiga wasannin Olympics, a kokarin. yaki da yaduwar COVID-19 yayin da lamura ke ci gaba da hauhawa, a cewar BBC. "Na yi imanin raguwar ma'aikata ba da nufin rage adadin mahimman ma'aikatan tallafi ga Paralympians ba, kamar PCAs, amma don rage adadin ma'aikatan da ba su da mahimmanci," ta rubuta a ranar Talata a Amurka A Yau.

Meyers ya kara da ranar Talata yadda kasancewar PCA kawai ke ba wa 'yan wasan nakasassu damar yin gasa a manyan abubuwan da suka faru, kamar Paralympics. "Suna taimaka mana kewaya waɗannan wuraren na kasashen waje, tun daga kan tafkin ruwa, shiga cikin 'yan wasa zuwa neman inda za mu ci abinci. Amma babban goyon bayan da suke ba' yan wasa kamar ni shine yana ba mu ikon amincewa da kewayen mu-don jin daɗin gida don dan kankanin lokaci muna cikin wannan sabon yanayi, wanda ba a saba ba," in ji ta. (Mai Alaƙa: Kalli Wannan Mai Gudun Gudun Gani da Murkushe Tafarkin Farko na Ultramarathon)

Siffa ya tuntubi wakilin kwamitin wasannin Olympic da Paralympic na Amurka a ranar Laraba amma bai ji ba. A cikin wata sanarwa da aka rabawa Amurka A Yau, kwamitin ya ce, "Shawarar da muka yanke a madadin kungiyar ba ta kasance mai sauki ba, kuma mun damu da 'yan wasan da ba za su iya samun kayan tallafi na baya ba," ya kara da cewa, "muna da tabbacin matakin. goyon baya za mu baiwa Team USA kuma muna fatan samar musu da ingantaccen gogewar 'yan wasa har ma a lokutan da ba a taɓa gani ba. "

Tun daga lokacin Meyers ya sami tallafin tallafi a kafafen sada zumunta daga masoyan wasanni, 'yan siyasa, da masu rajin kare hakkin nakasassu. Dan wasan Tennis na Amurka Billie Jean King ya mayar da martani a shafin Twitter ranar Laraba, yana rokon USOPC da ta "yi abin da ya dace."

King ya rubuta cewa "Al'ummar nakasassu sun cancanci girmamawa, masauki, da gyare -gyaren da suke buƙata don samun nasara a rayuwa," in ji King. "Wannan yanayin abin kunya ne kuma mai sauƙin gyarawa. Becca Meyers ya cancanci mafi alheri."

Gwamna Larry Hogan na Maryland, mahaifar Meyers, ya sake maimaita irin wannan tunanin don tallafawa Meyers akan Twitter. "Abin kunya ne cewa bayan samun gurbin da ya dace, ana hana Becca ikon yin takara a Tokyo," in ji Hogan a ranar Talata. "Kwamitin wasannin Olympic da Paralympic na Amurka yakamata ya gaggauta sauya hukuncin da ya yanke."

Meyers kuma sun sami tallafi daga sanatocin Maryland, Chris Van Hollen da Ben Cardin, tare da Sanatan New Hampshire Maggie Hassan da kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo kurame Marlee Matlin, waɗanda suka kira shi "abin mamaki," ya kara da cewa annoba "ba dalili bane na musanta [naƙasassu] 'yancin samun dama ga jama'a." (Mai alaka: Wannan mata ta ci lambar zinare a gasar wasannin nakasassu bayan ta kasance a jihar ciyayi)

Dangane da Meyers, ta kammala bayanin ta na Instagram a ranar Talata inda ta bayyana cewa "tana magana ne ga tsararrakin 'yan wasan Paralympic da fatan ba za su taba jin zafin da na sha ba. Ya isa." Za a fara wasannin nakasassu na nakasassu a ranar 24 ga watan Agusta, kuma a nan tana fatan Meyers za ta sami tallafi da masauki da take bukata don shiga cikin 'yan uwanta masu ninkaya a Tokyo.

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