Melissa Stockwell onye na -eme egwuregwu Paralympian na Nganga America na Echiche Ndị Na -akpali akpali

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Ọ bụrụ na enwere otu ihe Melissa Stockwell na-enwe n'oge a, ọ bụ ekele. Tupu egwuregwu Paralympic nke oge okpomọkụ a na Tokyo, U.S.E merụrụ onye agha ndị agha ahụ n'ihe mberede igwe kwụ otu ebe ka ọ gafesịrị ngalaba ma kwụsịkwa igwe kwụ otu ebe. Stockwell mụtara n'aka ndị dọkịta na ọ nwere mmerụ azụ nke ga -amachibido ya ọzụzụ maka izu ole na ole. N'agbanyeghị oke egwu, onye na-eme egwuregwu dị afọ 41 nwere ike ịsọ mpi n'egwuregwu, na-etinye nke ise na asọmpi triathlon ụmụ nwanyị. N'ime otu afọ jupụtara na nsogbu anụ ahụ yana ọrịa COVID-19 na-efe efe, Stockwell nwere ekele maka ahụmịhe ahụ na Tokyo.

"M pụtara, ọ bụ egwuregwu dị nnọọ iche, mana echere m na ọ mere ka ọ bụrụ ihe pụrụ iche," Stockwell na-agwa Ọdịdị. "[Ọ bụ ememe egwuregwu, na-eme ya na Tokyo. Naanị ịnọ ebe ahụ, ọ dị ịtụnanya." (Nke metụtara: Anastasia Pagonis meriri Medal Gold Gold nke Otu USA na Tokyo Paralympics In Fashion-Breaking Fashion)

Stockwell, onye nwetara ihe nrite ọla sitere na egwuregwu 2016 na Rio, gbara asọmpi na triathlon PTS2 na Tokyo n'oge ọkọchị a, ya na Team USA's Allysa Seely meriri ọla edo. Maka mmemme Paralympic, a na -ekekọta ndị na -eme egwuregwu na ọkwa dị iche iche dabere na nkwarụ ha iji hụ na asọmpi ziri ezi gburugburu. Stockwell nọ na otu PTS2, nke bụ otu nhazi ọkwa maka ndị na -asọ mpi na -eji mgbatị ahụ, dịka Egwuregwu NBC.

Laa azụ na 2004, ndụ Stockwell gbanwere ruo mgbe ebighị ebi mgbe ọ ghọrọ nwanyị mbụ agha America tụfuru aka na agha Iraq. Ụgbọ ala ya na ndị otu ya na -abanye n'oge ahụ, ogbunigwe dara n'akụkụ okporo ụzọ Iraq. Ọ sịrị: "Afọ 17 gara aga tụfuru m, agara m ụlọ ọgwụ, achọpụtara m n'ezie na enwere m chi ọma." "Ndị agha ndị ọzọ nwere mmerụ ahụ ka njọ gbara m gburugburu, n'ihi ya, ọ na-esiri m ike imere onwe m ebere, ọ na-adịkwa m ka ụdị ahụ na-etinye ihe n'echiche n'akụkụ ọ bụla nke ndụ m. M ka nwere ụbọchị ọjọọ? N'ezie, mana enwere m ike ilegharị anya wee ghọta otú obi dị anyị ụtọ inwe ihe ndị anyị nwere."

Stockwell lara ezumike nká na ahụike na ndị agha na 2005 mgbe ọ merụrụ ahụ. Ọ nwetakwara Obi Purple, nke a na-enye ndị e gburu ma ọ bụ merụrụ ahụ mgbe ha na-eje ozi na ndị agha, yana Bronze Star, bụ nke a na-enye maka mmezu dị egwu, ọrụ, ma ọ bụ nnukwu mmeri ma ọ bụ ọrụ na mpaghara ọgụ. N'otu afọ ahụ, John Register nke Kọmitii Olympic nke US Paralympic Military na Veteran Program, onye gosipụtara ya n'egwuregwu ahụ na Walter Reed Medical Center na Maryland, kpọbatara ya na Paralympics. Stockwell nwere mmasị na echiche ịnọchite anya US ọzọ, mana dịka onye na -eme egwuregwu, dị ka Egwuregwu NBC. Site na 2008 Paralympics Beijing naanị afọ atọ pụọ n'oge ahụ, Stockwell tụgharịrị na mmiri wee gwu mmiri dị ka akụkụ nke nhazigharị ya na Walter Reed. (Nke metụtara: Onye na -egwu mmiri Paralympic Jessica Long butere ahụike uche ya ụzọ niile tupu egwuregwu Tokyo)

Stockwell mechara kwaga Colorado Springs, Colorado na 2007 ka ọ gaa n'ihu na-azụ ọzụzụ na US Olympic Training Center na Colorado Springs. Otu afọ ka e mesịrị, a kpọrọ ya aha na 2008 US Paralympic Swim team. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụghị ihe nrite na egwuregwu 2008, Stockwell mesịrị gbanwee uche na triathlon (egwuregwu nke gụnyere ịgba ọsọ, ịgba ígwè, na igwu mmiri) wee nweta otu ntụpọ na Team USA's inaugural para-triathlon squad na 2016. Ma mgbe Stockwell na-aga. iji nye onwe ya oge igwu ala tupu ịkọwapụta atụmatụ ọdịnihu ya na Tokyo, nne nke ụmụ abụọ na-atụ anya iso ụmụ ya, nwa nwoke Dallas, 6, na nwa nwanyị Millie, 4, na di Brian Tolsma.

"Oge kacha amasị m bụ na ezinụlọ m, na ngwụcha izu a, anyị gara maa ụlọikwuu," ka ọ na-ekwu. "Na obere ihe dị ka isoro ezinụlọ m na nkịta na -ejegharị na gburugburu. Ịnọ n'ụlọ na ịbụ ndị ndị kacha nọrọ m nso so n'ihe kacha amasị m ime."

Ewezuga onye kacha dịrị ya nso na onye ọ hụrụ n'anya, ndị agha na -enwe ebe pụrụ iche n'obi Stockwell. N'oge ọkọchị a, ọ ghọrọ onye nnọchi anya ika maka ChapStick - nke ọ bụ onye na -akwado ogologo oge, BTW - ka ika ahụ na -aga n'ihu na -agbachitere ndị dike America. ChapStick na-asọpụrụ ma na-akwado ndị na-aza ajụjụ ndị agha mbụ site na mmekorita ya na Operation Gratitude, nke na-anaghị akwụ ụgwọ nke na-enyere ndị America aka igosi ekele ha maka ndị agha, ndị agha, na ndị na-aza ajụjụ mbụ site na akwụkwọ ozi na nchịkọta nlekọta. Akara ahụ wepụtara mkpisi osisi nwere oke (Zụrụ ya, $6, chapstick.com) na-egosipụta nkwakọ ngwaahịa ọkọlọtọ America na maka osisi ọ bụla erere, ChapStick ga-enye osisi maka ekele ọrụ. Ọzọkwa, ChapStick (nke kwadoro ndị agha US kemgbe Agha IIwa nke Abụọ) enyela $100,000 site na ngwaahịa na onyinye ego na Ọrụ ekele, nke ga-enyere aka mejupụta na ibuga ngwugwu nlekọta na ndị dike America.

Stockwell kwuru, "A bụ m onye na -akwado ChapStick ogologo oge m nwere ike icheta." "M na-enwe ya mgbe niile, ọ na-anọnyere m mgbe niile, ọ bụ ụdị bịa zuru okirikiri ịbụ onye nnọchianya ika."

Site na ncheta afọ iri abụọ nke Septemba 11, 2001, na -abịaru nso, Stockwell tụgharịkwara uche na ntachi obi America na ihe ya na ụmụ ya kerịtara. "Septemba 11 bụ ụbọchị m na -eme emume kwa afọ. Echere m na ị na -eme mmemme ike America; ị na -eme ememme ndị America na, kama ịgbapụ n'ụlọ na -ere ọkụ, ha batara n'ime ya ịzọpụta ndị America ibe ha. gosi Nganga America," ka o kwuru. "Ụmụ m, o doro anya na ha bụ 4 na 6 [afọ] ma na -amalite. Ịghọta ihe, mana, mgbe ọ bụla m nwere ike, m na -eso ha ekerịta ihe ndị agha anyị na -eme, ihe anyị mere, ihe ndị nọ Uwe ojii achụọla àjà n'olileanya na ha ghọtara otú obi dị ha ụtọ ibi n'ebe ha na-eme."

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