Oksana Masters: 'Imidlalo ngokwenene indifundise ukuba kulungile ukukhupha imilenze yam phambi kwabantu kwaye ndibe namandla'

2024-09-09 11:12:27

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(CNN)Ngoku uneembasa ezili-19 zeParalympic egameni lakhe kuzo zonke ezine zeMidlalo yaseHlotyeni naseBusika - ngaphezu kokuba iimbaleki ezininzi zinokuphupha ngazo.

Ukanti imbaleki yeQela laseMelika u-Oksana Masters uthi “usenezinto ezininzi” ezimkhuthazayo ngaphambi kweMidlalo yeParalympic - kuquka nokukhusela iimbasa zegolide ezimbini zokukhwela ibhayisekile azifumene eTokyo. Kwaye ngoLwesine, uphumelele kanye loo nto, ephumelele imbasa yakhe yesibini yegolide kwiMidlalo yaseParis kugqatso lwendlela i-H5 emva kokukhusela iwonga lakhe lexesha le-H4-5 ngoLwesithathu.

“Iphupha lam kukuvuselela uthando lokukhwela ibhayisekile kunye nento enokwenzeka kwibhayisekile ngokukhwela ibhayisekile ngesandla, nokukhulisa ibala labasetyhini kwibhayisekile, ngakumbi eMelika. Ndingathanda ukuba lapho e-LA, ”utshilo ugqatso, ejonge kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki ka-2028 yaseLos Angeles.

“Ndingathanda ukugqiba lo mgca wokugqibezela kunye neembaleki zeQela lase-USA, ndibona eli lifa liqhubeka kwikamva,” wongeze watsho.

Kulo nyaka, iiMasters zinethuba lokuzisa imbasa yakhe yonke ukuya kwi-20: uthatha inxaxheba kwiqela elixutywe le-relay H1-5 ngoMgqibelo.

Ezemidlalo, uxelela i-CNN Sport's Coy Wire, ukuba imthumele "kuhambo lokuzibona nothando."

Uzalelwe eUkraine eneziphene ezibalulekileyo ekukholelwa ukuba zinxulunyaniswa nentlekele yenyukliya yaseChernobyl-iinzwane ezintandathu, iminwe enewebhu, akukho zithupha kunye nemilenze ephoswe ngamathambo athwele ubunzima-IiMasters zichithe iminyaka esixhenxe yokuqala yobomi bakhe phakathi kwamakhaya eenkedama ngaphambi kukanina waseMelika. , iiGay Masters, zamthatha.

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Emva kokufudukela e-US, imilenze ye-Masters yanqunyulwa kwiminyaka elithoba kunye ne-14.

Ukusukela oko waphumelela imbasa yakhe yokuqala ye-Paralympic ekugwebeni eLondon ngo-2012, le mbaleki inesiphiwo esinesiphiwo soqeqesho oluninzi iqokelele iimbasa ezili-17 zizonke – ezisixhenxe kuzo zegolide – kwiintlelo ezintandathu ezahlukeneyo zeMidlalo ekugwebeni, ukutyibilika ekhephini, ukutyibilika ekhephini kunye nokukhwela ibhayisekile.

Ukuzijul’ ijacu kolu qeqesho lwezemidlalo kwamnceda kancinane ukuba azamkele.

“Olo yayiluhambo lwam lokuba ndizithande kwaye ndizamkele kwaye ndiwubone umzimba wam unamandla kwaye womelele. Yayingelohambo lobusuku bonke, ”uxelele i-CNN.

“Imidlalo indifundise ngenene ukuba kulungile ukuba ndisuse imilenze yam phambi kwabantu nokuba ndibenamandla kwaye ndizive ndinamandla kwaye ndisebenzise umzimba wam ngeendlela kwaye ndiwubone ngale ndlela ikhethekileyo ndiyazi ukuba ndiziva,” utshilo.

"Ndifuna abantu babone indlela endiziva ngayo ngayo kwaye bangavumeli [ukuvumela] uluntu - kuba nje abayazi kwaye abakhululekanga ngayo - bamisele indlela endiziva ngayo."

IMasters yomelele njengokuba inesiphiwo – emva kokwenzakala emqolo kumnyanzele ukuba arhoxe ekubheqeni kulandela iLondon Paralympics, emva koko wazama isandla sakhe kwi-skiing enqumla ilizwe, ephethe isilivere nobhedu kwiMidlalo yaseBusika ye-Sochi 2014.

Phantse kwiminyaka eli-10 kamva, umdlalo wakhe webhayisikile eTokyo, apho wafumana iimbasa zegolide ezimbini, waphumela kwisithuba esingaphantsi konyaka emva kokuba echache kutyando lomlenze.

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“Ndafika eMelika ndinezivubeko ezininzi, kwaye ibali labhalelwa mna. Kwaye ndibavumela ukuba bandichaze. Ndaziyeka ezo nkumbulo ukuba zaziyintoni na ezo nkumbulo. Kodwa ayisiyiyo le nto ichaza wena, ”uxelele i-CNN Sport.

Wongezelela athi: “Asiyonto oye watyhubela kuyo. Yiloo nto ukhetha ukuyenza nendlela oya phambili ngayo kunye nazo zonke izinto ozenzileyo. Kwaye iziva zikho nje ukukhumbula ukuba unamandla kangakanani. Nokuba sisiva osifumeneyo xa ukhwela emthini, okanye sisiva ongasibuzanga, siso – luphawu lwamandla nokomelela.”

Kulo nyaka, iiMasters ziza kuthatha inxaxheba kugqatso lokukhwela ibhayisekile. Le mbaleki ineminyaka engama-35 ubudala ithe isoloko iwusukela lo mdyarho ugqibeleleyo, “apho kungakhathaliseki nokuba ndigqibezela phi eqongeni, ndingekasazi isiphumo.

“Ndicinga ukuba iimbaleki ezininzi zileqa lo mdyarho ugqibeleleyo. Kwaye, uyazi, akukho malunga nembasa yegolide [yiyo] eyenza umdyarho ogqibeleleyo,” wongeza ngelitshoyo.