Xa imbaleki yeParalympic uMcClain Hermes waqalisa ukuphulukana nombono wakhe eneminyaka esi-8 ubudala, wayenombuzo omnye kuphela wabazali bakhe: Ngaba ndiseza kukwazi ukuqubha?
Nangona umama wakhe wayengaqinisekanga ncam ukuba makamphendule njani ngelo xesha, lo uneminyaka eli-19 ubudala uye wangqina ukuba impendulo nguewe ovakalayo.
Ngetyala: McClain Hermes
Hermes, inzalelwane yaseGeorgia kunye i-para-athlete ehonjisiweyo , intliziyo yakhe izimisele ukukhuphisana kwi-Olimpiki ukususela ekubeni wayengumntwana othanda ukuqubha.
Kodwa amaphupha akhe atshintsha ngo-2009, emva kwesiganeko esothusayo apho yonke into yabamnyama ngequbuliso njengoko wayehleli esitya isidlo sasemini kwindawo yakhe yokutyela yesikolo esiphakathi.
I-retinas yam ivaliwe, uxelele kuLwazi. Ndaye ndaphulukana nokubona konke kwiliso lam lasekunene.
UHermes, owayekwibanga lesithathu ngelo xesha, wenza utyando lwamehlo amane olungxamisekileyo ukuze alungise iretina yakhe ngenxa yesifo esinqabileyo sofuzo esibizwa ngokuba Wagner syndrome , ebangela ukulahleka kombono okuqhubekayo.
Ekuqaleni, wayeshiywe eyimfama ngokupheleleyo kwiliso lakhe lasekunene engakwazi ukubona ukukhanya yaye ekwazi ukubona ukukhanya nombala kuphela kwiliso lasekhohlo.
Kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha, waba yimfama ngokupheleleyo kumehlo omabini, isiphazamiso esasibonakala siphazamisa izicwangciso zakhe zeOlimpiki.
Njengoko umbono wam wawusiya uphela, kwaba nzima ngakumbi ukuba ndidade, uHermes wachaza. Ndaye ndadana kakhulu kuba ndandibaleka ndingena edongeni ndingazi ukuba mandithini.
Ngetyala: McClain Hermes
Akukho namnye onokuthi anikezele kwiminqweno yakhe, uHermes wafunda malunga nokuqubha kweParalympic kunye nokukhulu ezemidlalo eziguqukayo uluntu, athe lwamenza waziva engumntu kwaye yamnceda ukuba akwazi ukumelana nokuphulukana nombono wakhe.
Ndaziva ndikhululekile ngoko nangoko kuba wonke umntu ondingqongileyo unento eyenzekayo apho ndingajongwanga ngendlela eyahlukileyo, utshilo. Andizange ndijongwe, andizange ndigwetywe ngokubakho: ndabonwa njengabalingana nabo, kwaye akukho mntu wayehluke.
Sonke sasikwiphenyane elinye, wongeze watsho. Sonke sasinemingeni esasisoyisa kwaye sasikuthanda ukuqubha sonke.
Njengoko uHermes eqhelana nemeko yakhe, ubudlelwane bakhe nomdlalo bakhula ngakumbi.
Ndicinga ukuba ngenxa yokuba ndandinento endiyithandayo, eyayikukuqubha, ndaza ndakwazi ukubuqhelanisa nobumfama bam, eyandinceda ngokwenene ndoyisa isiphene sam, watsho, kuba ndandinendawo endinokukhupha kuyo ukudandatheka kwam. nosizi lwam ndize ndithi, 'Nangona ndiyimfama, kwaye ndingenako ukwenza okwenziwa ngumntu wonke emhlabeni, ndisalingana nabo equleni.'
Ngetyala: McClain Hermes
Ngo-2016 eneminyaka eyi-15, uHermes waba lelona lungu lincinci leQela laseMelika ukukhuphisana kwiMidlalo yeParalympic ka-2016 eRio de Janeiro, ngokutsho. Imagazini yeHlabathi yokuQubha .
Kodwa ngaphandle komdlalo oncomekayo, uHermes uthi impumelelo azingca ngayo yimbasa yesilivere ayiphumeleleyo emagqabini. UbuNtshatsheli bokuQubha kwiHlabathi liphela ngo-2017 ngembeko yomhlobo wakhe osenyongweni uGrace Bunke, i-para-swimmer esweleke kwi-osteosarcoma ngo-2018.
Ewe, yayiyindawo yesibini leyo, kwaye yayingeyombasa yegolide, wacacisa. Kodwa kwakukho ibali emva kwayo.
UHermes, obhekisa kumdlalo ophumeleleyo njengoMdyarho wakhe woGrace, wafunda ukuba umhlaza kaBunke ubuyile kwaye ngeli xesha yayisisiphene ngaphambi kokuba kuqutshwe umntu ophumeleleyo.
NdandikwiParalympic Trials for World Championships eColorado Springs, yaye ngaloo ntsasa, ndavuka waza umama wandixelela ezi ndaba, wakhumbula. Ndaze ndacaphuka. Waza umama wathi, ‘Kaloku, uza kumenzela ntoni uGrace?’ Ndaza ndathi, ‘Ke, ndiza kumenzela uGrace iiHlabathi.’
Ngaloo mini, uHermes waqubha i-backstroke yeemitha ezili-100, eyamenza ukuba afanelekele ukhuphiswano lweentshatsheli, apho wayeza kuphumelela isilivere kwi-backstroke yeemitha ezili-100. Ngethuba lomncintiswano ophumeleleyo, uHermes wabhala igama likaBunke esandleni sakhe sokunene ukuze amhloniphe kwaye wakwazi ukumnika indondo ngaphambi kokuba afe.
Leyo yayiyeyona mpumelelo yam inkulu, watsho.
Nabani na ozama ukujamelana nokulahlekelwa ngumbono-okanye nawuphi na umqobo omkhulu okanye utshintsho lobomi-uHermes uthi ukhuthaza ukufumana into oyithandayo kunye nokuntywila kuyo.
Okwangoku, sonke sikubhubhane wehlabathi, utshilo. Kwaye ukufumana into oyithandayo kwaye oyithandayo kunokukunceda ukuba woyise nantoni na.
Ndifumanisa ukuba ukuba unendawo yokuphuma okanye indawo yokuya apho unokukhululeka kwaye ube nguwe kwaye ungoyiki, oko kuya kukunceda woyise nantoni na, nawuphi na umngeni ohamba kuwo, wongeze watsho. Logama nje ungafumana into oyithandayo kwaye uqhubeke uyenza kubo nabuphi na ubunzima, ndicinga ukuba uya kuphuma womelele kunangaphambili.
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