Nastia Liukin: Kaikamahine Gula

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Ua lilo ʻo Nastia Liukin i inoa ʻohana i kēia kauwela i ka wā i lanakila ai ʻo ia i ʻelima mau mekala ʻOlumepika, me ke gula a puni i nā haʻuki, ma nā pāʻani Beijing. ʻAʻole naʻe kāna lanakila i ka pō - ua hoʻokūkū ka 19 makahiki mai ka makahiki ʻeono. ʻO kona mau mākua he poʻe haʻuki kiʻekiʻe loa, a ʻoiai nā pilikia a me nā ʻeha (me ka ʻoki ʻana i kona kuʻekuʻe wāwae ma 2006, a ma hope o ka hoʻōla lōʻihi), ʻaʻole i haʻalele ʻo Nastia i kāna pahuhopu e lilo i poʻokela honua.

Q: Pehea kou loli i kou ola mai ka lilo ʻana i poʻokela Olumepika?

A: He moemoeā kēlā. Kupanaha ka ʻike i uku ʻia nā makahiki o ka hana nui. ʻAʻole ia he huakaʻi maʻalahi, ʻoiai me nā ʻeha, akā ua kūpono ia. Ke huakaʻi hele nei au i kēia manawa. Ua minamina au i koʻu ʻohana, akā i ka manawa like, loaʻa iaʻu nā manawa he nui ʻaʻole hiki ke hele mai inā ʻaʻole no kaʻu mekala gula!

Nīnau: He aha kāu manawa 'Olumepika poina loa?

A: Ke hoʻopau nei i kaʻu papa maʻamau i ka hoʻokūkū a puni a lele i loko o nā lima o koʻu makuakāne, me ka ʻike ua lanakila wau i ke gula. He 20 mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma nā Pāʻani 'Olumepika 1988 i ka wā i hoʻokūkū ai a lanakila i ʻelua mau mekala gula a me ʻelua mau dālā kālā. Ua hana ia i mea nui hou aku e ʻike iā ia me ia.

Q: He aha ka mea e hoʻonāukiuki ai iā ʻoe?

A: Hoʻonohonoho mau wau i nā pahuhopu noʻu iho: i kēlā me kēia lā, kēlā me kēia pule, makahiki a me ka wā lōʻihi. ʻO kaʻu pahuhopu wā lōʻihi ka mau o nā pāʻani 'Olumepika 2008, akā pono wau i mau pahu hopu manawa pōkole pū, no laila ua manaʻo wau e hoʻokō ana wau i kekahi mea. Mālama mau kēlā iaʻu.

Nīnau: He aha kāu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa no ke ola olakino?

A: Mai hele pupule i ka make ʻana i ka ʻai. E ʻai i ke olakino, akā inā makemake ʻoe e splurge a loaʻa kahi kuki, a laila loaʻa kahi kuki. ʻO ka hoʻonele ʻana iā ʻoe iho ka mea ʻoi loa! Hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kēlā me kēia lā. Inā ʻoe e hele wāwae i kāu ʻīlio, e holoholo i ka pāka a i ʻole e hana i kahi neʻe ʻana i kāu lumi noho, he mea nui ia e hana i kekahi mea i kēlā me kēia lā.

Q: He aha ke ʻano o ka papaʻai āu e ukali ai?

A: Ua makemake mau au i nā meaʻai olakino. No ka ʻaina kakahiaka makemake wau i ka oatmeal, nā hua manu, a i ʻole ka yogurt. No kaʻaina awakea e loaʻa wau i kahi sāleta me ka protein, ʻo ka moa a iʻa paha. A ʻo ka ʻaina ahiahi kaʻu meaʻai māmā, protein me nā mea kanu. Aloha au i ka sushi!

Q: Ma hea ʻoe e ʻike ai iā ʻoe iho i nā makahiki 10?

A: Lana koʻu manaʻo e puka i ke kula nui, akā e pili nō i nā haʻuki. Makemake au e kōkua i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ao nei! Makemake au e kōkua i nā keiki e komo i ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka noho olakino. Ke kakali nei wau i ka hoʻi hou ʻana i ke ʻano hoʻokūkū, a hoʻokūkū hou aku nei.

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