ʻO Paralympian Melissa Stockwell Ma ka Haʻaheo ʻAmelika a me nā Manaʻo Hoʻoulu

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Inā hoʻokahi mea a Melissa Stockwell e manaʻo nei i kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka mahalo. Ma mua o nā pāʻani Paralympic i kēia kauwela ma Tokyo, ʻo ka US.Ua ʻeha ka pūʻali koa i kahi hanana kaʻa ma hope o ka holo ʻana ma luna o kahi lālā a nalowale ka mana o ke kaʻa. Ua aʻo ʻo Stockwell mai nā kauka ua loaʻa ʻo ia i kahi ʻeha hope e pāpā ʻia ai ʻo ia mai ke aʻo ʻana no kekahi mau pule. ʻOiai ʻo ka makaʻu nui, ua hiki i ka mea hoʻokūkū 41 makahiki ke hoʻokūkū i nā pāʻani, e kau ana i ka lima ma ka hoʻokūkū triathlon wahine. I loko o kahi makahiki i piha i nā pilikia kino a hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, mahalo ʻo Stockwell no ka ʻike ma Tokyo.

"ʻO koʻu manaʻo, he pāʻani ʻokoʻa loa ia, akā manaʻo wau ua hana ia i mea kūikawā," wahi a Stockwell Kinohi. "He mea hoʻolauleʻa ia no nā haʻuki, e hele ana i Tokyo. Ma laila wale nō, he mea kupanaha." (Related: Ua lanakila ʻo Anastasia Pagonis i ka Medala gula mua o ka hui ʻAmelika ma ka Tokyo Paralympics ma ka Record-Breaking Fashion)

Ua hoʻokūkū ʻo Stockwell, he mekala keleawe mai nā pāʻani 2016 ma Rio, i ka hui triathlon PTS2 ma Tokyo i kēia kauwela, me ka lanakila ʻana o ka hui ʻAmelika ʻo Allysa Seely i ke gula. No nā hanana Paralympic, ua hui pū ʻia nā mea pāʻani i nā papa like ʻole e pili ana i ko lākou mau kīnā e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokūkū kūpono a puni. Aia ʻo Stockwell i ka pūʻulu PTS2, ʻo ia kekahi o nā papa inoa no nā mea hoʻokūkū e hoʻohana ana i kahi prosthesis, e like me ka Pāʻani NBC.

I ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻololi mau ʻia ke ola o Stockwell i ka wā i lilo ai ʻo ia i wahine koa ʻAmelika mua i nalowale i kahi lālā i ke Kaua Iraq. ʻO ke kaʻa āna e kalaiwa nei i kāna kaʻa i kēlā manawa i kuʻi ʻia e kahi pōkā alanui ma nā alanui o ʻIraka. "Ua nalowale koʻu wāwae i 17 mau makahiki i hala, ua hele au i ka haukapila, a ʻike maoli wau i koʻu laki," wahi āna. "Ua hoʻopuniʻia au e nā koa'ē aʻe me nāʻeha iʻoi aku kaʻino, no laila he mea paʻakikī iaʻu ke aloha iaʻu iho, a ke manaʻo nei au e like me kēlāʻano o ka hoʻokomoʻana i nā mea ma nāʻaoʻao a pau o koʻu ola. He mau lā pōʻino anei koʻu? ʻOiaʻiʻo, akā hiki iaʻu ke nānā a puni a ʻike i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea i loaʻa iā mākou. "

Ua hoʻomaha ʻia ʻo Stockwell mai ka pūʻali koa ma 2005 ma hope o kona ʻeha. Ua loaʻa pū iā ia ka Purple Heart, i hāʻawi ʻia i ka poʻe i pepehi ʻia a i ʻeha paha i ka wā e lawelawe ana i ka pūʻali koa, a me ka Bronze Star, i hāʻawi ʻia no ka hana heroic, lawelawe, a i ʻole ka lanakila a i ʻole ka lawelawe ma kahi kahua kaua. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻolauna ʻia ʻo ia i ka Paralympics e John Register o ka US Olympic Committee's Paralympic Military and Veteran Program, nāna i hōʻike i nā pāʻani ma ka Walter Reed Medical Center ma Maryland. Ua hoihoi ʻia ʻo Stockwell i ka manaʻo e pani hou i ka US, akā ma ke ʻano he haʻuki, e like me ka Pāʻani NBC. Me ka 2008 Beijing Paralympics i ʻekolu mau makahiki wale nō ma ia manawa, ua huli ʻo Stockwell i ka wai a ʻauʻau akula ma ke ʻano o kāna hoʻoponopono hou ʻana ma Walter Reed. (E pili ana: ʻO ka ʻauʻau Paralympic ʻo Jessica ka lōʻihi i hoʻokumu i kona olakino noʻonoʻo ma kahi ala hou ma mua o nā pāʻani Tokyo)

Ua neʻe ʻo Stockwell i Colorado Springs, Colorado ma 2007 e hoʻomau i ke aʻo ʻana ma ka US Olympic Training Center ma Colorado Springs. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i ka hui ʻauʻau Paralympic US 2008. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i mekala i nā pāʻani 2008, ua hoʻololi ʻo Stockwell i ka manaʻo i ka triathlon (he haʻuki e pili ana i ka holo, kaʻa paikikala, a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana) a loaʻa iā ia kahi wahi ma ka hui para-triathlon inaugural o Team USA ma 2016. A ʻoiai ʻo Stockwell e hele ana. e hāʻawi iā ia iho i kahi manawa e ʻeli ai ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kāna mau hoʻolālā e hiki mai ana ma hope o Tokyo, ke kakali nei ka makuahine o ʻelua e hoʻolimalima manawa me kāna mau keiki, ke keiki ʻo Dallas, 6, a me kāna kaikamahine ʻo Millie, 4, a me kāna kāne ʻo Brian Tolsma.

"ʻO kaʻu mau manawa punahele me koʻu ʻohana, a i kēia hopena pule ua hele mākou i kahi hoʻomoana," wahi āna. "A ʻo nā mea liʻiliʻi e like me ka hele wāwae ʻana a puni ke kaiāulu me koʻu ʻohana a me ka ʻīlio. ʻO ka noho ʻana ma ka home a hoʻopuni ʻia e ka poʻe aʻu kokoke loa i waena o kaʻu mau mea punahele e hana ai."

Ma waho aʻe o kāna mea kokoke loa a aloha ʻia, paʻa mau ka pūʻali koa i kahi kūlana kūikawā ma ka puʻuwai o Stockwell. I kēia kauwela, ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻelele makamae no ChapStick - nona ka mea aloha lōʻihi, BTW - ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei ka brand e lanakila i nā koa ʻAmelika. Hoʻohanohano a kākoʻo ʻo ChapStick i nā mea pane mua o ka pūʻali koa ma o ka hui pū ʻana me Operation Gratitude, kahi waiwai ʻole e hiki ai i nā ʻAmelika ke hōʻike i ko lākou mahalo i ka pūʻali koa, nā mea kahiko, a me nā mea pane mua ma o nā leka a me nā pūʻulu mālama. Ua hoʻokuʻu hou ka brand i kahi hoʻonohonoho palena palena o nā lāʻau (Buy It, $6, chapstick.com) e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻailona hae ʻAmelika a no kēlā me kēia lāʻau i kūʻai ʻia, e hāʻawi ʻo ChapStick i kahi lāʻau i Operation Gratitude. Hoʻohui ʻia, ua hana ʻo ChapStick (ka mea i kākoʻo i nā pūʻali koa US ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II) $ 100,000 ma o ka huahana a me nā makana kālā i ka Operation Grheast, ka mea e kōkua i ka hoʻopiha a me ka lawe ʻana i nā pūʻali mālama i nā koa ʻAmelika.

"He mea aloha au iā ChapStick no ka lōʻihi o koʻu hoʻomanaʻo ʻana," wahi a Stockwell. "Maʻa mau iaʻu, ʻo ia mau me aʻu, ʻano hele mai ka pōʻai piha e lilo i ʻelele brand."

Me ka 20th anniversary o Kepakemapa 11, 2001, e kokoke mai ana, ua noʻonoʻo pū ʻo Stockwell i ke kūpaʻa o ʻAmelika a me kāna mea i hōʻike ai me kāna mau keiki liʻiliʻi. "ʻO Sepatemaba 11 kahi lā aʻu e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Manaʻo wau e hoʻolauleʻa nei ʻoe i ke kūpaʻa ʻana o ʻAmelika. hōʻike i ka Pride of America," wahi āna. "ʻO kaʻu mau keiki, maopopo lākou he 4 a me 6 [makahiki] a ke hoʻomaka nei lākou e hoʻomaopopo i nā mea, akā, i nā manawa a pau e hiki ai iaʻu, ke haʻi aku nei au iā lākou i ka hana a kā mākou pūʻali koa, nā mea a mākou i hana ai, nā mea i loko. Ua kaumaha ka lole me ka manaolana e ʻike lākou i ka laki o ko lākou noho ʻana ma kahi a lākou e hana ai."

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