Nā Haʻawina Ola maoli mai nā 'Alepa 'Olumepika

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• Māhele ʻelua mau koa Olumepika i ke ʻano o kā lākou hoʻolilo ʻana i ko lākou manawa ma ke ala a me ka moena.
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"I MAKE TIME FOR MY FAMILY"

ʻO Laura Bennett, 33, Triathlete

Pehea ʻoe e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai ma hope o ka ʻauʻau ʻana i hoʻokahi mile, e holo ana i ʻeono, a holo paikikala kokoke i 25-āpau i ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe? Me kahi ʻaina awakea hoʻomaha, kahi ʻōmole waina, ʻohana, a me nā hoa aloha. "ʻO ka lilo ʻana i triathlete hiki ke lilo i mea pono maoli," wahi a Bennett, ka mea e hoʻokūkū ana i kāna mau pāʻani 'Olumepika mua i kēia mahina. "Pono ʻoe e hana i nā ʻālana he nui - ʻo ka male ʻana o nā hoaaloha, e noho ana ma hope o nā huakaʻi ʻohana. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana ma hope o ka heihei pehea wau e launa hou ai me ka poʻe nui iaʻu. Pono wau e kūkulu i kēlā i loko o koʻu ola-inā ʻaʻole maʻalahi e hoʻokuʻu iā ia, "hele pinepine nā mākua o Bennett e nānā iā ia i ka hoʻokūkū, a hui pū kona mau kaikunāne me ia ke hiki iā lākou (kāna kāne, ʻelua mau kaikunāne, a me nā makuakāne hoʻi he triathletes) 'O ka 'ike 'ana i ka po'e āna i aloha ai, kōkua nō ho'i i ka mālama 'ana i kāna hana ma ke 'ano. aole paha, malaila he nā mea nui i ke ola.

"LANAKUA MA KA NOHO ANA I KA HOʻOPIʻI O KEKAHI MAU"

ʻO Kerri Walsh, 29, a me Misty May-Treanor, 31 Poʻe Pōʻani Pōʻani Pōʻani Kahakai

ʻO ka hapa nui o mākou e hui pū me kā mākou hoa hana i hoʻokahi manawa, ʻelua paha i ka pule. Akā hiki ke loaʻa ka duo volleyball kahakai ʻo Misty May-Treanor lāua ʻo Kerri Walsh i ka hana ʻana i ke one i ʻelima mau lā o ka pule. "E hoʻokau maoli māua ʻo Kerri i kekahi i kekahi," wahi a May-Treanor, ka mea hoʻokani poʻokela poʻokela o ka honua. "Kohi mākou i kekahi i kekahi ke loaʻa ka lā maikaʻi ʻole, hauʻoli kekahi i kekahi, a hoʻoikaika kekahi i kekahi." Hilinaʻi pū lāua i nā hoa hoʻoikaika kino, pinepine kā lāua kāne, i ka wā o kā lākou hana ponoʻī. "Makemake au i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kali ʻana o kekahi iaʻu ma ka hale hoʻoikaika kino no laila ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo, ʻAe, e hana nō wau ma hope," wahi a May-Treanor. "ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoaaloha e hoʻomaʻamaʻa pū me aʻu e hoʻoikaika nui ai," wahi a Walsh. Wahi a lāua ʻelua, ʻo ke koho ʻana i ka hoa kūpono ke kī. "He ʻano ko māua ʻo Kerri e hoʻopili ai kekahi i kekahi," wahi a May-Treanor. "ʻAʻole mākou makemake i nā mea like, akā hilinaʻi loa mākou kekahi i kekahi."

"HE KANAKA HOPE MAU"

ʻO Sada Jacobson, 25, Fencer

Ke pā hoʻokūkū kou makuakāne a me kou mau kaikuahine ʻelua a ua litter ʻia kou home kamaliʻi me nā puʻupuʻu o nā masks a me nā sabers, paʻakikī e hoʻopau ʻole ʻia me ka haʻuki. Laki no Sada Jacobson, kekahi o nā hānai saber poʻokela o ka honua, pololei pū kā kāna ʻohana. "ʻO ke kula ka helu ʻekahi mau," wahi a Jacobson. "Ua ʻike koʻu mau mākua ʻaʻole e uku nā pā i nā pā. Ua paipai mai lākou iaʻu e loaʻa ka hoʻonaʻauao maikaʻi loa no laila e loaʻa iaʻu nā koho he nui ke pau kaʻu ʻoihana haʻuki"Ua loaʻa iā Jacobson kahi kekelē ma ka mōʻaukala mai Yale, a i Kepakemapa ua hele ʻo ia i ke kula loio." Manaʻo wau ʻo nā ʻano i hoʻoulu ʻia i loko oʻu ma o ka pā ʻana e unuhi ʻia i ke kānāwai. Pono nā mea ʻelua i ka maʻalahi a me ka makaukau i mea e hoʻololi ai i ka hakakā, "wehewehe ʻo ia. Manaʻo ʻo Jacobson i ka alualu ʻana i kou kuko me ka naʻau āpau," akā inā ʻoe e hoʻokomo i ka nui o ka ikehu i hoʻokahi wahi o kou ola, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e waiho iā ʻoe mai leʻaleʻa i nā mea ʻē aʻe. "

Māhele ʻelua mau koa Olumepika i ke ʻano o kā lākou hoʻolilo ʻana i ko lākou manawa ma ke ala a me ka moena.

"E HELE I KOU PONO"

ʻO Jackie Joyner-Kersee, 45, Veteran Track a me Field Star

ʻO 10 wale nō ʻo Jackie Joyner-Kersee i kona wā i lilo manawaleʻa ai ma ka Mary Brown Community Center ma East St. Louis. "Ke waiho nei wau i nā hoe Ping-Pong, e heluhelu ana i nā keiki i ka hale waihona puke, e hoʻokala i nā penikala - i nā mea a lākou e makemake ai. Aloha nui wau iā ia a ma laila pinepine wau e haʻi mai iaʻu ua hana wau i kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka poʻe i loaʻa uku ʻia!" Wahi a ua kanaka lime lōʻihi nei a heptathlete hoʻi, ka mea i lawe i ka home i ʻeono mau mekala 'Olumepika. Ma 1986, ua aʻo ʻo Joyner-Kersee ua pani ʻia ke kikowaena, no laila ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ka Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation a ua hoʻonui ʻo ia ma mua o $ 12 miliona e kūkulu i kahi kikowaena kaiaulu hou, i wehe ʻia ma 2000. i na kanaka he nui. ʻO ka pahu nui nui ka manaʻo o ka poʻe pono lākou e hāʻawi i nā manawa āpau āpau. Akā inā he hapalua hola wale nō kāu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi, "wehewehe ʻo Joyner-Kersee." He mea waiwai ke kōkua ʻana me nā hana liʻiliʻi. "

"ʻOIʻI KEKI MEA ʻOI I KA OLYMPICS!"

ʻO Mary Lou Retton, 40, Gymnast Veteran

I ka makahiki 1984, ua lilo ʻo Mary Lou Retton ka wahine ʻAmelika mua i lanakila i ka mekala gula 'Olumepika i nā gymnastics. I kēia lā ua male ʻo ia me nā kaikamahine ʻehā, nā makahiki 7 a 13. He haʻi ʻōlelo ʻoihana ʻo ia a huakaʻi i ka honua e paipai nei i ka pono o ka meaʻai kūpono a me ka hoʻoikaika mau. "ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana no ka Olumepika ma mua o ke kaulike ʻana i koʻu ola i kēia manawa!" Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Retetona. "I ka pau ʻana o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa, aia ka manawa naʻu. Akā me nā keiki ʻehā a me kahi ʻoihana, ʻaʻohe oʻu wā hoʻomaha." Mālamalama ʻo ia ma ka mālama ʻana i kāna hana a me kona ola ʻohana a kaʻawale loa. "Ke hele ʻole wau ma ke ala, hoʻopau wau i kaʻu lā hana ma ka hola 2:30 o ke ahiahi," wehewehe ʻo ia. "A laila koho wau i nā keiki mai ke kula a loaʻa iā lākou he 100 pākēneka Mommy, ʻaʻole hapa Mommy a hapa Mary Lou Retton."

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