Ua lanakila ʻo Anastasia Pagonis i ka mekala gula mua o ka hui USA ma ka Tokyo Paralympics i ka moʻolelo Record-Breaking

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Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaka o ka hui USA ma Tokyo Paralympics - me 12 mau mekala a me ka helu ʻana - a ua hoʻohui ʻo Anastasia Pagonis he 17 mau makahiki i ka lako mua o nā lako gula i ka hōʻiliʻili ulu ʻana o ʻAmelika.

Ua hoʻokūkū ka ʻōiwi o NūIoka ma ka S11 i ka 400 mika freestyle S11. ʻAʻole wale ʻo ia i hoʻopaʻa i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka heihei akā ua kuʻi ʻo ia i kāna moʻolelo honua i hala (4: 56.16) ma hope o ka uaki ʻana ma 4: 54.49, e like me Pāʻani NBC. Ua kū ʻo Lisette Bruinsma o Netherlands i ka lua me ka manawa 5:05.34, a hahai ʻia ʻo Cai Liwen o Kina ma ke kolu ma 5:07.56.

ʻO Pagonis, he makapō, i komo i ka hoʻokūkū S11, kahi papa haʻuki i koho ʻia no nā mea ʻaleʻale me ke ʻano pilikia o ka ʻike maka, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea nona ka ʻike haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me / a ʻaʻohe ʻike māmā, e like me ka Paralympics. Koi ʻia nā Swimmers e hoʻokūkū ana i kēia papa haʻuki e komo i nā aniani ʻeleʻele e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokūkū maikaʻi.

Ma mua o ka hanana o ka Pōʻahā, eia naʻe, ua hakakā ʻo Pagonis i ka naʻau ma hope o ka haʻihaʻi ʻana o kāna ʻauʻau ma mua o ka wela. "Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi hōʻeha weliweli a hoʻomaka wau e uē no ka mea ua haehae koʻu lole. ʻO nā kūlana koʻikoʻi loa no laila ʻae, ʻike wau, like, e, inā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke komo i kēia lole, ʻaʻole au e ʻauʻau. ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻauʻau i ke koena o koʻu mau heihei, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, e like me ka Pūnaewele Paralympic Games 'pūnaewele. "Pono ʻoe e hoʻonoho i nā palena no ʻoe iho a manaʻo wau he mea nui loa ia." (Pili: ʻO ka mea ʻauʻau paralympic ʻo Jessica Long Prior Priority Her Mental Health i ke ala hou holoʻokoʻa ma mua o nā pāʻani Tokyo.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Pagonis i ka Pōʻalima "ʻo ke olakino noʻonoʻo he 100 pakeneka o ka pāʻani," me ka hoʻohui ʻana, "inā ʻaʻole ʻoe noʻonoʻo ma laila ʻaʻole ʻoe ma laila, a ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke heihei." (Nānā: ʻO nā hana noʻonoʻo noʻonoʻo e kōkua iā Simone Biles e noho hoʻoikaika)

Ma hope o kāna huakaʻi mōʻaukala ma Tokyo i ka Pōʻalima, ua lawe ʻo Pagonis iā TikTok - kahi i loaʻa iā ia kahi kumu ʻelua miliona mau mea hahai - e hōʻike i kāna mekala gula. Ma ke wikiō, ʻike ʻia ʻo Pagonis e hula ana me ka paʻa ʻana i kāna mekala gula. "ʻAʻole maopopo i ke ʻano o ka manaʻo," i kākau ʻo ia i ka clip. (E pili ana: Paralympic Track 'Athlete Scout Bassett on the important of recovery — no nā 'âlapa o na makahiki a pau)

ʻO kahi mea pāʻani pōpeku ʻōpio, ua hiki iā Pagonis ke ʻike a hiki i ka makahiki 9 ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻike. ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ia me Stargardt macular degeneration, kahi maʻi maʻamau o ka retina, ka ʻiʻo ma hope o ka maka e ʻike i ka mālamalama, e like me ka National Eye Institute. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia me kahi maʻi genetic a me autoimmune retinopathy, e like me ka pūnaewele mana o Team USA, e pili pū ana i ka retina. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua huli ʻo Pagonis i ka pāpili kaiaulu e hakakā i nā stereotypes e pili ana me nā mea ʻike maka ʻole.

"ʻAʻole wau e lilo i mea a ka poʻe e manaʻo ai ʻo ka makapō kahi hiki ʻole ke hana i kekahi mea, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻaʻahu nani, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻaʻahu i ka make-up," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, e like me ka pūnaewele official o Team USA. "ʻAʻole wau e lilo i kēlā kanaka. No laila ua like wau, hmmm, e ʻae mai iaʻu e hoʻolilo iaʻu i mea ʻino e like me ka hiki."

I kēia lā, ke haki nei ʻo Pagonis i nā moʻolelo i loko o ka loko wai a loaʻa iā ia ka manawa e ʻohi ai i nā mekala hou aʻe no ka Hui USA ke hoʻokūkū ʻo ia i ke kaila kūʻokoʻa 50-mika o ka Pōʻalima, 200-mika medley pākahi o ka Pōʻakahi, a me ka 100-mika o ka Pōʻalima aʻe.

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