E uku ʻia ʻo US Paralympians e like me ka nui o ka poʻe ʻOlumepika no kā lākou mau mekala i lanakila ai

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ʻO nā pāʻani Paralympic o kēia kauwela ma Tokyo he mau pule pōkole wale nō, a no ka manawa mua, e loaʻa i nā US Paralympians ka uku like me ko lākou mau hoa 'Olumepika mai ka wā e hele ai.

Ma hope o ka hoʻokūkū 'Olumepika i Pyeongchang 2018, ua hoʻolaha ke Kōmike' Olumepika a me Paralympic o 'Amelika Hui Pū' ia e loaʻa i nā 'Olumepika a me nā Paralympians nā uku like no ka hana medal. A no laila, ua loaʻa i nā Paralympians i lanakila i nā mekala i ka wā o ka 2018 Winter Games i loaʻa i kahi puʻupuʻu uku retroactive e like me kā lākou lako. Eia nō naʻe, i kēia manawa, e hoʻokō ʻia ka uku kaulike ma waena o nā mea pāʻani āpau mai ka hoʻomaka, e hoʻolilo ana i nā Pāʻani Tokyo i mea ʻoi aku ka nui no nā mea hoʻokūkū Paralympic.

I kēia manawa, ua maopopo iaʻu kāu mea e noʻonoʻo nei: E kali, loaʻa nā Paralympians a me nā ʻĀlapa kālā ma waho aʻe o kā lākou kākoʻo? ʻAe, ʻae, hana lākou a he ʻāpana ia a pau o kahi papahana i kapa ʻia ʻo "Operation Gold."

ʻO ka mea nui, ua uku ʻia nā mea pāʻani ʻAmelika i kekahi kālā mai ka USOPC no kēlā me kēia mekala a lākou e lawe ai i ka home mai nā pāʻani hoʻoilo a i ke kauwela. Ma mua, ua hāʻawi ka papahana i nā ʻOlumepika $37,500 no kēlā me kēia lanakila mekala gula, $22,500 no ke kālā, a me $15,000 no ke keleawe. I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, loaʻa $ 7,500 wale nō nā mea pāʻani Paralympic no kēlā me kēia mekala gula, $ 5,250 no ke kālā, a me $ 3,750 no ke keleawe. I ka wā o nā pāʻani Tokyo, eia naʻe, e loaʻa i ka poʻe mekala ʻOlumepika a me Paralympic ka huina like, e loaʻa ana he $37,500 no kēlā me kēia mekala gula, $22,500 no ke kālā, a me $15,000 no ke keleawe. (E pili pū ana: 6 Wahine ʻAlepa e ʻōlelo i ka uku kaulike no nā wahine)

I ka manawa o ka hoʻolaha mua e pili ana i ka loli lōʻihi loa, ʻo Sarah Hirschland, ka CEO o ka USOPC, i ʻōlelo i loko o kahi ʻōlelo: "ʻO Paralympians kahi ʻāpana hoʻohui o kā mākou kaiāulu ʻālapa a pono mākou e hōʻoia e uku kūpono ana mākou i kā lākou hana. . ʻO kā mākou hoʻopukapuka kālā ma US Paralympics a me nā mea haʻuki a mākou e lawelawe nei aia i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa, akā ʻo kēia kahi kahi i loaʻa ai kahi ʻokoʻa i kā mākou kumu hoʻohālike kālā a mākou i manaʻo ai he pono e hoʻololi. " (Pili: Ke kaʻana like nei nā Paralympians i kā lākou papa hana hoʻoikaika kino no ka lā International Wahine)

I kēia mau lā, ua wehe ʻo Tatyana McFadden ka mea hoʻokūkū Lūkini-ʻAmelika, he mekala Paralympic he 17 mau manawa, e pili ana i ka hoʻololi uku i kahi nīnauele me ʻO ka Līlia, e hōʻike ana pehea e manaʻo ai ʻo ia "waiwai." "Ua maopopo iaʻu he mea kaumaha loa ke ʻōlelo ʻana," akā, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka uku like e hana ai ka mea hoʻokūkū 32 makahiki he 32 makahiki "e like mākou me nā mea haʻuki ʻē aʻe, e like me nā ʻOlumepika." (Related: Ua haʻi mai ʻo Katrina Gerhard iā mākou i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana no nā Marathon ma kahi noho huila)

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Andrew Kurka, he Paralympic Alpine skier i maʻi maʻi mai ka pūhaka a lalo ʻO ka New York Times i ka 2019 i hāʻawi ʻia ka hoʻonui uku e kūʻai i kahi home. "He hāʻule i loko o ka bākeke, loaʻa iā mākou i hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia ʻehā makahiki, akā hoʻololi nui ia," wahi āna.

ʻO nā mea āpau i ʻōlelo ʻia, ke neʻe nei i ke kaulike maoli no nā ʻōlapa Paralympic e pono ai, me ka mea ʻauʻau ʻo Becca Meyers i kumu nui. Ma mua o kēia mahina, ʻo Meyers, ka mea i hānau ʻia he kuli a makapō hoʻi, ua haʻalele i nā pāʻani Tokyo ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻia ʻana i kahu kōkua pilikino. "Ua huhū wau, ua hoʻohoka wau, akā ʻo ka mea nui loa, kaumaha wau no ka lilo ʻole ʻana i moho no koʻu ʻāina," i kākau ʻo Meyers i loko o kahi ʻōlelo ma Instagram. ʻO ka uku like, akā naʻe, he hana koʻikoʻi loa ia i ka pani ʻana i ke āpau ma waena o Paralympians a me Olympians.

E like me nā ʻōlapa 'Olumepika, hōʻiliʻili nā Paralympians mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻehā a hoʻokūkū ma hope o ka ʻOkakopa a me ka Olumepika. Aia i kēia manawa he 22 mau haʻuki kauwela i ʻae ʻia e ke Kōmike Paralympic International, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pana pana, kaʻa paikikala, a me ka ʻauʻau, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Me nā pāʻani Paralympic o kēia makahiki e holo ana mai ka Pōʻakolu, ʻAukake 25 a hiki i ka Lāpule, Kepakemapa 5, hiki i nā mea pā mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa ke hauʻoli i kā lākou poʻe haʻuki punahele me ka ʻike ʻana e loaʻa ana ka uku i ka poʻe lanakila.

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