Jessie Diggins paakayambuka mutsetse wekutanga muPyeongchang, akaratidza chizvarwa chitsva chemaskier izvo zvaigoneka. Makore mana gare gare, akavabatsira kudzingirira manzwiro mamwe chete.
Pamakwikwi e2018 Winter Olympics, Jessie Diggins akahwina menduru yake yekutanga yeUS yekuyambuka nyika kubva 1976.Chikwereti… Kim Raff weThe New York Times.
PARK CITY, Utah - Makore mana apfuura, mamwe mangwanani mukupera kwaFebruary, Gus Schumacher akamuka achibva angoona katsamba kakanga kasiiwa naamai vake pakombuta yake.
Schumacher aiziva kuti ndeupi mujaho wairehwa naamai vake: mujaho wechikwata chevakadzi kumakwikwi e2018 Olympics muPyeongchang, South Korea. Murima reAlaska, paakaona Jesse Deakins achitora goridhe rechikwata chake nekuputika uye nekumhanya muchikamu chekupedzisira muSouth Korea - menduru yekutanga yeUS yekuyambuka nyika kubva 1976 - zvese Semujaho wemakwikwi, akafunga nezveramangwana rake.
"Zvakachinja mafungiro angu," akadaro Schumacher, ane makore makumi maviri nerimwe ekuberekwa kuBeijing Olympic Olympian. Saizvozvo, anodaro, chiroto chake chekukwikwidza nevatambi vepamusoro pasirese hachiratidzike sechisiri kure. uri kufamba zvakanaka, unogona kuzviitawo. Uye handisini ndoga ndinofunga saizvozvo.”
Vatambi vekuAmerica vahwina menduru dzinodarika mazana matatu kumakwikwi eWinter Olympics.Vashoma, zvisinei, vakave nerushava rwakadzama pachikwata cheAmerica sezvo Deakins ane makore 30 okuberekwa nemumwe wake ave pamudyandigere Kikkan Randle vakahwina makore mana apfuura. makumi emakore, American cross-country skiers vakasarira kumashure kwevakwikwidzi vavo veScandinavia.Zvino, muchidimbu chevhidhiyo, vese vanoona kuti kukwira kumusoro kunogoneka.
"Makore ese aya ekumirira, takamirira chimwe chinhu kuti chiitike, uye chimwe chinhu chikuru chakaitika," akadaro Kevin Bolger, imwe nhengo yeTeam USA muBeijing.
Menduru inoramba iri nguva inotaridza kumberi nekumashure kwechikwata.Pamusoro pekuchinja maonero epasirese evatambi vakawanda vekuAmerica, kukunda kwakapa Diggins basa risingawanike kumumhanyi wechikadzi: semukuru wechikwata chevarume nevakadzi. chikwata uye basa rake rinotungamirira mumutambo muUnited States. mutungamiri.mamiriro.
Mutsikidzi anoronga zviitiko zvekuvaka timu panguva yekudzidziswa, sekuona “The Great British Bake Off” kana vhidhiyo yaBob Ross pausiku hwechikwata hwekupenda, kana kuronga kumwe kutamba kwechikwata. Ndiye anopindura mibvunzo yevaanoshanda navo nezvekudzidziswa. uye hupenyu padunhu reWorld Cup. Iye mukwikwidzi uyo majaya nemhandara zvakafanana vanoda kutevedzera, uye uyo anodiwa nevakuru vemubatanidzwa weskiing vanoda kuwana rutsigiro rwakawanda kumunhu wese.
"Ndinoda kutarisa kumashure pabasa rangu kwete kungoti, 'Handisi mukuru here?'" Deakins akadaro mubvunzurudzo ichangobva kuitika munzvimbo yekutandarira yeAmerican Ski and Snowboard Association's Utah yekudzidzira nzvimbo, uko kureba-mamita gumi. mureza wake pamatanda.” Ndaiti ndashandisa nguva yangu noungwaru. Ndakabatsira kuvandudza tsika yekutsvedza muAmerica. Ndakabatsira kusimudzira mutambo. Ndakabatsira chikwata kukura.”
Deakins, mutete 5-foot-4 ane maziso akajeka uye kunyemwerera kunotapukira, anga asingade kuita basa rakakura kudaro. nevamwe vake vanoti vanofanirwa kukwikwidza nezvikwata zvine mari iri nani.
NeMugovera, Deakins akatanga chiitiko chake chegumi neshanu chevakadzi chebiathlon muBeijing, hafu yechinyakare uye hafu yemahara.
Aishungurudzika nemazuva ekutanga ebasa rake, apo bhajeti rechikwata chenyika cheEuropean ski wax rakapfuura bhajeti rese rechikwata chenyika dzeUS. kubvumira vatambi vechikwata vane rutsigiro rusina mari yakawanda kuti vatarise pakudzidziswa kwete mabasa echipiri.
Akahwinawo zvakawanda, izvo zvakabatsira izwi rake.Deakins akahwina menduru yake yegoridhe yekutanga mumakwikwi epasi rose muna 2013.Kubva ipapo, akahwina 3 uye 12 World Cup mazita.Mwaka wapfuura, akava mukadzi wekutanga wekuAmerica kuhwina Muchinjikwa. Nyika World Cup zvakazara.
Chinzvimbo chakasarudzika cheDeakins paChikwata cheUSA chinogona kunge chine chekuita nekufambiswa kwechikwata uye huwandu hwevanhu. Sezvo kutamba kwaakaita mumakore achangopfuura kwakatanga kusvika pakakwirira, varwi vehondo vakati wandei pachikwata vakasiya basa. Kamwe kamwe, Deakins akange asiri iye chete akagona skier pachikwata. asiwo mumwe wevakanyanya ruzivo.
Zvakare, sezvo inenge mitambo yese yeWorld Cup ichitambirwa mhiri kwemakungwa, varume nevakadzi vechikwata ichi vanogara, vanodya, vanodzidzisa, vanofamba uye vanotamba pamwe chete pakati paMbudzi naKurume gore rega rega. boka iro raive zvese timu yeski uye mhuri yePartridge.
Mumakore achangopfuura, varume vari muchikwata vasati vatamba padanho reDiggins nevamwe vevaatamba navo vechikadzi vakaona kuti Diggins nevamwe vakadzi vanokoshesa kubatsirana. Izvi zvinogona kunge zviri nyore sekuona kuti wasvika nenguva, kana kurongedzera kudya kwemasikati kune waanoshanda naye anofanira kuongororwa ropa mangwanani.Asi kuvimba kunogonawo kusanganisira maitiro akasiyana-siyana: kukurudzira mutsikidzi kuti ave nezuva rakaipa, kana kupemberera mumwe munhu ane zuva rakanaka, kunyange iwe usina.
"Jesse aigara achitaura kuti menduru dzeOlympic ndedzemunhu wese," akadaro Bolger, nyanzvi yezvekumhanya ine makore makumi maviri nemasere ave nechikwata chenyika kwemakore matatu apfuura.
Hapana anobhadhara zvakanyanya kuna Diggins kupfuura Julia Kern ane makore makumi maviri nemana, akaenda kuDartmouth mwaka wapfuura kuti ave Diggins 'wekugara naye muEurope uye kudzidzisa naDiggins muVermont.Makore mana apfuura, Kern aitamba mutambo wakaderera mu Germany apo Deakins naRandall vakahwina goridhe muPyeongchang.Iye nevaaishanda navo vakambosendeka nguva dzekudzidzira kuti vaone mutambo uyu uchirarama, ndokuzvirova dundundu kune wese waakataura naye husiku ihwohwo.
Kern paakatanga kusangana naDeakins, akati, aida kuziva zvinhu zvemuto wake wakavanzika.Mushure mekugara naDiggins, Kern akakurumidza kuona kuti yakanga isiri chakavanzika: Diggins, akati, aidya zvakanaka, akarara zvakanaka, akadzidzira zvakaoma, uye akaita. zvaaida kuti adzokere kubasa rake rinotevera. Anobva amuka ozviitazve zuva nezuva, achitenda kuti basa rekugadzira menduru yake yegoridhe rimwe zuva richabereka imwe.
Kubudirira kwake kwakaunza tarisiro dzepamusoro uye kudzvanyirirwa kutsva.Deakins anoikwanisa kuburikidza nekugadzirira pfungwa, muviri, uye hunyanzvi: maawa asingaverengeki achiona mavhidhiyo, zvidzidzo zvenguva yakatarwa kuti avandudze maitiro ake ekare eku skiing, uye kuedza kuva akasimba-akapoteredza skier.
Atanga kufungisisa kuitira kuti azvidzikamise uye aderedze kurova kwemwoyo wake pamberi pemujaho.Akakudzawo hunyanzvi hwake hwekuona kuti agone kuvhara maziso ake uye kuona kutenderera kwese kweOlympic Stadium yakavakwa pamusoro pechikomo chinorangwa muYanqing.
Asi anoziva kuti mitambo yeOlympics inogona kuve isina tsitsi sei.Kukanganisa kumwe, kukanganisa kumwe chete, kungave mutsauko pakati pekuhwina nekupedza nzendo refu panhandare dzekuita mabasa nengano.Chaanogona kuita, akadaro, kuve nechokwadi kuti agadzirira kuyambuka. tambo isina simba, yakanyura zvachose mu“bako remarwadzo.”
Ndizvo zvinoyeukwa naScott Patterson, ave achidzidzira naDiggins kwemakore anopfuura gumi, achiona kuDiggins makore mana apfuura. .Kutaura zvazviri, vakapemberera kwenguva yakareba zvokuti vakuru venhandare vakatozodzinga vanhu vokuAmerica kuti vatange mutambo unotevera.
Kwapera mazuva matatu, Patterson paaigadzirira mujaho weOlympic makiromita makumi mashanu, akati imwe pfungwa yakaramba ichiuya mupfungwa dzake: Vakadzi vakazviita. Zvino uyu ndiwo mukana wangu. Akapedza ari wechi11, muAmerica akapedza zvakanakisisa ari chinhambwe ichocho.
Zviitiko zvevhiki iro, uye hutungamiriri hwakaratidzwa naDiggins kubva ipapo, vakagadzirazve nyika umo maAmerican cross-country skiers vanoziva kuti vanogona kuve vakanyanya padanho rakakura.
Nguva yekutumira: Feb-21-2022
