ULance Armstrong - hero international

Uma impilo yakhe iqale ukubhala umbhalo, ifilimu izosuswa kuhlobo lwama-classic of melodrama: isifo esibulalayo esihlasela isiguli esinikeza ithemba eliphezulu. ULance Armstrong wayenethuba elincane lokunqoba umdlavuza. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, akazange akwazi ukuthuthukisa impilo yakhe kuphela, kodwa futhi waqala ukudlala imidlalo, ngenxa yokuthatha umklomelo omkhulu.

Umsebenzi wakhe wezemidlalo, uLance Armstrong waqala emzini wasePlano, eTexas. ULance wabonisa ithalenta lakhe masinyane, futhi umama ngazo zonke izindlela ezisekelwe endodaneni yakhe umoya wokuncintisana. Njengoba engumntwana oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala, wanqoba i-triathlon yabantwana, futhi lapho eneminyaka engu-16 wayesevele engumsebenzi wangempela.

Eminyakeni yesikole, uqeqesha ngeqembu lezwe lokugibela ibhayisikili edolobheni laseCroatia Springs. Ufezekisa ngokuphumelelayo ngokuhamba ngebhayisikili ezingeni lika-amateur: ngo-1989, uLance Edward Armstrong uyinkosi yomhlaba phakathi kwabafana baseMoscow. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili, i-Armstrong iwina izinga lokuncintisana kwe-United States, futhi ngokushesha liphenduka imidlalo yezemfundo.

Ngo-1996, umqhubi webhayisikili ohamba phambili emhlabeni wonke udlala emidlalweni ye-Olympic, ngesikhathi ejoyina ithimba lase-United States, futhi ubonisa isivumelwano neqembu laseCofidis eFrance. Futhi ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba uLance Armstrong wabhekana nokushaqeka okukhulu. I-Cancer - lokhu kutholakala kuyitholwe odokotela. Kamuva, ngemva kokuhlolwa okuningi, kwaziwa ukuthi lesi sifo sashaya ngisho nobuchopho namaphaphu. ULance akazange adikibale futhi anqobe lesi sifo.

Futhi nakuba ehamba nge-chemotherapy nokuhlinza, okwamenza wakhathazeka ngokomzwelo nangokwengqondo, uyajabula ukuthi lokhu kwenzeka kuye. Ngenxa yomdlavuza, wacabanga ngezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu kunokugijima ngebhayisikili. ULance wasungula inhlangano yokusiza - iLance Armstrong Foundation, elwa nomdlavuza.

Ukululama ngokuphelele kweLance kwakubonakala sengathi kuyimilingo, futhi izinhloso zakhe zokuqhubeka nokuhlanganyela emincintiswaneni yamabhayisikili kwakubhekwa kungenakwenzeka. UCofidis uqeda isivumelwano naye, futhi uyilungu leqembu elisha lase-US Postal Service elikhokhela umgijimi u-$ 200,000 unyaka ngamunye.

Ngo-1998, i-Armstrong iwina izinhlanga ezimbalwa, kanti ngemva konyaka ku-Tour de France kubonisa isivinini esikhulu kakhulu sokuhamba - 40.2 km. Uzuza isihloko sokubambisana. ULance Armstrong uba iqhawe lamazwe ngamazwe. Emva kwalokho, unqoba i-Tour de France izikhathi ezingu-5 futhi uthola imiklomelo eminingi yemidlalo.

I-Armstrong Foundation iba enye yezinhlangano ezinethonya kakhulu ezihilelekile ekusizeni. Ngo-2000, lo mdlali washiya incwadi ethi "Akusiyo ngebhayisikili." Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, umagazini we-Sports Illustrated wabiza ngokuthi ngumdlali wonyaka. U-Armstrong nomkakhe wangaphambili, uChristine Richard, banezingane ezintathu: umfana namantombazane amabili amawele.

ULance Armstrong nomkakhe bahlukanisile ngo-2003. Okwamanje, ibhayisikili lihlangana nomculi odumile uCheryl Crow. I-Lance Armstrong Foundation yasungulwa ukuxhasa ucwaningo emkhakheni wokwelapha umdlavuza. Le nhlangano ithengise amasongo angama-31 amacici asephuzi, aqala ukufanekisa ukulwa nomdlavuza. Ukugqoka lezi zicathulo kwakungumfanekiso.