Iye wakhala akulephera kukwanitsa zaka ziwiri kupitirira abambo ake. Popanda iye, palibe moyo kapena masewera omwe anali ofanana.
Rick Hoyt, wothamanga wa quadriplegic ndi cerebral palsy, wamwalira Lolemba lino ali ndi zaka 61 chifukwa cha zovuta za kupuma kwake. Mu Marichi 2021, adamwalira ku Padre Dick, akuchita nawo mipikisano yopitilira 1.000, kuphatikiza zochitika zingapo za 'Ironman' komanso kusindikiza kopitilira kamodzi kwa Boston Marathon. Onse pamodzi adapanga 'Team Hoyt', chizindikiro cha mafuko otchuka ku United States. Banja lomwe linkadziwa kulemekezedwa ndi kulemekezedwa ndi masewera awo chifukwa cha khama lawo ndi ulemu.
"Monga ambiri akudziwa, Rick ndi abambo ake, a Dick, anali zithunzi zakuyenda pamsewu ndi triathlons kwa zaka makumi anayi, kulimbikitsa mamiliyoni a anthu olumala kuti adzikhulupirire okha," adatero Hoyt Foundation.
Rick anabadwa mu 1962 ndi quadriplegia ndi cerebral palsy chifukwa chingwe cha umbilical chinagwidwa m'khosi ndikudula kutuluka kwa mpweya kupita ku ubongo. Panalibe chiyembekezo kwa iye, koma pamodzi ndi mkazi wake Judy, yemwenso anamwalira, Dick anatsimikiza mtima kupereka mwana wake maphunziro abwino momwe angathere. Msilikali wopuma pantchitoyu adagwira naye ntchito ndikumuphunzitsa kunyumba mpaka adaloledwa kusukulu ya boma mu 1975, ali ndi zaka 13. Kwa zaka zambiri adapezanso udindo pa yunivesite ya Boston ndipo adamaliza maphunziro awo ku Special Education. “Rick analinso mpainiya wa maphunziro. Amayi ake adasintha malamulo omwe amalola kuti mwana wawo wamwamuna aziphunzitsidwa pamodzi ndi anthu opanda chilema.
Ndili wachinyamata, kudzera pakompyuta yolumikizana kudzera pa njira yolumikizirana, Rick adamufunsa kuti adziwe momwe angachitire nawo mpikisano wopindulitsa 5 zikwi. Dick anamaliza mpikisano woyambawo akukankha chikuku cha mwana wake, yemwe pamapeto pake anamuuza mawu omwe angasinthe miyoyo yawo: "Abambo, pamene ndikuthamanga, ndimamva ngati sindine wolumala."
Kuyambira tsiku limenelo, iye anachita nawo mitundu yonse ya mpikisano wothamanga, kuphatikizapo duathlons ndi triathlons. Anapanga mpikisano wa Boston Marathon mpikisano wawo wamatsenga, ndipo m'malo mwake mtundu wawo wa 2009 unakhala mpikisano wawo wophatikizana 1.000.
Analinso banja loyamba kumaliza Ironman, mayeso ovuta kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi: (53.86 makilomita akusambira, 42.1 akuthamanga ndi 180 panjinga). M’madzimo, Dick anali kukokera ndi chingwe bwato laling’ono limene mwana wake anaikidwamo.
Loweruka lomweli adayenera kupikisana nawo pampikisano wotchuka wa 'Yes you can', wokonzedwa ndi Hoyt Foundation ku Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Banja silinanene kuti liyimitsa mlanduwo kapena kukonza zinthu polemekeza Rick ndi Dick.
