TED1998
Aimee Mullins: Changing my legs - and my mindset
Aimee Mullinsová o behaní
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V tomto archívnom videu TEDu z roku 1998 Aimee Mullinsová, paraolympijská šprintérka, hovorí o svojej bežeckej kariére rekordérky a o úžasných protézach z karbónového vlákna (v tom období ešte prototypoch), ktoré jej pomohli prebehnúť cieľovou rovinou.
Aimee Mullins - Athlete and actor
A record-breaker at the Paralympic Games in 1996, Aimee Mullins has built a career as a model, actor and advocate for women, sports and the next generation of prosthetics. Full bio
A record-breaker at the Paralympic Games in 1996, Aimee Mullins has built a career as a model, actor and advocate for women, sports and the next generation of prosthetics. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
00:16
Sheryl Shade: Hi, Aimee. Aimee Mullins: Hi.
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Cheryl: S Aimee sme mysleli na to – Ahoj, Aimee. Aimee Mullins: Ahoj
00:19
SS: Aimee and I thought we'd just talk a little bit,
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Cheryl: S Aimee sme mysleli na to, že sa trochu porozprávame,
00:21
and I wanted her to tell all of you what makes her a distinctive athlete.
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a chcela som, aby Vám prezradila, čo z nej robí takú významnú športovkyňu.
00:27
AM: Well, for those of you who have seen the picture in the little bio --
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AM: Tí z Vás, ktorí videli fotku v krátkom životopise,
00:31
it might have given it away --
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už asi vedia, o čo ide.
00:33
I'm a double amputee, and I was born without fibulas in both legs.
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Podstúpila som amputáciu nôh, keďže som sa narodila bez ihlíc.
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I was amputated at age one,
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Amputovali mi ich, keď som mala jeden rok
00:39
and I've been running like hell ever since, all over the place.
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a odvtedy behám pekelne rýchlo – ako pojašená.
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SS: Well, why don't you tell them how you got to Georgetown -- why don't we start there?
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Cheryl: Prečo nepovieš niečo o tom, ako si sa dostala na Univerzitu v Georgetowne?
00:47
Why don't we start there?
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Prečo nezačneme tým?
00:49
AM: I'm a senior in Georgetown in the Foreign Service program.
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AM: Študujem v poslednom ročníku medzinárodných vzťahov v Georgetowne.
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I won a full academic scholarship out of high school.
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Po skončení strednej školy mi udelili univerzitné štipendium na celé štúdium.
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They pick three students out of the nation every year
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Každoročne sa vyberajú traja študenti z celých Spojených štátov
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to get involved in international affairs,
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na štúdium medzinárodných vzťahov,
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and so I won a full ride to Georgetown
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a tak som vyhrala vstupenku na Georgetown,
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and I've been there for four years. Love it.
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kde som už štyri roky – a milujem to tam.
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SS: When Aimee got there,
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Cheryl: Keď sa tam Aimee dostala,
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she decided that she's, kind of, curious about track and field,
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uvedomila si, že ju zaujíma atletika
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so she decided to call someone and start asking about it.
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a rozhodla sa, že niekomu zavolá a začne sa vypytovať.
01:19
So, why don't you tell that story?
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Povedzme si niečo o tom.
01:21
AM: Yeah. Well, I guess I've always been involved in sports.
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AM: Jasné. Myslím, že som sa točila stále okolo športu.
01:23
I played softball for five years growing up.
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V detstve som hrala päť rokov softbal.
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I skied competitively throughout high school,
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Počas strednej školy som súťažne lyžovala
01:28
and I got a little restless in college
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a na univerzite som bola trochu neposedná,
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because I wasn't doing anything for about a year or two sports-wise.
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keďže som rok či dva žiaden šport nerobila.
01:34
And I'd never competed on a disabled level, you know --
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A nikdy predtým som nesúťažila s hendikepovanými.
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I'd always competed against other able-bodied athletes.
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Vždy som súperila s inými zdravými športovcami.
01:41
That's all I'd ever known.
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Nič iné som nepoznala.
01:43
In fact, I'd never even met another amputee until I was 17.
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Vlastne, do svojich 17-tich som ani nestretla nikoho s amputáciou.
01:46
And I heard that they do these track meets with all disabled runners,
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Počula som, že robia stretnutia so všetkými hendikepovanými bežcami,
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and I figured, "Oh, I don't know about this,
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a povedala som si: "Neviem, ako to síce chodí,
01:55
but before I judge it, let me go see what it's all about."
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ale nebudem to kritizovať skôr, ako sa pozriem, o čo ide."
01:59
So, I booked myself a flight to Boston in '95, 19 years old
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A tak som si v '95-om rezervovala letenku do Bostonu – mala som 19
02:04
and definitely the dark horse candidate at this race. I'd never done it before.
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a bola som jasným kandidátom na čierneho koňa. Ešte nikdy som takto nesúťažila.
02:09
I went out on a gravel track a couple of weeks before this meet
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Niekoľko týždňov pred stretnutím som vyšla na jednu dráhu,
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to see how far I could run,
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aby som zistila, ako ďaleko zabehnem,
02:14
and about 50 meters was enough for me, panting and heaving.
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a stačilo mi 50 metrov – ledva som dýchala.
02:18
And I had these legs that were made of
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Mala som protézy vyrobené z niečoho ako
02:21
a wood and plastic compound, attached with Velcro straps --
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kombinácia dreva a plastu, pripevnené boli suchým zipsom,
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big, thick, five-ply wool socks on --
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na nich veľké, hrubé vlnené ponožky,
02:27
you know, not the most comfortable things, but all I'd ever known.
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veď viete, nie práve najpohodlnejšie veci, ale iné som nepoznala.
02:31
And I'm up there in Boston against people
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A takto sa ocitnem v Bostone proti ľuďom,
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wearing legs made of all things -- carbon graphite
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ktorí majú protézy vyrobené z uhlíkového vlákna
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and, you know, shock absorbers in them and all sorts of things --
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s tlmičmi nárazov a inými vylepšeniami,
02:41
and they're all looking at me like,
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a pozerajú na mňa – akože:
02:43
OK, we know who's not going to win this race.
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"Fajn, už vieme, kto preteky nevyhrá."
02:47
And, I mean, I went up there expecting --
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Ja som tam šla s očakávaním,
02:50
I don't know what I was expecting --
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ani neviem, čo som čakala,
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but, you know, when I saw a man who was missing an entire leg
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ale keď som videla muža, ktorému chýbala celá noha,
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go up to the high jump, hop on one leg to the high jump
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ako sa pripraví na skok do výšky, na jednej nohe doskáče k latke
02:58
and clear it at six feet, two inches ...
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a skočí 188 cm...
03:00
Dan O'Brien jumped 5'11" in '96 in Atlanta,
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V '96 skočil Dan O'Brien v Atlante 180 cm
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I mean, if it just gives you a comparison of --
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len pre porovnanie toho, že...
03:06
these are truly accomplished athletes,
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viete, toto sú skutočne dokonalí atléti,
03:09
without qualifying that word "athlete."
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bez bližšieho upresnenia slova "atlét".
03:11
And so I decided to give this a shot: heart pounding,
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A tak som sa rozhodla, že tomu dám šancu a s rozbúšeným srdcom
03:17
I ran my first race and I beat the national record-holder
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som zabehla svoje prvé preteky, porazila národného rekordéra
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by three hundredths of a second,
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o tri stotiny sekundy
03:23
and became the new national record-holder on my first try out.
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a stala sa na prvý pokus novou národnou rekordérkou.
03:27
And, you know, people said,
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Ľudia, samozrejme, vraveli:
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"Aimee, you know, you've got speed -- you've got natural speed --
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"Aimee, ty si rýchla, máš vrodenú rýchlosť,
03:32
but you don't have any skill or finesse going down that track.
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ale nemáš žiadnu techniku ani cit k tomu, ako tú dráhu zabehnúť.
03:36
You were all over the place.
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Bežala si zmätene.
03:38
We all saw how hard you were working."
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Všetci sme videli, ako ťažko ti to šlo."
03:40
And so I decided to call the track coach at Georgetown.
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A tak som sa rozhodla, že zavolám trénerovi atletiky na Georgetowne.
03:43
And I thank god I didn't know just how huge this man is in the track and field world.
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Vďaka bohu, že som netušila, aké meno má tento muž vo svete atletiky.
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He's coached five Olympians, and
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Bol už trénerom piatich olympionikov,
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the man's office is lined from floor to ceiling
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jeho kancelária je od podlahy po strop obložená
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with All America certificates
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oceneniami "All America"
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of all these athletes he's coached.
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pre najlepších športovcov, ktorých trénoval,
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He's just a rather intimidating figure.
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a je to trochu strašidelný človek.
04:03
And I called him up and said, "Listen, I ran one race and I won ..."
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Zavolala som mu a povedala: "Bežala som na jedných pretekoch, vyhrala som a...
04:10
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
04:11
"I want to see if I can, you know --
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chcela by som vedieť, či by som, viete...
04:14
I need to just see if I can sit in on some of your practices,
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potrebujem vedieť, či by som mohla ísť na niekoľko vašich tréningov
04:16
see what drills you do and whatever."
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pozrieť sa, ako trénujete."
04:18
That's all I wanted -- just two practices.
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Nič iné som nechcela – iba dva tréningy.
04:20
"Can I just sit in and see what you do?"
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Môžem prísť a pozrieť sa, čo robíte?
04:22
And he said, "Well, we should meet first, before we decide anything."
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A on na to: "Skôr, než sa dohodneme, mali by sme sa stretnúť."
04:25
You know, he's thinking, "What am I getting myself into?"
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Určite si pomyslel: "Do čoho sa to chystám zapliesť?"
04:27
So, I met the man, walked in his office,
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Tak som sa s ním stretla v jeho kancelárii
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and saw these posters and magazine covers of people he has coached.
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a videla na plagátoch a obálkach časopisov všetkých tých ľudí, ktorých trénoval.
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And we got to talking,
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Sedeli sme tam, začali sme sa rozprávať
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and it turned out to be a great partnership
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a bola z toho vynikajúca spolupráca,
04:39
because he'd never coached a disabled athlete,
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keďže on nikdy netrénoval hendikepovaného športovca,
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so therefore he had no preconceived notions
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a teda nebol predpojatý voči tomu,
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of what I was or wasn't capable of,
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čoho som a nie som schopná,
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and I'd never been coached before.
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a ani ja som nikdy nebola trénovaná,
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So this was like, "Here we go -- let's start on this trip."
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bolo to teda niečo nové, niečo ako dobrodružstvo.
04:51
So he started giving me four days a week of his lunch break,
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A tak mi štyrikrát do týždňa venoval svoje obedňajšie prestávky,
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his free time, and I would come up to the track and train with him.
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svoj voľný čas, kedy som išla na dráhu a trénovala s ním.
05:01
So that's how I met Frank.
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Tak som spoznala Franka.
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That was fall of '95. But then, by the time that winter was rolling around,
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To bolo na jeseň v '95-om, a keď sa začínala zima,
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he said, "You know, you're good enough.
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povedal mi: "Vieš čo, si celkom dobrá.
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You can run on our women's track team here."
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Mohla by si bežať v našom atletickom tíme žien."
05:14
And I said, "No, come on."
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A ja na to: "Ale, prosím vás."
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And he said, "No, no, really. You can.
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"Nie, nie, naozaj. Môžeš.
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You can run with our women's track team."
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Môžeš bežať v našom atletickom tíme žien."
05:21
In the spring of 1996, with my goal of making the U.S. Paralympic team
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A tak na jar roku 1996, keď som sa neodvratne blížila k svojmu cieľu dostať sa
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that May coming up full speed, I joined the women's track team.
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v máji do amerického paraolympijského tímu, som vstúpila do ženského atletického tímu.
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And no disabled person had ever done that -- run at a collegiate level.
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To ešte žiadny hendikepovaný človek nedosiahol – behať na univerzite.
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So I don't know, it started to become an interesting mix.
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A tak sa to akosi začalo celé premiešavať.
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SS: Well, on your way to the Olympics,
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Cheryl: Povedzme si teraz niečo o tom, ako – na ceste za olympiádou –
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a couple of memorable events happened at Georgetown.
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sa ti na Georgetowne prihodilo niekoľko nezabudnuteľných zážitkov.
05:48
Why don't you just tell them?
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Porozprávaj im o nich.
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AM: Yes, well, you know, I'd won everything as far as the disabled meets --
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AM: Ach áno, pred tým som vyhrala vo všetkých súťažiach pre hendikepovaných,
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everything I competed in -- and, you know, training in Georgetown
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v tých, ktorých som sa zúčastnila, trénovala som v Georgetowne
05:58
and knowing that I was going to have to get used to
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a vedela som, že si budem musieť zvyknúť na to,
06:00
seeing the backs of all these women's shirts --
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že vidím všetky bežkyne iba zozadu –
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you know, I'm running against the next Flo-Jo --
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veď bežím proti budúcej bežeckej hviezde –,
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and they're all looking at me like,
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a že sa tie bežkyne na mňa pozerajú, akože:
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"Hmm, what's, you know, what's going on here?"
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Hm, čo sa to tu robí?
06:09
And putting on my Georgetown uniform
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Nosila som georgetownský atletický dres
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and going out there and knowing that, you know,
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a vyšla na dráhu s vedomím,
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in order to become better -- and I'm already the best in the country --
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že, aj keď som už najlepšia v krajine, aby bol človek ešte lepší,
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you know, you have to train with people who are inherently better than you.
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musí trénovať s ľuďmi, ktorí sú zo zásady lepší, ako je on sám.
06:23
And I went out there and made it to the Big East,
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A tak som sa dostala na podujatie "Big East",
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which was sort of the championship race at the end of the season.
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ktoré bolo na konci sezóny akousi súťažou o majstrovský titul.
06:32
It was really, really hot.
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Bolo skutočne veľmi teplo.
06:34
And it's the first --
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A bolo to po prvýkrát,
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I had just gotten these new sprinting legs that you see in that bio,
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čo som mala tieto nové šprintérske protézy, ktoré som práve vtedy dostala,
06:40
and I didn't realize at that time that
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a vtedy som si ešte neuvedomila,
06:45
the amount of sweating I would be doing in the sock --
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že toľko potu, ktorý sa vytvoril pod ponožkami,
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it actually acted like a lubricant
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sa bude správať ako mazivo
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and I'd be, kind of, pistoning in the socket.
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a moja noha sa bude v puzdre protézy posúvať hore-dolu.
06:51
And at about 85 meters of my 100 meters sprint, in all my glory,
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Počas stovky sa mi tak pri 85 metroch, v celej mojej sláve,
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I came out of my leg.
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vyzula protéza.
06:59
Like, I almost came out of it, in front of, like, 5,000 people.
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Takmer sa mi vyzula, pred asi 5 000 ľuďmi.
07:02
And I, I mean, was just mortified --
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A... bolo to... ponižujúce a...
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because I was signed up for the 200, you know, which went off in a half hour.
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pretože som bola prihlásená aj na dvestovku, ktorá sa začínala za pol hodinu.
07:10
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
07:12
I went to my coach: "Please, don't make me do this."
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Išla som za trénerom. Hovorím... "Nechcite, prosím, aby som to robila.
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I can't do this in front of all those people. My legs will come off.
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Nedokážem to pred toľkými ľuďmi. Spadnú mi protézy.
07:18
And if it came off at 85 there's no way I'm going 200 meters.
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A ak sa to stalo pri 85 metroch, neexistuje, že spravím 200."
07:21
And he just sat there like this.
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A on tam iba takto sedel.
07:23
My pleas fell on deaf ears, thank god.
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Vďaka bohu, moje prosby ostali nevypočuté,
07:28
Because you know, the man is from Brooklyn;
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keďže reagoval, akože – on je z Brooklynu,
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he's a big man. He says, "Aimee, so what if your leg falls off?
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je to obrovský muž – a vraví (hrubým hlasom): "Aimee, čo ak ti spadne protéza?
07:37
You pick it up, you put the damn thing back on,
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Zodvihneš tú prekliatu vec, dáš si ju späť
07:40
and finish the goddamn race!"
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a dokončíš tie poondené preteky!"
07:41
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Potlesk)
07:47
And I did. So, he kept me in line.
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A aj som ich dokončila. Takže... on... viedol ma správnym smerom.
07:53
He kept me on the right track.
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Držal ma na správnej ceste.
07:55
SS: So, then Aimee makes it to the 1996 Paralympics,
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Cheryl: Aimee sa teda dostala v roku 1996 na paraolympiádu
08:00
and she's all excited. Her family's coming down -- it's a big deal.
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a bola úplne nadšená. Jej rodina sa išla na ňu pozrieť – bola to veľká vec.
08:03
It's now two years that you've been running?
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V tom období už... Behala si už dva roky, že?
08:06
AM: No, a year.
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AM: Nie, rok.
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SS: A year. And why don't you tell them what happened
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Cheryl: Behala už rok. Povedzme si teda teraz, čo sa stalo
08:09
right before you go run your race?
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krátko pred začiatkom pretekov.
08:12
AM: Okay, well, Atlanta.
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AM: Okej, takže – Atlanta '96.
08:14
The Paralympics, just for a little bit of clarification,
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Paraolympiáda, len pre objasnenie,
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are the Olympics for people with physical disabilities --
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je olympiáda pre telesne hendikepovaných ľudí,
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amputees, persons with cerebral palsy, and wheelchair athletes --
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ľudí s amputáciou, s mozgovou obrnou a športovcov vo vozíkoch –
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as opposed to the Special Olympics,
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v porovnaní so špeciálnymi olympijskými hrami,
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which deals with people with mental disabilities.
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na ktorých sú ľudia s mentálnym postihnutím.
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So, here we are, a week after the Olympics and down at Atlanta,
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A tak som bola v Atlante, týždeň po normálnej olympiáde
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and I'm just blown away by the fact that
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a uchvátilo ma, keď som si uvedomila, že
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just a year ago, I got out on a gravel track and couldn't run 50 meters.
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iba pred rokom som vyšla na atletickú dráhu a nezabehla ani 50 metrov.
08:42
And so, here I am -- never lost.
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A predsa som tam – ešte bez prehry.
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I set new records at the U.S. Nationals -- the Olympic trials -- that May,
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V máji som na americkom šampionáte, na kvalifikáciách na paraolympiádu, utvorila nové rekordy
08:49
and was sure that I was coming home with the gold.
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a bola som si istá, že si odtiaľ doveziem zlato.
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I was also the only, what they call "bilateral BK" -- below the knee.
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Bola som tiež jediná s amputáciou oboch nôh od kolien dolu.
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I was the only woman who would be doing the long jump.
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Ako jediná žena som sa chystala na skoky do diaľky.
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I had just done the long jump,
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A keď som skočila do diaľky,
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and a guy who was missing two legs came up to me and says,
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prišiel za mnou chlapík, ktorému amputovali obe nohy:
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"How do you do that? You know, we're supposed to have a planar foot,
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"Ako to robíš? Veď máme mať ploché chodidlo,
09:08
so we can't get off on the springboard."
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s ktorým sa nedá odraziť od odrazovej dosky."
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I said, "Well, I just did it. No one told me that."
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Ja na to: "No, práve som to spravila. O tom mi nik nepovedal."
09:12
So, it's funny -- I'm three inches within the world record --
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Čiže, je to vtipné, od svetového rekordu som zaostávala o 7,5 cm,
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and kept on from that point, you know,
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a naďalej je to tak,
09:17
so I'm signed up in the long jump -- signed up?
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takže som bola zapísaná na skok do diaľky, vlastne,
09:20
No, I made it for the long jump and the 100-meter.
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na skok do diaľky a sto metrov som sa kvalifikovala.
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And I'm sure of it, you know?
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A bola som si istá.
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I made the front page of my hometown paper
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Dostala som sa na titulku miestnych novín,
09:28
that I delivered for six years, you know?
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ktoré som šesť rokov roznášala.
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It was, like, this is my time for shine.
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Bol to pocit, že teraz je čas zažiariť.
09:33
And we're at the trainee warm-up track,
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A tak sme boli v zahrievacom štadióne, na atletickej dráhe pre nováčikov,
09:36
which is a few blocks away from the Olympic stadium.
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ktorý je niekoľko ulíc od olympijského štadióna.
09:38
These legs that I was on, which I'll take out right now --
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A protézy, ktoré som mala – vyberiem ich.
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I was the first person in the world on these legs.
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Bola som prvá na svete, kto ich nosil –
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I was the guinea pig., I'm telling you,
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bola som pokusným králikom – a môžem vám povedať,
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this was, like -- talk about a tourist attraction.
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hovorilo sa o nich ako o turistickej atrakcii.
09:51
Everyone was taking pictures -- "What is this girl running on?"
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Každý si ich fotil so slovami: "Na čom to tá holka beží?"
09:55
And I'm always looking around, like, where is my competition?
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A neustále som sa obzerala, kde sú moje súperky.
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It's my first international meet.
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Veď to bolo moje prvé medzinárodné stretnutie.
10:01
I tried to get it out of anybody I could,
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Snažila som sa od kohokoľvek pozisťovať,
10:03
you know, "Who am I running against here?"
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kto to bol, proti komu som mala bežať.
10:06
"Oh, Aimee, we'll have to get back to you on that one."
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"Ach, Aimee, k tomu sa vrátime neskôr."
10:08
I wanted to find out times.
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Chcela som vedieť ich časy.
10:10
"Don't worry, you're doing great."
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"Neboj sa, si v pohode, ide ti to dobre."
10:13
This is 20 minutes before my race in the Olympic stadium,
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To bolo 20 minút pred súťažou v olympijskom štadióne
10:16
and they post the heat sheets. And I go over and look.
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a vyvesili kvalifikačné hárky. Idem sa na ne pozrieť.
10:19
And my fastest time, which was the world record, was 15.77.
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Môj najrýchlejší čas, svetový rekord, bol 15,77.
10:24
Then I'm looking: the next lane, lane two, is 12.8.
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Pozriem ďalej, dráha vedľa, číslo dva má 12,8.
10:28
Lane three is 12.5. Lane four is 12.2. I said, "What's going on?"
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Dráha tri má 12,5, číslo štyri 12,2. Hovorím si: "Čo sa tu deje?"
10:33
And they shove us all into the shuttle bus,
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Všetkých nás strčia do autobusu
10:35
and all the women there are missing a hand.
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a všetky ženy mali amputovanú ruku.
10:37
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
10:44
So, I'm just, like --
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Ja na to –
10:50
they're all looking at me like 'which one of these is not like the other,' you know?
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A ony sa na mňa všetky pozerali s výrazom: "Ktorá z týchto nie je ako ostatné?"
10:54
I'm sitting there, like, "Oh, my god. Oh, my god."
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Ja som tam sedela a pomyslela som si: "Ó môj bože, ó môj bože!"
11:00
You know, I'd never lost anything,
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Ešte nikdy som neprehrala,
11:03
like, whether it would be the scholarship or, you know,
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či už to bolo štipendium, alebo...
11:05
I'd won five golds when I skied. In everything, I came in first.
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keď som súťažne lyžovala, vyhrala som päť zlatých medailí. Vo všetkom som bola prvá.
11:11
And Georgetown -- that was great.
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A aj Georgetown – to bolo úžasné.
11:13
I was losing, but it was the best training because this was Atlanta.
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Síce som prehrávala, ale bol to najlepší tréning, veď som bola v Atlante.
11:19
Here we are, like, crème de la crème,
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Tak tam sedíme, najlepší z najlepších
11:22
and there is no doubt about it, that I'm going to lose big.
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a niet o tom pochýb, že prehrám, veľmi.
11:26
And, you know, I'm just thinking,
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Iba rozmýšľam:
11:28
"Oh, my god, my whole family got in a van
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"Ó môj bože, moja celá rodina, oni nasadli do auta
11:31
and drove down here from Pennsylvania."
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a pricestovali sem až z Pennsylvánie."
11:34
And, you know, I was the only female U.S. sprinter.
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Ešte k tomu som bola jedinou americkou šprintérkou.
11:38
So they call us out and, you know --
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Potom nás zavolali k štartu:
11:41
"Ladies, you have one minute."
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"Dámy, máte jednu minútu."
11:43
And I remember putting my blocks in and just feeling horrified
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A keď som sa pripravovala, bola som zdesená,
11:48
because there was just this murmur coming over the crowd,
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pretože si v dave začali pošepkávať,
11:50
like, the ones who are close enough to the starting line to see.
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bolo počuť tých divákov, ktorí sedeli blízko štartovacej čiary.
11:54
And I'm like, "I know! Look! This isn't right."
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A ja na to: "Veď viem! Pozrite na to! Toto nemôže byť správne."
12:00
And I'm thinking that's my last card to play here;
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Myslela som na to, že moja posledná možnosť je,
12:03
if I'm not going to beat these girls,
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ak už neporazím tieto dievky,
12:05
I'm going to mess their heads a little, you know?
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tak im aspoň trochu pomätiem rozum, nie?
12:07
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
12:09
I mean, it was definitely the "Rocky IV" sensation of me versus Germany,
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Bol to jednoznačne pocti z filmu Rocky IV – ja vs. Nemecko
12:12
and everyone else -- Estonia and Poland -- was in this heat.
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a ostatní, čo boli v kvalifikácii – Estónsko, Poľsko a tak.
12:18
And the gun went off, and all I remember was
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Potom zaznela štartovacia pištoľ a pamätám si iba,
12:21
finishing last and
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že som skončila posledná,
12:26
fighting back tears of frustration and incredible -- incredible --
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snažila som sa potlačiť slzy zo sklamania a ten nesmierny
12:31
this feeling of just being overwhelmed.
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pocit, že ma práve porazili.
12:33
And I had to think, "Why did I do this?"
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A musela som sa zamyslieť nad tým, prečo som to robila,
12:36
If I had won everything -- but it was like, what was the point?
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keď som už vyhrala všetko, a načo to bolo dobré?
12:39
All this training -- I had transformed my life.
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Všetko to trénovanie a že som zmenila svoj život.
12:43
I became a collegiate athlete, you know. I became an Olympic athlete.
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Stala sa zo mňa univerzitná a aj olympijská športovkyňa.
12:47
And it made me really think about how
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Začala som rozmýšľať nad tým, že
12:51
the achievement was getting there.
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úspechom bolo už to, že som sa tam dostala.
12:53
I mean, the fact that I set my sights, just a year and three months before,
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Myslím, to, že som si iba rok a tri mesiace pred tým predsavzala
12:57
on becoming an Olympic athlete and saying,
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stať sa olympijskou športovkyňou a že som si povedala:
13:01
"Here's my life going in this direction --
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"Môj život sa uberá tadiaľto
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and I want to take it here for a while,
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a ja chcem, aby sa chvíľu uberal tadiaľto,
13:05
and just seeing how far I could push it."
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a chcem zistiť, ako ďaleko to dotiahnem."
13:07
And the fact that I asked for help -- how many people jumped on board?
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A to, že som požiadala o pomoc – koľko ľudí sa odhodlalo.
13:11
How many people gave of their time and their expertise,
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Koľko ľudí obetovalo svoj čas a svoje skúsenosti
13:15
and their patience, to deal with me?
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a svoju trpezlivosť, aby sa mi venovali.
13:18
And that was this collective glory --
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A to bolo niečo ako spoločná sláva,
13:21
that there was, you know, 50 people behind me
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že stálo za mnou 50 ľudí,
13:24
that had joined in this incredible experience of going to Atlanta.
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ktorí sa pridali k tomuto neuveriteľnému zážitku, akým bola cesta do Atlanty.
13:28
So, I apply this sort of philosophy now
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Čiže, teraz sa riadim takouto filozofiou
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to everything I do:
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zakaždým, keď o niečom pochybujem,
13:35
sitting back and realizing the progression,
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treba si sadnúť a zamyslieť sa nad napredovaním,
13:37
how far you've come at this day to this goal, you know.
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nad tým, ako ďaleko človek postúpil v daný deň k svojmu cieľu.
13:41
It's important to focus on a goal, I think, but
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Myslím, že je dôležité sústrediť sa na určitý cieľ, ale
13:45
also recognize the progression on the way there
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je dôležité uvedomiť si aj napredovanie po ceste k nemu
13:48
and how you've grown as a person.
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a to, ako sa človek rozvíjal.
13:50
That's the achievement, I think. That's the real achievement.
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Myslím, že to je úspech. Ten skutočný úspech.
13:53
SS: Why don't you show them your legs?
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Cheryl: Ukážme si teraz tvoje protézy.
13:54
AM: Oh, sure.
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AM: Jasné.
13:56
SS: You know, show us more than one set of legs.
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Cheryl: Pozrime sa na viac ako jeden pár protéz.
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AM: Well, these are my pretty legs.
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AM: Tak, toto sú moje pekné nohy.
14:00
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
14:01
No, these are my cosmetic legs, actually,
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Vlastne, nie, toto sú moje skrášlené nohy
14:09
and they're absolutely beautiful.
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a sú úplne nádherné.
14:13
You've got to come up and see them.
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Musíte prísť bližšie a pozrieť si ich.
14:14
There are hair follicles on them, and I can paint my toenails.
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Sú na nich naznačené chĺpkové miešky a môžem si na nich farbiť nechty.
14:19
And, seriously, like, I can wear heels.
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A môžem nosiť vysoké podpätky, ale vážne.
14:22
Like, you guys don't understand what that's like
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Vy tomu nemôžete nerozumieť, aké to je
14:24
to be able to just go into a shoe store and buy whatever you want.
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ísť do obchodu s obuvou a kúpiť si čokoľvek chcem.
14:28
SS: You got to pick your height?
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Cheryl: Môžeš si zvoliť svoju výšku?
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AM: I got to pick my height, exactly.
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AM: Presne tak, môžem si zvoliť výšku.
14:31
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
14:34
Patrick Ewing, who played for Georgetown in the '80s,
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Basketbalový hráč Patric Ewing, ktorý hral v 80. rokoch za Georgetown,
14:38
comes back every summer.
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sa tam vracia každé leto.
14:40
And I had incessant fun making fun of him in the training room
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A ja som si z neho v telocvični neustále uťahovala,
14:44
because he'd come in with foot injuries.
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pretože stále prišiel so zraneniami nôh.
14:45
I'm like, "Get it off! Don't worry about it, you know.
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A ja mu vravím: "Daj ich dolu. Netráp sa kvôli tomu.
14:47
You can be eight feet tall. Just take them off."
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Môžeš byť vysoký hoci 2,5 m. Stačí, ak ich dáš dolu."
14:51
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
14:55
He didn't find it as humorous as I did, anyway.
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Aj keď, jemu sa to nezdalo také vtipné.
15:00
OK, now, these are my sprinting legs, made of carbon graphite,
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Fajn, takže, toto sú moje bežecké protézy z uhlíkového vlákna,
15:04
like I said, and I've got to make sure I've got the right socket.
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ako som už spomínala, a musím k nim mať správne puzdro.
15:13
No, I've got so many legs in here.
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Ach, zrazu tu mám toľko protéz.
15:17
These are -- do you want to hold that actually?
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Toto je... môžeš mi to podržať?
15:20
That's another leg I have for, like, tennis and softball.
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Toto je protéza, ktorú mám na tenis, softbal a tak.
15:24
It has a shock absorber in it so it, like, "Shhhh," makes this neat sound
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Je v nej tlmič nárazov, takže vydáva taký jemný, sykavý zvuk,
15:28
when you jump around on it. All right.
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keď v nich poskakujem. Fajn.
15:32
And then this is the silicon sheath I roll over,
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Toto je ten silikón, ktorý si vyhrniem,
15:35
to keep it on. Which, when I sweat,
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silikónové puzdro, ktoré drží protézu na mieste, a keď sa potím,
15:39
you know, I'm pistoning out of it.
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noha sa mi v ňom hýbe hore-dolu.
15:41
SS: Are you a different height?
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Cheryl: Máš v nich inú výšku?
15:44
AM: In these?
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AM: V týchto?
15:45
SS: In these.
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Cheryl: V týchto.
15:46
AM: I don't know. I don't think so.
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AM: Neviem. Nemyslím. Asi nie.
15:49
I may be a little taller. I actually can put both of them on.
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Možno som o trochu vyššia. Môžem si vlastne dať obe protézy.
15:54
SS: She can't really stand on these legs. She has to be moving, so ...
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Cheryl: Na týchto nohách vlastne Aimee ani nevie stáť. Musí sa v nich hýbať...
15:59
AM: Yeah, I definitely have to be moving,
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AM: Hej, musím sa v nich naozaj hýbať
16:02
and balance is a little bit of an art in them.
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a rovnováha je v nich tak trochu umením.
16:05
But without having the silicon sock, I'm just going to try slip in it.
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Ale bez silikónového puzdra, iba sa do nej pokúsim stúpiť.
16:12
And so, I run on these, and have shocked half the world on these.
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Bežím teda v týchto a v nich som aj šokovala polovicu sveta.
16:19
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
16:29
These are supposed to simulate the actual form of a sprinter when they run.
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Majú napodobňovať ozajstný tvar nohy šprintéra počas behu.
16:36
If you ever watch a sprinter,
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Ak si pozriete šprintéra,
16:38
the ball of their foot is the only thing that ever hits the track.
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prstová časť jeho chodidla sa ako jediná dotýka dráhy,
16:40
So when I stand in these legs,
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takže keď stojím v týchto nohách,
16:41
my hamstring and my glutes are contracted,
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môj zadný stehenný a sedací sval sú stiahnuté,
16:44
as they would be had I had feet and were standing on the ball of my feet.
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ako keby som stála na prstovej časti chodidiel, ak by som mala nohy.
16:48
(Audience: Who made them?)
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(Publikum: Kto ich vyrobil?)
16:50
AM: It's a company in San Diego called Flex-Foot.
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AM: Spoločnosť Flex-Foot z mesta San Diego.
16:53
And I was a guinea pig, as I hope to continue to be
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Bola som pokusným králikom a dúfam, že aj naďalej budem
16:57
in every new form of prosthetic limbs that come out.
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pre každý druh novej protézy, ktorý vyjde.
17:01
But actually these, like I said, are still the actual prototype.
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Ale ako som už povedala, tieto sú vlastne pôvodným prototypom.
17:04
I need to get some new ones because the last meet I was at, they were everywhere. You know,
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Potrebovala by som ale nové, lebo keď som bola nedávno na súťaži,
17:08
it's like a big -- it's come full circle.
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bolo to znova... opakovalo sa to, čo kedysi.
17:11
Moderator: Aimee and the designer of them will be at TEDMED 2,
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Moderátor: Aimee a dizajnér protéz budú na podujatí TED Med 2
17:13
and we'll talk about the design of them.
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a tam budeme hovoriť o dizajne týchto protéz.
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AM: Yes, we'll do that.
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AM: Áno, budeme.
17:16
SS: Yes, there you go.
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Cheryl: No vidíte.
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AM: So, these are the sprint legs, and I can put my other...
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AM: Takže toto sú bežecké protézy a môžem si dať druhé...
17:20
SS: Can you tell about who designed your other legs?
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Cheryl: Môžeš nám povedať, kto navrhoval tie ostatné protézy?
17:22
AM: Yes. These I got in a place called Bournemouth, England,
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AM: Áno, tieto mám z Anglicka, z mesta Bournemouth,
17:25
about two hours south of London,
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asi dve hodiny južne od Londýna,
17:27
and I'm the only person in the United States with these,
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a v Spojených štátoch som jediná, čo ich má,
17:31
which is a crime because they are so beautiful.
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čo je doslova hriech, keďže sú tak pekné.
17:34
And I don't even mean, like, because of the toes and everything.
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A nemyslím to kvôli prstom na chodidlách a...
17:37
For me, while I'm such a serious athlete on the track,
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aj keď som na bežeckej dráhe skutočne športovkyňou,
17:41
I want to be feminine off the track, and I think it's so important
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mimo dráhy chcem zostať ženskou a myslím, že je veľmi dôležité,
17:46
not to be limited in any capacity,
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aby človek nebol obmedzený v žiadnej oblasti,
17:48
whether it's, you know, your mobility or even fashion.
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či už je to pohyblivosť, alebo hoci aj móda.
17:53
I mean, I love the fact that I can go in anywhere
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Chcem tým povedať, milujem to, že môžem ísť kamkoľvek
17:55
and pick out what I want -- the shoes I want, the skirts I want --
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a vybrať si, čo chcem, aké topánky a aké sukne len chcem
17:59
and I'm hoping to try to bring these over here
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a dúfam, že sa mi sem podarí tieto protézy priniesť
18:04
and make them accessible to a lot of people.
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a sprístupniť ich mnohým ľuďom.
18:07
They're also silicon.
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Tiež sú zo silikónu.
18:10
This is a really basic, basic prosthetic limb under here.
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Toto tu dolu je skutočne obyčajná, jednoduchá protéza.
18:14
It's like a Barbie foot under this.
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Pod týmto je to ako noha Barbie bábiky.
18:17
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
18:18
It is. It's just stuck in this position,
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Je vyformovaná do tohto tvaru,
18:20
so I have to wear a two-inch heel.
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takže k nej musím nosiť 5 cm podpätky.
18:22
And, I mean, it's really -- let me take this off so you can see it.
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A je naozaj... toto dám dolu, aby ste to mohli vidieť.
18:27
I don't know how good you can see it, but, like, it really is.
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Neviem, či to vidieť dobre, ale je naozaj vyformovaná takto.
18:30
There're veins on the feet, and then my heel is pink,
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Na chodidle sú žily a päta je nafarbená na ružovo
18:34
and my Achilles' tendon -- that moves a little bit.
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a moja achilova šľacha, ona je trochu ohybná.
18:37
And it's really an amazing store. I got them a year and two weeks ago.
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A je to naozaj úžasný kúsok. Dostala som ich pred rokom a dvoma týždňami.
18:42
And this is just a silicon piece of skin.
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A toto tu je koža zo silikónu.
18:46
I mean, what happened was, two years ago
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To bolo totiž takto, pred dvoma rokmi
18:48
this man in Belgium was saying, "God,
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si istý pán v Belgicku povedal,
18:50
if I can go to Madame Tussauds' wax museum
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že ak môže v múzeu voskových figurín Madame Tussauds
18:52
and see Jerry Hall replicated down to the color of her eyes,
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vidieť napodobeninu herečky Jerry Hallovej,
18:56
looking so real as if she breathed,
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ktorá vyzerá tak živo, akoby dýchala,
18:59
why can't they build a limb for someone
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prečo nevedia pre niekoho vyrobiť končatiny,
19:01
that looks like a leg, or an arm, or a hand?"
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ktorá vyzerá ako noha, rameno alebo ruka?
19:05
I mean, they make ears for burn victims.
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Už sa pre ľudí s popáleninami vyrábajú aj uši.
19:07
They do amazing stuff with silicon.
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So silikónom sa dajú robiť úžasné veci.
19:09
SS: Two weeks ago, Aimee was up for the Arthur Ashe award at the ESPYs.
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Cheryl: Pred 2 týždňami si bola Aimee na ESPY prevziať cenu Arthura Asheho za humanitárny čin v oblasti športu.
19:12
And she came into town and she rushed around
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A keď tam prišla do mesta, začala nervózne pobehovať
19:16
and she said, "I have to buy some new shoes!"
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a povedala mi: "Musím si kúpiť nejaké nové topánky!"
19:18
We're an hour before the ESPYs,
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Mali sme hodinu do odovzdávania cien
19:20
and she thought she'd gotten a two-inch heel
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a myslela si, že si zohnala topánky s 5 cm podpätkami,
19:22
but she'd actually bought a three-inch heel.
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ale v skutočnosti si kúpila topánky so 7 cm podpätkami.
19:24
AM: And this poses a problem for me,
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AM: A toto je pre mňa problém,
19:26
because it means I'm walking like that all night long.
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pretože tým pádom by som musela celý večer chodiť takto.
19:29
SS: For 45 minutes. Luckily, the hotel was terrific.
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Cheryl: 45 minút sme... našťastie, v hoteli boli úžasne ústretoví.
19:33
They got someone to come in and saw off the shoes.
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Zohnali niekoho, aby prišiel a odpíli časť podpätkov.
19:36
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
19:38
AM: I said to the receptionist -- I mean, I am just harried, and Sheryl's at my side --
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AM: Recepčnému som povedala, bola som totiž utrápená a Cheryl stála vedľa.
19:42
I said, "Look, do you have anybody here who could help me?
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Vravím mu: "Pozrite, máte tu niekoho, kto by mi mohol pomôcť,
19:45
Because I have this problem ... "
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pretože mám taký problém."
19:47
You know, at first they were just going to write me off, like,
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A najprv ma tam chceli iba zrušiť s tým, že
19:49
"If you don't like your shoes, sorry. It's too late."
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"mrzí nás to, ak sa vám nepáčia topánky. Je neskoro."
19:51
"No, no, no, no. I've got these special feet
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"Nie, nie, nie. Mám tieto špeciálne nohy
19:54
that need a two-inch heel. I have a three-inch heel.
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a potrebujem k nim 5 cm podpätky. Tieto podpätky majú 7 cm.
19:57
I need a little bit off."
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Potrebujem z nich ubrať."
19:59
They didn't even want to go there.
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Oni na to "fajn". Nechceli do toho ísť.
20:01
They didn't even want to touch that one. They just did it.
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Nechceli sa toho ani dotknúť. Potom to spravili.
20:04
No, these legs are great.
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Inak, tieto nohy sú úžasné.
20:07
I'm actually going back in a couple of weeks
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O niekoľko týždňov sa ešte chystám späť,
20:11
to get some improvements.
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aby na nich čo-to zmenili.
20:13
I want to get legs like these made for flat feet
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Chcem takéto nohy, ale s plochými chodidlami,
20:16
so I can wear sneakers, because I can't with these ones.
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aby som mohla nosiť tenisky, pretože s týmito to nejde.
20:19
So... Moderator: That's it.
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Takže... Moderátor: To by bolo všetko.
20:21
SS: That's Aimee Mullins.
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Cheryl: Toto je Aimee Mullinsová.
20:23
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Aimee Mullins - Athlete and actorA record-breaker at the Paralympic Games in 1996, Aimee Mullins has built a career as a model, actor and advocate for women, sports and the next generation of prosthetics.
Why you should listen
Aimee Mullins was born without fibular bones, and had both of her legs amputated below the knee when she was an infant. She learned to walk on prosthetics, then to run -- competing at the national and international level as a champion sprinter, and setting world records at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. At Georgetown, where she double-majored in history and diplomacy, she became the first double amputee to compete in NCAA Division 1 track and field.
After school, Mullins did some modeling -- including a legendary runway show for Alexander McQueen -- and then turned to acting, appearing as the Leopard Queen in Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle. In 2008 she was the official Ambassador for the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival.
She's a passionate advocate for a new kind of thinking about prosthetics, and recently mentioned to an interviewer that she's been looking closely at MIT's in-development powered robotic ankle, "which I fully plan on having."
Aimee Mullins | Speaker | TED.com