Minda Dentler: What I learned when I conquered the world's toughest triathlon
میندا دنتلر: از موفقیت در سختترین ماراتن سهگانهٔ جهان چه آموختم
A record-setting triathlete, Minda Dentler is a polio survivor committed to inspiring people to move beyond their fear of failure and achieve their goals. Full bio
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like a never-ending barren hill.
از تپهای بیانتها بالا میرفتم.
up to a town called Hawi
شهری به نام هاوی راه بود
measuring almost 98 degrees.
of the bike portion
دوچرخهسواری رسیده بودم
events in the world.
in our family living room.
از تلویزیون نگاه میکردم.
orange and brown sofa,
سبک دهه ۷۰ مینشستم،
pushed themselves to their limit
محدودیتشان تلاش میکردند
from the sidelines,
or handing out water at local races.
یا در مسابقات محلی برایشان آب میبردم.
to be able to compete, but I couldn't.
من هم مسابقه بدهم، اما نمیتوانستم.
hospital in high school.
در دبیرستان داوطلب شدم.
all by myself
پابندها و عصاهایم
for a job in management consulting,
تا در زمینهٔ مشاور مدیریت کار کنم،
to the sport of hand-cycling,
دوچرخهسواری با دست آشنا شدم،
an Ironman World Champion,
قهرمان مرد آهنین جهان را
race in the sport,
it's like the Super Bowl of triathlon.
مانند مسابقه سوپربول ماراتن سهگانه است.
for a wheelchair athlete like me,
مثل من روی ویلچر،
in the Pacific Ocean,
آبهای آزاد یعنی اقیانوس آرام،
in lava fields --
با دست روی زمین ناهموار و سخت است --
and it's pretty desolate --
سوتوکور و غمانگیز است --
در گرمای ۳۲ درجه سانتیگراد
ویژهٔ مسابقه به پایان میرسد.
of 140.6 miles using just your arms
است که فقط از دستهایتان استفاده میکنید
had ever completed the race
در این مسابقه رقابت نکرده
seemingly impossible cutoff times.
که غیرممکن به نظر میرسند.
of that 15-mile climb,
آن صعود ۲۴ کیلومتری رسیدم،
to make that swim in my time limit
and I handed it over to a race official.
به یکی از مسئولان مسابقه دادم.
and my husband Shawn
to drive me back to town.
تا مرا به شهر برگردانند.
I began to cry.
the Ironman World Championship
مسابقات مرد آهنین جهان
my family and people at work
خانوادهام و همکارانم
I had assumed or planned?
و فکر میکردم پیش نرفت؟
to Shannon about the Kona "disaster,"
راجع به «فاجعهٔ» کونا حرف میزدم
be realized when you're ready to fail."
بزرگ را دریابی که برای شکست آماده باشی.»
in order to move forward,
آن شکست را پشت سر بگذارم،
that I had faced insurmountable odds.
چیز عجیب و غیرقابل نفوذی مواجه میشدم.
I contracted polio,
به فلج اطفال مبتلا شدم،
from the hips down.
left me at an orphanage.
و مرا در یتیمخانه رها کرد.
by an American family,
سرپرستی مرا پذیرفتند،
I underwent a series of surgeries
چندین عمل جراحی روی رانها،
with leg braces and crutches.
with my disability.
about wearing a back brace and leg braces,
under my pants.
زیر شلوار پنهان میکردم.
heavy braces on my legs
پابندهای ضخیم و سنگین روی پاهایم
of the very few individuals in the US
تعداد بسیار کمی مانند من
by polio today.
in developing countries
در حال توسعه مبتلا به فلج اطفال هستند
medical care, education,
like I have had in America.
در آمریکا داشتم، دسترسی ندارند.
that, had I not been adopted,
مرا به فرزندی نپذیرفته بودند،
wouldn't be in front of you today.
امروز در برابر شما نبودم.
friends and competitors,
دوستان و رقیبانم
went off promptly at 7am.
شلیک شد، شنا کردیم.
staying in between bodies,
سعی میکردم بین شناگران بمانم،
every so often
and he carried me out of the water.
when Shawn had told me I had managed
یک ساعت و ۴۳ دقیقه شنا کنم
to complete the 112-mile bike course.
و ۴۵ دقیقه با دوچرخه میرفتم.
in seven- to 10-mile segments in my mind
۱۱ تا ۱۶ کیلومتری تقسیم کردم
as we benefited from a little tail wind.
و باد مساعد و آرامی میوزید.
I was in serious time jeopardy
بدجایی گیر کردهام
and less than 90 minutes,
زمانم کمتر از ۹۰ دقیقه بود
a few sizable hill climbs.
نسبتاْ بزرگ هم بالا میرفتم.
that time cutoff again.
my internal voice aside that said,
پس زدم، که میگفت:
"Minda, you better focus.
«میندا، بهتر است تمرکز کنی.
and your effort."
as though my life depended on it.
که انگار زندگیام به آن بستگی دارد.
competitors to make the bike cutoff."
است که مسیر دوچرخه را به پایان رساند.»
for 10-and-a-half hours.
went pretty quickly,
از آدمها با دو تا پایشان
to the bottom of Palani hill,
that looked like Mt. Everest
به نظر میرسید نگاه میکردم
were ready at their stations
just so I wouldn't tip backwards.
مبادا به عقب برگردم.
the top of that hill,
15-mile stretch onto the Queen K Highway,
کوئین کی. در سمت چپم برگشتم،
on one push at a time.
یک حرکت تمرکز میکردم.
onto Ali'i Drive.
and I was overcome with emotion.
غرق در شادی بودم.
was 14 hours and 39 minutes.
به پایان رسانده بود.
من به رویایم دست یافتم،
commitment to myself,
خودم بسته بودم،
that completing the Ironman
مسابقات مرد آهنین
but preventable diseases,
ناتوان میکند و مانع میشود،
afflicted by vaccine-preventable diseases.
که با واکسن قابل پیشگیری هستند.
to eliminating one of those diseases
بردن چنین بیماریهایی بسیار نزدیک شدهایم
more than 350,000 children a year
۳۵۰٫۰۰۰ کودک در بیش از ۱۲۵ کشور
40 cases an hour.
have reported a total of only 12 cases.
تنها ۱۲ مورد را گزارش کردهاند.
have been immunized against polio,
کودک در برابر فلج اطفال ایمن شدهاند،
paralyzed like me,
in the poorest communities of the world.
کشورهای جهان زندگی میکنند.
and dangerous places,
دورافتاده و خطرناک ظاهر شود،
مرد آهنین تازهای شرکت کنم:
two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Maya.
به یاد میآورم.
یک نردبان بالا برود.
or kick a ball across the grass.
توپش را آنطرف چمنها پرتاب کند.
that I see her do at her age
انجام میدهد نگاه میکنم
do at that age.
توان چنین کارهایی را نداشتم.
in the room to prepare the shot,
to document the moment.
با عکس ثبت کنم.
welling up with tears.
would be very different from mine.
with the crippling disability of polio,
فلج اطفال مبتلا نخواهد شد،
and I chose to get her immunized.
و من انتخاب کردم که ایمن شود.
که دلش میخواهد، انجام بدهد،
with one question:
را با یک پرسش تمام کنم:
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Minda Dentler - Athlete, activistA record-setting triathlete, Minda Dentler is a polio survivor committed to inspiring people to move beyond their fear of failure and achieve their goals.
Why you should listen
Minda Dentler's life is one of inspiration, courage and determination. As an infant in India, she contracted polio, resulting in the paralysis of her legs, and was left at an orphanage. When she was three, she was adopted by an American family which enabled her to receive the medical care necessary to be able to walk with leg braces and crutches.
Undeterred by her disability, Dentler became an independent woman with the intention and drive to face and overcome the many obstacles she has encountered throughout her life. As an adult, she discovered athletics and threw herself into the sport of triathlon. In 2013, she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship, in Kona, Hawaii.
Dentler is an athlete, speaker, advocate and mother. She has been featured on CNN, Forbes and NBC. She has written for Huffington Post and TIME, advocating for the eradication of polio. She was a 2017 Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow. She works for a large global insurer and, with her husband, is raising a young daughter. She's committed to inspiring people to move beyond their fear of failure and achieve their goals.
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