Isithombe: I-Pinterest Owake waba yindlovukazi yomgijimi kaKerala, uKalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol, odume ngelika-K. M. Beenamol, unezingoma ezimbalwa egameni lakhe. Wanikeza umklomelo we-Arjuna ngo-2000, wabizwa owawina ngokuhlanganyela umklomelo we-Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna ngo-2002-2003, futhi waklonyeliswa nge-Padma Shri ngo-2004 ngezimpumelelo zakhe eziyisibonelo emsebenzini wakhe wezemidlalo, uhambo luka-Beenamol oluya empumelelweni luyajabulisa.
Wazalwa ngo-Agasti 15, 1975 edolobhaneni laseKombidinjal esifundeni sase-Idukki, eKerala, uBeenamol wayehlale efuna ukuba umsubathi. U-Beenamol nomfowabo, u-K. M. Binu, naye ongumsubathi, babesekelwa ngokugcwele abazali babo kusukela ekuqaleni, bathunyelwa ukuyoqeqeshwa kusukela esemncane. Ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezinsiza endaweni yangakubo, izelamani beziziqeqeshela ezindaweni eziseduze. Ngaphandle kokusebenza kanzima ukuze zizakhele igama kwezemidlalo, lezi zelamani ziphinde zabhekana nezinselelo ezinjengokungabi bikho kwemigwaqo emihle nokuncane kwezinto zokuhamba. Kodwa njengoba besho, lapho kunentando khona, ikhona indlela! Izelamani zazibonakalisa ziyizihlabani zezemidlalo zomkhaya. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi bobabili baqopha umlando kuma-Busan Asian Games ka-2002 ngokuba izelamani zokuqala zaseNdiya ukuwina izindondo emqhudelwaneni omkhulu wamazwe ngamazwe. U-Beenamol uthole indondo yegolide emqhudelwaneni wabesifazane we-800m kwathi u-Binu wawina isiliva kweyabesilisa. I-Beenamol iphinde yasiza izwe lawina indondo yegolide ku-4×400m relay yabesifazane.
Nakuba lezi zindondo zafika kamuva, kwaba ngo-2000 lapho u-Beenamol enza khona izwe laqaphela - kuma-Olympics ehlobo ngalowo nyaka, wafinyelela owandulela owamanqamu, waba ngowesifazane wesithathu waseNdiya kuphela ukwenza lokho kusukela u-P. T. Usha no-Shiny Wilson. Ukuvela kwakhe okwesibili kuma-Olympics kwenzeka ngo-2004, lapho, naphezu kokusebenza kahle kwakhe, kwadingeka ukuthi azinze endaweni yesithupha esikhundleni sokuqeda isiteji.
I-Beenamolukusebenza kanzima, ukuzimisela, kanye nokuziphatha kwamenza wangena endleleni eya empumelelweni, futhi impilo yakhe kanye nezimpumelelo zakhe kuzoqhubeka nokuba ugqozi kumuntu wonke.
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