Squash player Sobhy Says: Drawing strength from setbacks

"Ahakoa ngā āhuatanga o te ao inaianei, e mōhio ana ahau ka taea e au te wikitoria."

I hoki mai a Amanda Sobhy ki te whakataetae i tēnei wā, ā, i mutu tana moemoeā roa mō te whara, me te hanga i te kaha me te raupapa o ngā mahi whakamiharo, ā, i mutu ko ia tētahi o ngā mema matua o te tīma o Amerika i eke ki tana WSF World Squash Team Championship tuarua karapīpiti.

I te Whakataetae Tīma Poipapa o te Ao, te whakataetae tuatahi o te ao i tū ai ngā whakataetae tāne me ngā whakataetae wāhine i te wā kotahi, i kōrero a Sobhy ki te tīma pāpāho mō tōna tuakiri Amerikana-Ihipa, me pēhea te tukanga whakaora i a ia i te mate kai me ngā uaua Achilles e rua kua whati kua hoatu ki a ia he hinengaro e kore e taea te whakangaro, me te take e taea ai e ia te hanga hītori atu i ngā Olympics o te tau 2028 i Los Angeles.

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Ka toro atu a Amanda Sobhy ki te pōro i a ia e mahi ana i te ao me te Tīma USA.

Kāore a Amanda Sobhy i tipu ake me te tumanako ki te whai i ngā tapuwae o ngā kaitākaro poipapa rongonui o Amerika. I te mea he hākinakina motuhake i roto i te radar whānui o te motu, kāore rawa he hākinakina pērā i a ia.

Engari, ko tana toa ko te toa tēnehi a Serena Williams.

"He tino kaha, he nanakia ia, ā, ko te mana hoki taku mea nui," te kōrero a Sobhy ki a Olympics.com i te Whakataetae Tīma o te Ao 2024 i Hong Kong, e whakaaturia ora ana i runga i te Olympics.com.

"Ā, i mahi noa ia i tana mahi. He kaiwhakataetae kaha ia, ā, koira taku i tino hiahia ai."

Nā te mea i whai a Sobhy i tēnei hinengaro, ko ia te toa tuatahi o te ao mō te poipapa i te tau 2010.

I muri i tana hurihanga hei kaitākaro ngaio, i hanga e ia he hītori hou ake hei kaitākaro tuatahi o Amerika ki te eke ki te rima o runga o ngā tūranga o te Professional Squash Association (PSA), i te tau 2021.

Heoi anō, he kaiārahi poipapa tō Sobhy e tata atu ana ki te kāinga.

I te tīma motu o Īhipa tōna pāpā, he whenua e whai mana nui ana te poipātū. Kua puta mai i te iwi o Āwherika ki te Raki he whitiki kawe poipātū e kore e mutu i roto i ngā tekau tau e toru kua pahure ake nei.

Kāore i roa ka tīmata a Sobhy ki te tākaro, ā, ka tino angitu ia.

Ahakoa i ako a Sobhy i tana mahi toi i roto i ngā karapu whenua o te US, nā ōna pakiaka Ihipiana, kāore ia i mataku i te rongonui o ā rātou kaitākaro.

"I ia raumati, ka haria mātou e tō mātou pāpā ki Īhipa mō ngā wiki e rima, ā, i tipu ake ahau i roto i te tākaro ki ngā Īhipa i tētahi o ngā karapu hākinakina taketake ko Heliopolis te ingoa, koinei te wāhi i tākaro ai te kaitākaro nama tuatahi o te ao tāne a Ali Farag me te toa o mua a Ramy Ashour. Nō reira, i tipu ake ahau i roto i te mātakitaki i a rātou e whakaharatau ana," tana kōrero tonu.

"He uri Ihipiana ahau nō te toto, ā, he tangata whenua Ihipiana anō hoki ahau, nō reira e mārama ana ahau ki te momo tākaro. He momo whakaranu tōku momo tākaro o te momo Ihipiana me te momo Hauāuru kua whakaritea."

E rua ngā pānga o te aituā ki a Amanda Sobhy

Nā tēnei momo ahurei me te whakapono kaha ki a ia anō i piki tere ai ngā tūranga o Sobhy i roto i te ao mō te whutupōro wāhine.

I te tau 2017, i a ia e tākaro ana i te poipapa pai rawa atu o tana mahi ka pāngia ia e te whiu nui.

I a ia e takaro ana i tētahi whakataetae i Colombia, i whati te uaua Achilles i tōna waewae maui.

I muri i ngā marama tekau o te whakaora uaua, ka hoki mai ia, me te whai kia ea te wā i ngaro. I muri mai i taua tau ka whai ake ko te tuawhā o ngā taitara US National, ā, ko te tuatoru te tūranga teitei rawa atu o te ao, ko tana mahi.

I haere tonu a Sobhy i tēnei momo takaro pai i ngā wā i muri mai, ā, i tae atu ia ki te Hong Kong Open 2023 me te ngākau māia i mua i te pānga mai anō o te aituā.

I muri i tana pana atu i te pakitara o muri hei tiki i te pōro i te whakataetae whakamutunga, i whati te uaua Achilles i tōna waewae matau.

"I mōhio tonu ahau he aha te mea. Ā, ko te ohorere pea te wāhanga tino uaua ki te mārama. Kāore au i whakaaro ka pā mai anō tētahi whara kino pēnei i roto i taku mahi," te whakaae a Sobhy.

"Ko aku whakaaro tuatahi ko: He aha taku i mea ai kia pā mai tēnei ki ahau? He aha ahau i pēnei ai? He tangata pai ahau. He kaha taku mahi."

I muri i te whai wā ki te whakaaroaro i tana raruraru hou, ka mōhio a Sobhy ko te huarahi anake hei wikitoria i tēnei ko te whakarerekē i tōna tirohanga.

I whakakapia te aroha ki a ia anō me te riri e te whakatau ki te hoki hei kaitākaro poipapa pai ake.

"I taea e au te huri i te tuhinga, me te titiro ki tēnei hei mea pai. Kāore i taea e au te mahi i te whakaora i te pai o taku i hiahia ai i te wā tuatahi, ā, inaianei kua whai wāhi ahau ki te mahi anō. Nō reira, ka hoki mai ahau me te pai ake," tana kī.

"Ka taea e au te kimi i te tikanga i roto i ngā āhuatanga kino katoa. I whakatau ahau ki te tango i ngā mea pai katoa i roto i tēnei wheako, kaua hoki e tukua kia whakangaro i taku mahi. I hiahia ahau ki te whakamatau ki a au anō ka taea e au te hoki mai, ehara i te mea kotahi noa, engari ka taea e au te mahi i ngā mea e rua."

"I te tuarua o ngā wā, he māmā ake te āhua, nā te mea i mōhio ahau ki ngā mea hei tumanako atu, ā, ka taea e au te tango i ngā akoranga i akohia mai i te wā tuatahi, ka whakamahi i tēnei ki tēnei tukanga whakaora. Engari i te wa ano, he uaua ake te hinengaro nā te mea i mōhio ahau ki te uaua me te roa o taua tukanga whakaora. Engari e tino whakahīhī ana ahau ki a au anō mō te hokinga mai me te huarahi i anga atu ai ahau ki taua haerenga."

Ko te tohu o tana mahi uaua ko te pai o tana mahi mai i tana hokinga mai ki te kooti i te marama o Hepetema o tēnei tau.

"He nui rawa ngā wheako ka taea e au te whakamahi ina pāngia ahau e te wā uaua. Kāore he mea uaua atu i ngā mea kua pā ki ahau," tana kī.

"Nā tēnei i akiaki ahau kia nui ake te whakawhirinaki ki a au anō. Ahakoa ngā āhuatanga o te ao inaianei, e mōhio ana ahau ka taea e au te wikitoria. Nā tēnei i kaha ake ai ahau i roto i te tukanga. Nā tēnei i ako ai ahau ki te whakawhirinaki ki a au anō, nō reira, ina raru ahau i te whakataetae, ā, ina ngenge ahau, ka taea e au te whakamahi i ngā mea i pā ki ahau i te tau kua hipa me taku whara, ā, ka whakamahia taua kaha hei whakakaha i ahau."

Kei te rongonui haere te paukena puta noa i te ao

Mai i tētahi hākinakina motuhake ki tētahi hākinakina Orimipia, kei te tere haere te horapa o te hākinakina i roto i ngā pāpāho pāpori me te ao tūturu. I waenga i te wā whakangahau me te wā whakangahau i te tāone me te whakataetae i runga i te papa tākaro, he nui te aro hou kua arohia ki te poipapa.

Tae noa ki te tīmatanga o te rautau 20, i roto i ngā kura anake te pureitanga o te poipapa. Nō te tau 1907 ka whakatūria e te Hononga o Amerika te tuatahi o ngā rōpū poipapa motuhake, ā, ka whakatūria hoki ngā ture mōna. I taua tau anō, ka whakatūria e te British Tennis and Racquet Sports Federation tētahi komiti iti poipapa, koinei te pūtake o te British Squash Federation, i whakatūria i te tau 1928. Whai muri i te tīmatanga o ngā kaitākaro arumoni ki te hanga i ngā kōti poipapa tūmatanui i te tau 1950, ka tere te rongonui o te hākinakina, ā, i te tīmatanga pea o te tekau tau atu i 1880, ka tino piki haere te tokomaha o te hunga e tākaro ana i te kēmu. Tae noa ki taua wā, ka wehea te hākinakina ki ngā rōpū amateur me ngā rōpū ngaio. Ko te rōpū kaitākaro ngaio he kaitākaro i whakangungua i roto i tētahi karapu motuhake.

I ēnei rā, e takarohia ana te poipapa i roto i ngā whenua 140. O ēnei, 118 ngā whenua e hanga ana i te World Squash Federation. I te tau 1998, i whakaurua tuatahitia te poipapa ki te 13 o ngā Tākaro Āhia i Bangkok. Ināianei ko tētahi o ngā huihuinga o te World Sports Congress, African Games, Pan American Games me Commonwealth Games.