Nokuba uqeqesho lwe-apos yegolide yeOlimpiki okanye ugcina kunye namakhwenkwe amathathu angaphantsi kweminyaka emihlanu, uMichael Phelps wenze ukuba ukulala kwakhe kunye nokufumana imeko yesiqhelo kube yeyona nto iphambili- naphakathi kobhubhane we-COVID-19.

Ukubhiyozela iNyanga yoKwazisa ngokulala kukaZwelonke, indadi elite yaqala ukuthetha nayo Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa malunga nentsebenziswano yakhe nenkampani yoomatrasi Imolekyuli kunye nokubaluleka kokubamba ezinye ii-Zs zombini njengembaleki nanjengotata-kwaye ngelishwa, zombini ziyafana.

'Ukuba andifumani ukulala kunye nesondlo endisidingayo, andinazo izixhobo zokuba ndikwazi ukubuza umzimba wam ukuba yintoni ekufuneka ndiyicelile ukuba ndiyenze yonke imihla, kwaye oko kuzama ukwenza Qiniseka ukuba usapho lwam & ii-apos zethu zikhathalelwe [kwaye] zizama ukuqinisekisa ukuba andikhathalelwanga, utshilo. 'Ndicinga ukuba ukulala akunamsebenzi nokuba ndiyaziqeqesha okanye & amp; m iimbaleki ezidla umhlalaphantsi -yinto ebalulekileyo kubomi bam bemihla ngemihla.'

Kwaye kwezi ntsuku, uPhelps, oyena mdlali we-Olimpiki uhombise kakhulu emhlabeni, eneembasa ezingama-28, ezingama-23 kuzo igolide, uyazi ngokuchanekileyo indlela yokulala ebuthongweni bengqondo, eqala nge-8: 30 emva kwemini. i-alamu yokumkhumbuza ukuba aqale ukulungiselela ukulala.

Ndiyathanda ukuzama nokulungiselela ukulala ngaphambi kwentsimbi ye-9: 30 ebusuku. ke ndizinika iyure ukuba ndivuke ndiyokukhathalela yonke into ekufuneka yenziwe [njengoku] kuqinisekisa ukuba iifestile zivaliwe kwaye iingcango zitshixiwe ukuqinisekisa ukuba sonke sikhuselekile ebusuku, 'ucacisile. Ukongeza, 'andichithi ixesha elininzi kwifowuni yam ngaphambi kokuba ndilale, ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kubangela izinto ezininzi engqondweni yakho.'

Kwaye uyayenza into yokuba afumane amanzi ngaphambi kokuba alale.

Kodwa kubusuku apho enengxaki yokuphelelwa ngamandla, uPhelps, umntu ozibhengezileyo 'onedatha' onesixhobo sokujonga ubuthongo phantsi komatrasi wakhe, unengqondo yokuphambuka.

'Ndinomdlalo omncinci endiwenzayo, uxelele uT + L. 'Ulala ebhedini kwaye uvale amehlo kwaye ujikeleze igumbi uvale amehlo kwaye uzama ukuchaza kangangoko unako ngokweenkcukacha ngayo yonke into oyikhumbulayo kwigumbi lakho kwaye okwesibini ingqondo yakho ibhadula, uqala ngasemva kwisikwere sokuqala. Ndingothuka xa ujikeleze igumbi lakho ngaphezulu kwamaxesha amahlanu kwaye usavukile, kwaye sisixhobo esipholileyo esizolisayo endisisebenzisileyo kangangexesha elithile elisebenza rhoqo. '

Kwaye nengcebiso yenkqubo: 'Ukuba indawo yakho yokulala ebusuku ineedrowa ezintathu, qiniseka ukuba uthi ineedrowa ezintathu, chaza ngqo kangangoko unako,' wongeze watsho.

Ngokubhekisa ebomini ngexesha lobhubhane we-COVID-19, uPhelps uyichaze njenge 'rollercoaster' esekhaya noonyana bakhe uBoomer, 4, Becket, 3, kunye noMaverick, 1, nangona indlela yakhe yokuphila eqhutywa rhoqo yanceda yena kunye Umfazi, uNicole, ugcine usapho lwabo luqwalaselwe.

'Ngokunyaniseka kum, bekumnandi njengotata okwazi ukuba yinxalenye yomzuzu omncinci, njengaleyo yinto endiyibulelayo,' utshilo. 'Ndingumntu oqhutywa yinto yesiqhelo, yeyona nto ndiyiphileyo kwaye ndiphefumle yonke imisebenzi yam. Ngokucacileyo, ngamanye amaxesha, bekunzima ukuhlala kuloo nto unyaka wonke kodwa ubukhulu becala, ndiziva ngathi senze umsebenzi olungileyo.

Kubomi bangaphambili, kungenzeka ukuba uPhelps wayekwinkqubo yoqeqesho olunamandla elungiselela iiOlimpiki ezizayo - into awayeyixelele uT + L wayezakuyilungiselela kwaye unyaka owongezelelweyo woqeqesho usenokuba wamgcina echibini ngo-2024.

Ndiyayazi indlela endisebenza ngayo ukuba ibingu-2017 kwimidlalo ka-2016 ngendisakhuphisana okanye ngendizamile ukukhuphisana, utshilo. 'Ndizicingela ngokwam ukuba bendikweso simo, mhlawumbi & ndihlala iminyaka emithathu ndiphinde ndiye kwiOlimpiki enye.'

Ngokubhekisele kuma-Olimpiki awayefunda nawo esiya eTokyo kweli hlobo, ngathi URyan Lochte , IiPhelps & apos; ubeka amandla onke kubo bonke ababandakanyekayo.

Ndinqwenela bonke iimbaleki ezizilungiselela konke okuhle, utshilo. 'Iza kuba yiMidlalo eyahlukileyo kodwa basakhuphisana nemedali yegolide yeeOlimpiki ukuze babenalo elo thuba- kwaye zintle kakhulu.'

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