Umuzwa wokubhukuda wase-Canadian oqopha umlando uhlangabezana nehlobo elingakaze libonwe

I-Paris (CNN)— Yini obuyenza kuze kube manje ehlobo?

Uhlola umhlaba? Ufunda ulimi olusha? Ukuthatha izinto kanye nemisindo yemikhosi yomculo?

Kuthiwani ngokubhala kabusha amabhuku omlando ukuze abe umpetha wokuqala wezwe lakini owake waba kathathu kuMidlalo yama-Olympic eyodwa?

Futhi, uma lokho akwanele, ukuhalaliselwa mathupha ngabanye babaholi bezombangazwe abaqashelwa kakhulu emhlabeni?

Leli bekungelona ihlobo elivamile; lena kube yisizini yesihlabani sokubhukuda saseCanada u-Summer McIntosh.

“Kunzima ukuhlanganisa konke okwenzekile ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalolunye ezedlule,” lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-17 utshele u-Amanda Davies we-CNN Sport eParis.

“Ngithole ukukhuluma noNdunankulu uJustin Trudeau okwesibili ngesonto, okuwubuhlanya. Angisoze ngacabanga ukuthi lokho kuyoke kwenzeke,” echaza ngemuva kokuthi eshaye ucingo elandela indondo yakhe yokuqala kwezintathu zegolide.

“Kuyilungelo ukwazi ukuthi uyaseseka. Kusho umhlaba. … Kuyamangaza impela kuyena ukuthi kube nguyena ongangidlulisela lokho.”

Ukwenziwa kwehlobo elingekho elinye kuMcIntosh sekuyiminyaka kwenziwa.

Eminyakeni emithathu nje edlule, owayeneminyaka engu-14 ubudala washaya ingqalabutho yaseCanada u-Penny Oleksiak ezivivinyweni zama-Olympic ukuze azibekisele indawo eqenjini laseCanada lama-Olympic.

Umpetha wama-Olympic u-Oleksiak kamuva wathi ngoMcIntosh: “Ngiyalithanda ihlobo. Ngiyakuzonda ukuqeqeshwa nehlobo. Akafi […] Ngiyazi ukuthi uyikhanyisa igesi futhi iyigesi, awekho amabhuleki kuye. Ngiyayithanda indlela asebenza ngayo. Uqinile impela engena ephuma edamini ngokomqondo.”

Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, uMcIntosh wayeqhudelana eTokyo 2020 njengowaseCanada omncane kunabo bonke eMidlalweni, lapho aphuthelwa khona ngokulambisa, eqeda endaweni yesine ku-400m freestyle.

Le nsizwa enobuso obusha izoba ngumpetha womhlaba izikhathi ezine kanye nobambe irekhodi lomhlaba le-400m yomuntu ngamunye.

Ngakho-ke, i-Paris yahlonyiswa ngentsha ukuthi inyuke isuka ekubeni yinhlese ibe ngumpetha - futhi isiphile ngendlela ethokozisayo bese kulandela okunye.

Ukuvikela izikhathi ezimbili zamarekhodi wama-Olympic? Hlola. Ukuqedela i-golden medley double ku-200m naku-400m? Hlola.

Lo mbhukudi owazalelwa eToronto uqede ukuvakasha kwakhe eParis ngezindondo ezine ezivela kuMdlalo owodwa - amagolide amathathu nesiliva - wajoyina isihlabani sokubhukuda uMichelle Smith, uKatinka Hosszú noKristin Otto njengabanye abantu besifazane kuphela abenze lokho kuMidlalo Yasehlobo eyodwa. .

“Bengingeke ngishintshe noma yini ebengiyenza ngiseyingane kuze kube manje ukuze ngithole lezi zindondo,” kuchaza yena.

“Kunzima ukubeka ngamazwi ukuthi izizwa kanjani ngempela. Ngezinye izikhathi, ezikhathini lapho udela lezo zinto, akuzwakali kuwufanele. Kodwa manje, ekugcineni, kuyafaneleka.”