UCoco Gauff urhoxile kwi-Olimpiki yaseTokyo emva kovavanyo oluqinisekileyo lwe-COVID-19

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UCoco Gauff ugcina intloko yakhe ibanjiwe iphakamileyo kulandela iindaba zangeCawa "ezidanisayo" zokuba akazokwazi ukukhuphisana kwi-Olimpiki yaseTokyo emva kokuvavanywa kwe-COVID-19. (Idibeneyo: Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo zeCoronavirus Iimpawu zokujonga, ngokweeNgcali).

Kumyalezo othunyelwe kwiiakhawunti zakhe zemithombo yeendaba zentlalo, imvakalelo yentenetya eneminyaka eli-17 ubudala ibonelele ngeminqweno emihle kwiimbaleki zaseMelika kwaye yongeza indlela anethemba ngayo ngamathuba eOlimpiki exesha elizayo.

Ndidanile ngokwabelana nabanye ngeendaba zokuba ndivavanye ukuba ndine-COVID kwaye andizokwazi ukudlala kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki eTokyo, ubhale watsho uGauff kwi-Instagram. "Bekusoloko liphupha lam ukumela i-USA kwii-Olimpiki, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba kuzakubakho amathuba amaninzi okuba ndizalisekise oku kwixesha elizayo.

"Ndinqwenela iqela laseMelika ithamsanqa kunye nemidlalo ekhuselekileyo kuyo yonke iOlimpiki kunye nosapho lonke lweOlimpiki," uqhubeke watsho.

UGauff, obhale isithuba sakhe nge-emoji yezandla ezithandazayo, kunye neentliziyo ezibomvu, ezimhlophe, neziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, wafumana inkxaso evela kwabanye iimbaleki, kubandakanya nenkwenkwezi yentenetya uNaomi Osaka. (Inxulumene: Yintoni ukuphuma kukaNahomi Osaka eFrance evulekileyo enokuThetha ngeembaleki kwixa elizayo)

Ndiyathemba ukuba uziva ngcono kwakamsinya,” utshilo u-Osaka, oza kukhuphisana neJapan kwiMidlalo yaseTokyo. Umdlali we-tennis waseMelika uKristie Ahn naye uphendule kumyalezo kaGauff, esithi, "Ukuthumelela ii-vibes ezilungileyo kwaye ndikunqwenelela ukhuseleko kunye nokuchacha ngokukhawuleza."

Umbutho weTennis wase-United States nawo uye waya kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ukuze wabelane ngendlela “ebuhlungu” ngayo umbutho uGauff. "Kwingxelo" eposwe kuTwitter, iUSTA ibhale yathi, "Sibuhlungu ukufumanisa ukuba uCoco Gauff uvavanye ukuba une-COVID-19 kwaye ke ngekhe akwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki yaseTokyo ngo-2020. Intliziyo ibuhlungu ngenxa yeCoco. "

"Simnqwenelela okuhle kodwa xa ejongene nale meko ingathandekiyo kwaye sinethemba lokumbuyela ezinkundleni kwakamsinya," uqhubeke lo mbutho. "Siyazi ukuba uCoco uzokuzimanya nathi sonke ekuzimiseleni amanye amalungu eQela lase-USA abazakuya eJapan kwaye bakhuphisane kwiintsuku ezizayo."

UGauff, owayekhuphisana eWimbledon ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, ephulukana no-Angelique Kerber waseJamani kumjikelo wesine, ngaphambili wayevakalise ukonwaba kwakhe ukukhuphisana kwimidlalo yakhe yokuqala yeOlimpiki. Wayezimisele ukujoyina uJennifer Brady, uJessica Pegula, kunye no-Alison Riske kwii-Singles zaBasetyhini.

Ukongeza kuGauff, umdlali webhasikidi waseMelika uBradley Beal uyakuphoswa ziiOlimpiki ngenxa yemicimbi ye-COVID-19, ngokwe IIWashington Post, kunye noKara Eaker, elinye ilungu leQela leGymnastics yabaseTyhini baseMelika bavavanywe ukuba banayo le ntsholongwane ngoMvulo. U-Eaker, owagonyelwa i-COVID-19 kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo, ubekwe yedwa, kunye nomnye ongomnye weOlimpiki, uLeanne Wong, ngokutsho Imithombo yeendaba edibeneyo. Nangona u-Eaker kunye noWong bengachazwanga yiGymnastics yase-USA, umbutho uthe aba babini bazakuba phantsi kwezithintelo ezongezelelweyo zokuvalelwa. Ngeli xesha, intshatsheli yeOlimpiki uSimone Biles akazange achaphazeleke, iGymnastics yase-USA iqinisekisiwe ngoMvulo, ngokutsho I-AP.(Idibeneyo: IiBiles zeSimone zenziwe nje ngeMbali yeGymnastics kwakhona - kwaye uqhelekile malunga nayo).

Ngapha koko, ngoMvulo, uBiles kunye neqela lakhe, iJordan Chiles, uJade Carey, uMykayla Skinner, uGrace McCallum, kunye noSunisa (aka Suni) uLee uthumele iifoto ezisuka kwilali yeOlimpiki yaseTokyo. Xa uGauff ngoku ebekelwe bucala kwimidlalo yaseTokyo, inkwenkwezi yentenetya iya kuba ivuyisa iiBiles, uLee, kunye nabanye abadlali baseMelika abakude.

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