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Kwabasetyhini kwimidlalo, ukuqaphela ngamanye amaxesha kunzima ukufika, nangona uninzi lweembaleki zabasetyhini kwiminyaka edluleyo. Kwimidlalo efana nokuqubha, engadumanga kangako kubabukeli, inokuba nzima nangakumbi. Kodwa izolo, u-Alia Atkinson waseJamaica oneminyaka engama-25 ubengumfazi wokuqala omnyama ukuphumelela intshinga kwihlabathi ngokuqubha kwi-FINA World Course Course Championship e-Doha, Qatar kwaye abantu bayayiqaphela.

U-Atkinson ugqibile nge-100m ibreastroke ngexesha lemizuzu eyi-1 kunye nemizuzwana engama-02.36, sishumi nje lesibini lomzuzu phambi kukaRuta Meilutyt, owayekade engumbhexeshi wehlabathi kugqatso. Ixesha lokurekhoda likaMeilutyt lalifana nexesha lokuphumelela elitsha lika-Atkinson, kodwa phantsi kwemigaqo yokuqubha, eyona setter irekhodi yamva nje iba ngumnini-thihloko. (Ukhuthazwe ngaba badlali babafazi? Ngena emanzini ngezizathu ezi-8 zokuqala ukudada.)

Ekuqaleni, u-Atkinson akazange aqonde ukuba akaphumelelanga kugqatso lwakhe kuphela, kodwa wabanga nesihloko esitsha serekhodi lehlabathi. Ukuphendula kwakhe kothusayo ekuphumeleleni kwafunyanwa ngabathwebuli-kwaye wayencumile kwaye enomdla njengoko ejonge phezulu kwiziphumo. "Ndiyathemba ukuba ubuso bam buza kuvela, kuyakubakho ukuthandwa ngakumbi eJamaica naseCaribbean kwaye siza kubona ukunyuka kwaye ngethemba lokuba kwixesha elizayo siza kubona ukutyhala," uxelele iTelegraph kudliwanondlebe. Siyathanda ukubona abasetyhini besaphula imiqobo, iingcinga ezigwenxa, kunye neerekhodi nokuba kusegumbini lokubhoda okanye echibini, ke ngekhe sonwabe ngakumbi eAtkinson. (Ukhangele ukukhuthazwa kokunyusa? Funda ama-5 okuXhobisa amaNqaku aBafazi abaPhumeleleyo.)

U-Atkinson, umdlali we-Olympian izihlandlo ezithathu, uya kongeza esi sihloko kwezinye izihloko zokuqubha zelizwe laseJamaica ezisibhozo. Uloyiso lungaphezulu nje kwenani kuye: Injongo ka-Atkinson ibisoloko ikukubeka iJamaica kwimephu yehlabathi yokuqubha kunye nokuphucula iCaribbean kunye nokuqubha abambalwa kwihlabathi liphela, ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi yakhe. Ngolu lwazi lwamva nje, uye womeleza ngakumbi iqonga lakhe lokukhuthaza abanye.

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