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Kuyo yonke le veki iphelileyo, ababukeli beendaba zosasazo bakhethe yonke into eyenziwa nguGabby Douglas, ngokungabeki isandla sakhe entliziyweni yakhe ngexesha lomhobe wesizwe ukungabavuyisi abo adlala nabo "ngehlombe elaneleyo" ngexesha lokhuphiswano, singasathethi ke ngomkhosi wonke kokunye ukugxeka okungapholanga malunga nokubonakala kwakhe. (Jonga kwakhona: Kutheni abantu begxeka ezi Mbaleki zeOlimpiki ngenkangeleko yazo?)
Ngelishwa, eli ayiloxesha lokuqala lokugxeka uDouglas. Emva kokuba ephumelele igolide kukhuphiswano lwejimnastics ngo-2012, wagxekwa kanobom ngezinye zezinto ezifanayo esizivayo ngeli xesha. Umama wakhe, uNatalie Hawkins, uthethe phandle ngenkcazo engqwabalala efunyanwa yintombi yakhe kule minyaka idlulileyo. "Kuye kwafuneka ajongane nabantu abagxeka iinwele zakhe, okanye abantu abatyhola ngokumfimfitha ulusu. Bathe banokuphucula amabele, bathi akancumanga ngokwaneleyo, akathandani nothando. Emva koko kwaxhasa iqela lakho. Ngoku ungu "Crabby Gabby," uxelele iReuters.
UDouglas akakwazanga ukukhuphisana kukhuphiswano lomntu ngamnye kulo nyaka kuba ilizwe ngalinye linokuthumela abadlali bemithambo emibini kuphela, kwaye iindawo zokubeka i-USA zathathwa nguSimone Biles no-Aly Raisman, nto leyo ngokungathandabuzekiyo yayibuhlungu kuye. Ke, xa uDouglas egqibe indawo yesixhenxe kwezisibhozo kukhuphiswano lweebhari ezingalinganiyo, kwacaca ukuba iMidlalo ifikelele esiphelweni esiphoxayo kuye. Kungcelele lodliwano-ndlebe emva koko, wachaza indlela ebenethemba lokuqhuba ngcono ngayo kodwa ube namava amnandi ngeli xesha. Usoloko ufuna ukuzibona sowuphezulu kwaye usenza ezo nkqubo kwaye umangalisa, utshilo. "Ndiyifumene ngokwahlukileyo, kodwa kulungile kuba ndiza kuthatha la mava njengelungileyo, elungileyo."
Kwaye nangona oku inokuba sisiphumo esingaphantsi kune-sifanelekileyo kuDouglas, masingalibali ukuba usahamba nenye imbasa yegolide kumdlalo wokugqibela weqela kwiveki ephelileyo. Uphumelele kakhulu ngexesha lakhe le-Olimpiki kwaye ungomnye wabadlali abambalwa abake baphumelela iimbasa ezintathu zegolide, kungasathethwa ke ngokwenza iQela lase-USA ngaphezulu kwesihlandlo esinye.
Njengoko siye sabona ukwanda koxhatshazo kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, asinokonwaba ngakumbi xa sibona ukuba oku kungaboni ngasonye kubonakalisiwe, kuye kwakho inkxaso kuDouglas. Ngelixa kusekho ii-tweets ezininzi ezizama ukumngqengqisa phantsi, ngoMvulo kuye kwavela igama elithi # LOVE4GABBYUSA, kunye neetoni zetweets zokukhuthaza. (Ukufumana okungakumbi ngokuxhatshazwa, jonga iindlela ezi-3 zokubetha umntu okhulileyo)
Impendulo yakhe kwabayithiyileyo? Ndidlule ebunzimeni, wongeze watsho. "Ndisabathanda. Ndisabathanda abantu abandithandayo. Ndisabathanda abandizondayo. Ndizokuma nje kuloo nto." Simelwe kukumqhwabela izandla ngokukwazi kwakhe ukuhlala omelele kwaye enethemba ebusweni babantu abaninzi abazama ukumhlisa; luphawu lwe-a yinyani Intshatsheli yeOlimpiki.