ULindsey Vonn: "Ndikulomdlalo weminye iminyaka emi-4"

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Emuva ngoNovemba, iMelika yabukela ngokoyikeka njengomtyibilizi onembasa yegolide Lindsey Vonn Ukhubazekile ngexesha lokuziqhelanisa, ukuphinda ukrazule i-ACL esandula ukuvuselelwa kunye nokuchitha amathemba akhe okuphumelela kulo nyaka eSochi. UVonn urhoxile kwimidlalo kwaye wenziwa olunye utyando edolweni, emva koko waqalisa ukusebenza ukuze achache.

Ukusukela ngoko uVonn wayehleli ngaphandle kwindawo ebonakalayo, nangona oko kuzokutshintsha: Kunye nomdlali webhola ekhatywayo UKelly O'Hara kunye ne-American Ballet Theatre Misty Copeland, UVonn ubolekise ilizwi lakhe (kunye nomzimba wakhe we-rockin) kwi-Under Armour's new women's campaign, Ndiya kuthanda into endiyifunayo. (Ebengumdlali we-UA phantse iminyaka eli-10.) Kungekudala uza kubona ubuso bakhe kwiintengiso ezikhuthazayo, ezinamandla-ezentombazana ezikhuthaziweyo zomkhankaso-kwaye uphinde ubuye kumathambeka e-ski nawo.

Siye sabamba noVonn izolo kwisikhululo esithi Ndiya kwenza into endiyifunayo kwisiXeko saseNew York, apho wabelana ngokusilela kwakhe mva nje, irejimeni yakhe yoqeqesho lwangoku, kunye nenjongo yakhe yeNombolo ye-1 yexesha elizayo.

Ubume: Lunjani uqeqesho lwakho okwangoku, ngelixa usahlaziya kwakhona?

ULindsey Vonn (LV): Ndiye ndatyhala nzima ejimini kwezi nyanga zimbini zidlulileyo, ndisebenza izihlandlo ezibini ngosuku, iintsuku ezintandathu ngeveki. Okwexeshana bendingakwazi ukwenza okuninzi ngedolo lam ngaphandle kwesiseko somthambo wokushukuma, ke ndiye ndagxila ekubetheleni umzimba wam ongasentla nzima-ukutsalwa. I-Skiing imalunga ne-70/30 yomzimba osezantsi ukuya kumzimba ongaphezulu, kodwa loo mizuzwana ye-10 yokuqala yayo nayiphi na ukubaleka zonke iingalo. Ndiyisebenza nzima le mipu!

Ubume: Uthethile ngendlela ekukhathaza ngayo ukuhamba kancinci kwesiqhelo. Yintoni ekuncedileyo ukuba udlule kuyo?

I-LV: Ndifumene inkuthazo eninzi evela kwezinye iimbaleki eziye zabuya konzakala, njenge UAdrian Peterson kwibhola ekhatywayo kunye UMaria Riesch kwimidlalo yam; uye wafumana uqhaqho emva kwe-ACL kwaye wabuya ukuze akhuphisane omelele njengakuqala. Oku kwenzakala kokugqibela kubini kuye kwandonakalisa kakhulu ixesha, kodwa loo nto indenza ndizimisele ngakumbi kuba ndiyazi ukuba iiOlimpiki zam ezizayo ziya kuba zezam zokugqibela.

Ubume: Ngaba ukhe wacinga ngokuthatha umhlala-phantsi ngelixa ungekho kumathambeka?

LV: Ukunyaniseka, ukuba bendenze kakuhle kwezi Olimpiki zokugqibela ngekhe ndathatha umhlala phantsi ngo-2015 emva kobuNtshatsheli beHlabathi. Kodwa ekubeni kwafuneka ndirhoxe, ndaqonda ngoko nangoko ukuba ndandikuyo eminye iminyaka emine. Kuyabonakala ukuba ndiza kuba kumdlalo endiwuthandayo ixesha elide kunokuba bendicwangcisile, eyona nto intle kakhulu.

Ubume: IiOlimpiki zika-2018 ecaleni, zeziphi ezinye zeenjongo zakho kwikamva elikufutshane?

I-LV: Ukuba ngoyena mtyibilizi mkhulu ngalo lonke ixesha. Ndidinga ama-wins amane kuphela ukuze ndophule irekhodi yexesha lonke, yiloo nto ndigxile kuyo kuqala. Ndiqala ukuskiya kwakhona ngo-Okthobha u-1 kwaye ndikhuphisane ngoDisemba, emva koko i-World Championships izakubanjelwa kwidolophu yasekhaya i-Vail ngoFebruwari. Iya kuba kukubuya kwam okukhulu.

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