UNastia Liukin: Intombazana yeGolide

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U-Nastia Liukin uye waduma kweli hlobo xa ephumelele iimbasa ze-Olimpiki ezintlanu, kuquka igolide ejikeleze yonke indawo kwijimnastiki, kwimidlalo yaseBeijing. Kodwa eyakhe ibingeyompumelelo ngobusuku nje obudala-umntu oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala ebekhuphisana ukusukela kwiminyaka emithandathu. Abazali bakhe babengabadlali be-gymnasts abaphezulu, kwaye nangona kukho ukuphazamiseka kunye nokulimala (kubandakanya utyando kwi-ankle yakhe ngo-2006, elandelwa kukubuyisela ixesha elide), uNastia akazange anikezele kwinjongo yakhe yokuba yintshatsheli yehlabathi.

Umbuzo: Butshintshe njani ubomi bakho ukusukela oko waba yintshatsheli yeOlimpiki?

A: Liphupha lizalisekile. Kuyamangalisa ukwazi ukuba yonke iminyaka yokusebenza nzima ibe nemiphumo emihle. Yayingelulo uhambo olulula, ngakumbi ngomonzakalo, kodwa bekufanelekile. Ndihamba nje ngoku. Ndiyalikhumbula usapho lwam, kodwa kwangaxeshanye, ndinamathuba amaninzi kakhulu ngewayengazange abekho ukuba ibingeyo mbasa yam yegolide!

Q: Leliphi elona xesha lakho lingalibalekiyo kwiOlimpiki?

IMPENDULO: Ukugqiba umgangatho wam kukhuphiswano olujikeleze yonke nokutsiba ezandleni zikabawo, ndisazi ukuba ndiyifumene igolide. Kwakuyiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo kwimidlalo ye-Olimpiki ka-1988 ngethuba ekhuphisana kwaye waphumelela iimbasa ezimbini zegolide nezimbini zesilivere. Kwenze ukuba kubaluleke ngakumbi ngakumbi ukuba namava kunye naye.

Umbuzo: Yintoni ekugcina ukhuthazwa?

A: Ndihlala ndizibekela iinjongo: yonke imihla, ngeveki, ngonyaka nangexesha elide. Injongo yam yexesha elide yayisoloko iyiMidlalo yeOlimpiki ka-2008, kodwa ndandifuna iinjongo zexesha elifutshane, ngoko ndaziva ngathi kukho into endiyifezayo. Oko kwakusoloko kundigcina ndiqhubeka.

Umbuzo: Leliphi icebiso lakho elingcono lokuphila ngokusempilweni?

A: Musa ukuphambana malunga nokutya. Yidla okunempilo, kodwa ukuba ufuna i-splurge kwaye ube ne-cookie, ube ne-cookie. Ukuziyeka yeyona nto imbi! Zilolonge mihla le. Nokuba uthatha inja yakho uhamba-hamba uyokubaleka epakini okanye uhambe nje kwigumbi lokuhlala, kubaluleke kakhulu ukwenza into yonke imihla!

Q: Loluphi uhlobo lokutya olulandelayo?

A: Ndihlala ndikhetha ukutya okusempilweni. Kwisidlo sakusasa ndiyathanda ukuba ne-oatmeal, amaqanda, okanye iyogathi. Ngesidlo sasemini ndiza kuba nesaladi eneprotheyini, nokuba yinkukhu okanye intlanzi. Kwaye isidlo sakusihlwa sisidlo sam esilula, iprotheni enemifuno. Ndiyayithanda neSushi!

Umbuzo: Uzibona phi kwiminyaka eli-10?

A: Ndiyathemba ukuba ndiphumelele ikholeji, kodwa ndisazibandakanya kwijiminastiki. Ndifuna ukunceda ukutshintsha umhlaba ngandlela thile! Ndifuna ukunceda abantwana bathathe inxaxheba ekusebenziseni nasekuziphatheni okunempilo. Ndijonge phambili ekubuyeni kwimeko yokhuphiswano, kwaye ndikhuphisane kwakhona!

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