Phantse isiqingatha sabantu ababaleka iBoston Marathon ngabasetyhini

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IBoston Marathon yeyona nto ibalulekileyo yeSuper Bowl yehlabathi elibalekayo. Wonke umntu obaleka umgama omde amaphupha okuphulukana nomgca eHopkinton ukuze afumane eyona khosi indala yemarathon e-US kwaye lolunye ugqatso olunesidima emhlabeni. Kodwa ngaphezulu nje kokuba luluhlu lwamabhakethi, iBoston Marathon yeyona nto uyithandayo ngalo lonke ixesha kwezinye izizathu: Inika ikhosi ecel'umngeni (Intliziyo eyaphukileyo, nabani na?), Itsala ababukeli, kwaye kule minyaka idlulileyo. uwutshitshisile umsantsa wesini ukuya kufutshane ku-50/50. (Nantsi yonke into ofuna ukuyazi malunga neBoston Marathon)

Ngapha koko, i-US lilizwe eliphambili elinenxaxheba elilinganayo ngokwesini (whoop!), Kunye nabafazi abamele iipesenti ezingama-45 zeembaleki zemarathon, ngokophando olutsha olwenziwe RunnerClick, ejonge idatha kwiimbaleki zolonwabo ukusukela ngo-2014 ukuya ku-2017.

Xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iimarathoni eziphambili kwihlabathi liphela, iBoston Marathon, ngakumbi, inamandla amakhulu amantombazana. Ukususela ngo-2014, iipesenti ezingama-45 zabantu abaye baqhuba umncintiswano wokuncintisana ngokumangalisayo ngabafazi, ngokutsho kolu phando. Oku kubi kakhulu, kuthathelwa ingqalelo ugqatso lweminyaka eyi-123 (!!), kodwa abasetyhini bavunyelwa ngokusemthethweni ukuba baqale ugqatso ngo-1971. .)

Iimbaleki ezizimeleyo zabasetyhini zinendawo yazo kwi-2019 Boston Marathon yokuqala nayo: Iimbaleki ezisixhenxe kwezili-17 ezenza i-US Elite Open Team kulo nyaka iya kuba ngabafazi, kubandakanya no-Des Linden othandwa ngumlandeli, owaba ngumfazi wokuqala waseMelika Phumelela iBoston Marathon kwiminyaka engama-30 kunyaka ophelileyo. (Idibeneyo: UShalane Flanagan uthi iphupha lakhe lokuphumelela iBarathon Marathon etshintshelwe ekuSindeni nje)

Abasetyhini ababalaseleyo babambe amaxesha okugqiba akhawulezayo kule minyaka mine idlulileyo. Iimbaleki ezikhawulezayo zabafazi zokuwela umgca wokugqibela phakathi kwe-2: 45: 17 kunye no-2: 45: 31, iBarathon Marathon inexesha elikhawulezayo lokubaleka kwii-marathoni ezingama-784 ezifakwe kufundo. (Eyeleleneyo: Yintoni Ukubhalisela uMdyarho weBoston owandifundisayo malunga nokuSeta iiNjongo)

Ihamba ngaphandle kokutsho ukuba i-Boston Marathon ifike ixesha elide ukususela ekubeni uKathrine Switzer waba ngumfazi wokuqala ukuyiqhuba (nangona, ngokuchasene nemithetho) kwi-1967. Unokongeza #ukulingana kuluhlu lwezizathu zokufumana uvuyo lweMarathon ngoMsombuluko.

Injongo ye-PR yonyaka olandelayo: Ukuhambisa inaliti iye kwiipesenti ezingama-50.

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