Inkwenkwezi ye-Olimpiki eneminyaka engama-21 ubudala uSha’Carri Richardson Ufanelwe yingqalelo yakho engaphazanyiswa
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Elinye lawona macandelo achulumancisayo kwiiOlimpiki kukwazi iimbaleki ezophula iirekhodi kwaye zenze imbali kwimidlalo yazo, ukuyenza ibonakale ingenamsebenzi nangona uqeqesho lwaluyiminyaka neminyaka- kwaye kule meko, ngubhubhane wehlabathi. Omnye wabadlali abaza kujongwa phambi kweMidlalo yeHlobo ka-2021 eTokyo nguSha'Carri Richardson, inzalelwane yaseDallas eneminyaka engama-21 ubudala, ibe ngundaba-mlonyeni ngokungabulali nje kuphela kuMkhondo weOlimpiki wase-US kunye novavanyo lwasendle kunye nokukhusela indawo yakhe eTokyo. iinwele zakhe ezinomlilo, ukutyikitywa kobukhazikhazi, kunye nomoya owoyikekayo.
URichardson uwutyumze ngokupheleleyo umdyarho weemitha ezili-100 ngexesha lomnyhadala ofanelekileyo eHayward Field e-Eugene, e-Oregon, eza kwindawo yokuqala ngemizuzwana nje eyi-10.86. Ukuphumelela - okwenzeke ngokufanelekileyo ngexesha lokubhiyozela ilizwe leshumi elinethoba e-US-kuqinise indawo yakhe kwiQela lase-USA, apho azokuya khona kwinyanga ezayo ukuyokukhuphisana nomnye umkhondo kunye nabadlali bezemidlalo abafanelekileyo nabo. (Eyeleleneyo: Iimbaleki kunye 'neeSupermommies' u-Allyson Felix kunye noQuanera Hayes Bobabini bafanelekele iiOlimpiki zaseTokyo kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuzalwa)
Ngeminyaka engama-21 kuphela ubudala, ayinguye kuphela omncinci kwiqela le-USA elineemitha ezili-100 zemidlalo, kodwa sele engomnye wabafazi abakhawulezayo kwihlabathi. Emuva ngo-2019, waphumelela isihloko se-NCAA njengendoda entsha kwiYunivesithi yaseLouisana State kwikholeji eyaphula irekhodi lemizuzwana eyi-10.75. Ke, ngo-Epreli, ubaleke i-100 yabasetyhini ekhawulezayo kwimbali kwimizuzwana eyi-10.72 (elona xesha likhawulezayo lomoya-elisemthethweni - funda: sans tailwind - kwimbaleki yaseMelika malunga neshumi leminyaka). Phambi kokuba alungele i-Olimpiki ngoMgqibelo, wavala umoya okhawulezileyo oncedisa imizuzwana eyi-10.64 kwimitha ezili-100, kodwa umsila wawuthintela ekubaleni ngokweenjongo, ngokwe NBC Sports.
Ngelixa ngokucacileyo ingomnye weembaleki eziselula eziqaqambileyo phaya ngoku, impumelelo yakhe iyimbali ngeendlela ezininzi ngaphezulu nje kokubulawa kwakhe ziiteki. URichardson, olilungu loluntu lwe-LGBTQ +, wathumela i-emoji yomnyama phambi kwendlela yakhe emangalisayo yokusebenza ngoMgqibelo, eye yawa ngokulinganayo ngeNyanga yokuZingca.
Ewe, emva koko wongeze intsebenzo yakhe ngemivumbo emide emide, nezikhonkwane ezinde zepinki ze-acrylic, kunye neenwele ezi-orenji eziqaqambileyo, awathi ku-USA Namhlanje yayilukhetho lwentombi yakhe. “Intombi yam yawukhetha ngokwenene umbala wam,” utshilo uRichardson. "Utshilo ngathi uthethile naye, inyani yokuba ibingxola kwaye inamandla, kwaye ndinguye lo." (Eyeleleneyo: Ukubaleka kwamnceda njani uKaylin Whitney ukuba amkele ubuni bakhe)
Nangona uRichardson engakhange avule malunga nobudlelwane bakhe, ubukho bakhe njengoMnyama, umdlali weqonga ocacileyo ngokungathandabuzekiyo uthetha lukhulu kwabanye abadlali beembaleki kunye nabathandi bezemidlalo abangafane babone iimbaleki ezibonakala ngathi okanye zabelana ngesazisi sabo. Iimbaleki eziqeqeshiweyo ezinjengoRichardson kunye nomdlali webhola ekhatywayo uCarl Nassib (osandul’ ukuba ngumdlali wokuqala we-NFL ukuchonga esidlangalaleni njenge-gay) abaphila njengabantu abanyanisekileyo banokunceda ekupheliseni amabala oluntu kunye neengcinga ezicingelwayo malunga nokungabonwa kwabantu abangakhathaliyo kwezemidlalo- uloyiso olukhulu lwemidlalo. sonke ekugqibeleni.
Emva kokuba efumene ukuba wayesiya eTokyo, uRichardson wakhawuleza wabalekela kumakhulu wakhe, uBetty Harp, owayelinde ngokuzingca kwizitendi. Usapho lwakhe - ngakumbi umakhulu wakhe - lithetha ihlabathi kuye, njengoko wayechazela oonondaba emva koko. "Umakhulu wam yintliziyo yam, umakhulu wam ngowam obhinqileyo, ukuze ndikwazi ukuba naye apha kowona mhlangano mkhulu ebomini bam, kwaye ndikwazi ukuwela umgca wokugqibela ndize ndibaleke ndinyuke ngezitepsi ndisazi ukuba ndingumntu waseOlimpiki ngoku," ndive kamnandi, utshilo.
URichardson utyhile ukuba uphulukene nomama omzalayo kwiveki engaphambi kwezilingo, ezongeze kuphela kumandla okuzimisela kwakhe ukuba aphumelele. Watsho ESPN"Usapho lwam lundigcinile. Lo nyaka uphambene kum… Ukufumanisa ukuba umama wam wasweleka kwaye usakhetha ukulandela amaphupha am, ndisaphuma apha, ndiselapha ukwenza usapho endisenalo nangoku. umhlaba unebhongo." (Eyeleleneyo: Imbaleki yeOlimpiki u-Alexi Pappas uphumile ukuze atshintshe indlela impilo yengqondo ebonwa ngayo kwezemidlalo)
“Kwaye inyani [yeyokuba] akukho mntu uyaziyo ukuba ndityhubela ntoni,” uqhubeke watsho. Wonke umntu unengxaki kwaye ndiyayiqonda loo nto, kodwa nonke niyandibona kule ngoma kwaye niyayibona indlela endibeke ngayo, kodwa akukho mntu ngaphandle kwabo nomqeqeshi wam oyaziyo into endijongana nayo mihla le Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngabo.Ngaphandle kwabo, ngekungekho nam. Ngaphandle kukamakhulu wam, ngekhe kubekho uSha'Carri Richardson. Usapho lwam luyinto yonke yam, yonke into yam kude kube yimini yokugqiba kwam.
Abathandiweyo bakhe abakudala kunye nabalandeli abatsha ngokungathandabuzekiyo bayachulumanca ukumbona efezekisa amaphupha akhe ngokuphumelela kwi-Olimpiki kwinyanga ezayo. Umbuzo kuphela osalayo? Nguwuphi umbala weenwele oza kuba ngumdlalo wakhe. Hlala ubukele, kuba ngokuqinisekileyo uza kusebenzela ezinye izinto ezingalibalekiyo- kwaye asebenze ngamanye amaxesha alinganayo.