Aba base-Olimpiki bafumana nje iMedali ehloniphekileyo kuneGolide

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Njengamaxesha onke, iiOlimpiki bezizele loloyiso olufudumezayo kwaye luye lwadana kakhulu (sijonge kuwe, Ryan Lochte). Kodwa akukho nto yasenza saziva ngathi zimbini eziye zaphikisana nomkhondo eziye zancedana ukuwela umgca wokugqibela ngexesha lomdyarho wabasetyhini weemitha ezingama-5 000.

Kwimeko apho uyiphosile, u-Abby D'Agostino weqela lase-USA kunye no-Nikki Hamblin wase-New Zealand badibene nemijikelo emine enesiqingatha eseleyo kugqatso kwaye bobabini iimbaleki baphela bethe tyaba kumkhondo. Esikhundleni sokukhawuleza kumlingani wakhe owile, u-D'Agostino wema ukuze ancede uHamblin amvuse. Emva koko, umzuzwana nje kamva, iintlungu zokwenzakala kwangaphambili zabetha u-D'Agostino, wawa okwesibini. Ngesi sihlandlo, yayinguHamblin owamisa ugqatso lwakhe ukuze aphuthume enye imbaleki. Ezi mbaleki zimbini, ezazingazange zidibane ngaphambili, zamkela umgca wokugqibela zaza zashiya umhlaba wonke zisehla iinyembezi xa ziphumelela. (I-Psst ... Nazi iiMeko eziKhuthazayo ezivela kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki ka-2016 eRio.)

Kodwa ayingobethu bodwa ababechukumisekile ngumboniso wabo omangalisayo wezemidlalo. Ngaphambi kokuvalwa kweMidlalo, bobabini i-Hamblin kunye ne-D'Agostino bafumana ibhaso le-Fair Play kwiKomiti ye-Olimpiki yamazwe ngamazwe (i-IOC) kunye neKomiti ye-International Fair Play. Imbasa yeFair Play, enzima kakhulu ukuyizuza kuneGolide, iyawubona umoya wokungazingci kunye nomdlalo ongumzekelo kwiimbaleki zeOlimpiki. Njengokuphela kwembasa yohlobo lwayo etafileni yeeOlimpiki, lilungelo elikhulu ukufumana. I-IOC ikwonga imbasa kaPierre de Coubertin-enikwe amaxesha ali-17 kuphela kwimbali-yokubonisa ngaphezulu nangaphaya kwezemidlalo, kwaye amajelo eendaba aliqela anika ingxelo u-D'Agostino kunye noHamblin.

"Ndicinga ukuba kubaluleke kakhulu ku-Abbey kunye nam. Andiqondi ukuba omnye wethu uvuke kwaye wacinga ukuba loo nto yayiza kuba yimini yethu, okanye ugqatso lwethu, okanye iMidlalo yethu yeOlimpiki," utshilo uHamblin kwingxelo. IOC. "Sobabini singabakhuphisana abomeleleyo kwaye besifuna ukuphuma siye phaya kwaye senze konke okusemandleni ethu emgceni." Kukhuselekile ukuthi izenzo zikaHamblin kunye no-D'Agostino zisikhuthaze sonke ukuba sizise konke okusemandleni ethu etafileni, nokuba siyalifumana ibhaso okanye hayi.

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