Kutheni sityeshela eminye imidlalo apho iimbaleki zabasetyhini zilawula kude kube yi-Olimpiki?

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Ukuba ucinga ngabadlali ababhinqileyo abalawula umjikelo weendaba kunyaka ophelileyo-uRounda Rousey, amalungu eQela leSizwe leBhola eKhatywayo laseMelika, uSerena Williams-ngekhe uphike ukuba akusekho xesha linomdla lokuba ngumfazi ezemidlalo. Kodwa njengoko sisiya ku-2016, unyaka wee-Olimpiki zaseRio, kunzima ukungazibuzi ukuba kutheni iimbaleki ezithile zabasetyhini zisaziwa ngoku kwihlabathi. (Dibana nabanethemba leOlimpiki ekufuneka ulilandele kwi-Instagram.)

USimone Biles oneminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo yintshatsheli yehlabathi kumaxesha amathathu kwijimnastiki, kodwa ukhe uve okanye umbone kangaphi? Kwaye, ngenxa yalonto, wagqibela nini ukubukela ijimnastics? Kuya kucelwa into efanayo kwibhola yevoli yaselwandle.

Ngexesha le-Olimpiki yaseLondon ka-2012, iqela laseMelika eliphumeleleyo lokuthambisa igolide laliphakathi kweziganeko ezazibukelwe kakhulu, kwaye phakathi kwabadlali abalishumi abalichule kakhulu kwiNBCOlympics.com yayingabaqeqeshi bomzimba uGabby Douglas kunye noMcKayla Maroney kunye neenkwenkwezi ze-volleyball elunxwemeni uMisty May-Treanor kunye noJen Kessy.

Imfuno ikhona, kodwa baphi aba badlali kunye nemidlalo yabo ngexesha lonyaka ongeyiyo i-Olimpiki? "Sibambekile emgibeni apho sibhiyozela yonke iminyaka emibini okanye emine kuba le midlalo yabasetyhini yenza kakuhle, kodwa emva koko iyehla," utshilo uJudith McDonnell, PhD, unjingalwazi wezentlalo kunye nomququzeleli weZifundo zeMidlalo kwiYunivesithi yaseBryant.

Inxalenye yengxaki inokubangelwa kukwakhiwa kwezemidlalo ngokwazo. "Abanayo imibhobho yobuchwephesha ngendlela efanayo nebhola ekhatywayo, ibhola yomnyazi kunye nebaseball," utshilo uMarie Hardin, PhD, umphathi weKholeji yezoNxibelelwano kwiYunivesithi yasePenn State, uphando lwakhe lujolise kubasetyhini kumajelo eendaba, ubuntatheli bezemidlalo, kunye nesihloko IX.

Kodwa, ngelishwa, umcimbi uphinde ubuyele kwisini kunye nendlela esicinga ngayo ngemidlalo njengoluntu.

"Kungoko kutheni singayiboni imidlalo ithathwa ngenxa yokuthandwa inento yokwenza nokuba ngabasetyhini abadlala umdlalo-sisaqhubeka ukuyichaza imidlalo njengamadoda," utshilo uHardin. "Siyayamkela imidlalo yabasetyhini kwi-Olimpiki ngenxa yezizathu ezibini: Esinye, bamele i-US kwaye xa abafazi bemele ilizwe lethu sinomdla kakhulu wokubuyela emva kwabo kunye nokuba ngabalandeli. Okwesibini, imidlalo emininzi eyaziwayo iiOlimpiki zinezinto zobufazi, ezinje ngofefe okanye ukuba bhetyebhetye, kwaye sikhululeka ngakumbi ukubukela abafazi bezenza. "

Nokuba ujonga imidlalo yabasetyhini ebonakalayo ngakumbi unyaka wonke, njengentenetya, le micimbi ihleli. Thatha uSerena Williams. Ngexesha lonyaka wakhe wobungangamsha woloyiso enkundleni, ukugqunywa kukaWilliams kwahlulwa phakathi kwengxoxo yokwenyani yomdlalo wakhe kunye nokuthetha ngomzimba wakhe, abanye babewubiza ngokuba yindoda.

Kukho okwahlukileyo ngaphandle kokugubungela iimbaleki zabasetyhini kwaye akunakulunga ukuba kungabikho kukhula kule minyaka idlulileyo. I-espnW iye yaphakamisa ubukho bezemidlalo yabasetyhini kwi-intanethi, kwi-TV, kunye neNgqungquthela yayo yonyaka ye-Women + Sports Summit ekubeni yasekwa ngo-2010. Isihloko IX ngo-1972, kuthathwe amashumi ambalwa eminyaka kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana zabantu ukuba zichaphazeleke. " (IiNtlanga zicinga ukuba siphila kwixesha elitsha labadlali ababhinqileyo.)

Ke yintoni onokuyenza ukukhuthaza utshintsho olukhawulezayo kwaye ubone i-gymnastics engaphezulu kunyaka ongewona we-Olimpiki (okuthi, masibe yinyani, sonke sifuna)?

Thetha ukuba awuboni ukuba ufuna ukukubona, utshilo uHardin. "Abaqulunqi beenkqubo kunye nabahleli kunye nabavelisi bakwishishini lokufumana iso. Ukuba bayazi ukuba baphulukana nabaphulaphuli kuba bengaboneleli ngokwaneleyo ngemidlalo yabasetyhini baya kuphendula."

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