Ezemidlalo

Abasubathi abathathu baseNingizimu Afrika baphume kuma-Olimpiki esigabeni sowandulela owamanqamu.

USimone Biles waseMelika oyi-Gymnast owahoxa kuma olimpiki ngenxa yezifo eziphathelene nomqondo uzobuya azoqhubeka nomcintiswano we-Balance beam kowamanqamu.

NgoMsombuluko uLaurel Hubbard uqophe umlando ngenkathi eba ngowesifazane wokuqala ongumsubathi ozishintshe ubulili, ngenkathi engenela umqhudelwano wama-olimpiki wabesifazane abanesisindo esibalelwa ku-87kg.

Ikomidi lamazwe angaphandle lama-olimpiki libheka ukwephulwa komthetho ngemuva kokuba uRaven Saunders ephakamise izingalo zakhe ngaphezulu kwasekhanda lakhe.

Abagijimi ababili baseNingizimu Africa uWayde Van Niekerk no Wanda Nel bahlulekile ukungena kowamanqamu.

USprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya unqabile ukubuyela ezweni lakubo e-Belarus kulandela ingxabano nethimba lakhe lama-Olimpiki.

Owesifazane wokuqala ukuthola indondo yegolide wase-Venezuela, uYulimar Rojas uncome umqeqeshi wakhe, u-Ivan Pedroso ahlangana naye ngo-Facebook ngemuva kokulandela isiphakamiso somngani sokuthi laba bobabili bangabangani kule nkundla.

Yeka impelasonto okube yiyo! Izikhathi zasekuseni zangoLwesihlanu zilethe igolide lama-Olimpiki kanye nerekhodi lomhlaba, ngokuzimisela kukaTatjana Schoenmaker kowamanqamu we-200m breaststroke. Akukho okwakugqugquzela ukwedlula iqiniso lokuthi uzakwabo waseNingizimu Afrika wayejabule ngempumelelo yomngani wakhe. UKaylene Corbett, owaqeda ngaphandle kwezindondo, wajabula njengoTatjana uqobo

UWayde van Niekerk ophethe amarekhodi omhlaba uqedele uhambo lwakhe lokuqala ezungeza umzila wase-Tokyo emzamweni wakhe wokuvikela isicoco se-Olympic asinqoba ngendlela ebabazekayo e-Rio eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule.

Kule mpelasonto kuqala umbukiso omkhulu wemidlalo yama-Olimpiki e-Tokyo.