Lubhalwe nguThathe Msimango
Umgijimi wamabanga amade wakuleli uCollen Malaudzi unikezwe ithuba lesibili kweyomhlaba ngemuva kokuphoqeleka ukuthi ahoxe eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ngenxa yengozi.
Ngo-2018 uMalaudzi wayebukeka elandelwa izinto ezinhle ngesikhathi eqokwa eqenjini lakuleli elingenele umqhudelwano we-African Cross Country Championship e-Algeria ngo-2018.
Nokho akazange aphumelele kulo mjaho ngemuva kokubandakanyeka engozini yemoto embi.
Njengamanje usebuyile futhi uqokwe njengelungu leqembu eliqinile elimenyezelwe i-Athletics South Africa (ASA) elizomela elakuleli ku-World Cross Country Championship e-Bathurst, e-Australia.
Imidlalo ihlelelwe ukuthi iqale ngomhlaka-18 kuNhlolanja.
Iqembu lihlanganisa u-Elroy Gelant ophethe irekhodi lakuleli lika-5 km, uPrecious Mashele ongumpetha kazwelonke we-Cross Country kanye noRyan Mphahlele owayengumpetha wakuleli ku-1,500m.
“Ngijabule ngokuba ingxenye yeqembu,” kusho lo msubathi oneminyaka engu-31 ogijima ngemibala ye-Hollywoodbets Athletics Club.
UMalaudzi ungomunye wabagijimi abahamba phambili abahola zinyanga zonke eqenjini agijima kulo. “Sekunesikhathi eside ngifisa ukumela izwe emazweni ahlukene.”
Uthe ngemuva kwengozi yemoto unqume ukuthi uzolwa kuze kube sekupheleni ukuze enze iphupho lakhe libe impumelelo.
“Ngiyajabula ukukubona ekugcineni kwenzeka.”
UMalaudzi uqeqeshwa ilowo ongumpetha kwezokusubatha eqenjini uMichael Seme kanti uziphendulele wathi iqembu labo likulungele ukuphonsela inselelo amazwe aqinile njenge-Uganda ne-Kenya.
“Ngaphandle kokufaka ingcindezi kubafana, ngicabanga ukuthi sinethuba lokuba nomsubathi ozongena kwabayishumi emjahweni. Ngiyazi ukuthi bekungakaze kwenzeke phambilini, kodwa nginethemba lokuthi sesifikile isikhathi sethu,” etshela i-Scrolla.Africa.
“Sineqembu elizimisele kakhulu ngakho-ke, nomklomelo weqembu ungatholakala. Uma sekuqala ngizobe ngijabulele ukufika khona futhi ngizobe ngingalindele okuthize. Kodwa amalungiselelo abe mahle futhi sisesimweni esihle.”
Osesithombeni esingenhla: UCollen Malaudzi
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe