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Umsubathi wakuleli uKyle Blignaut unethemba ngokuvuselelwa kohlelo lwe-Opex. Lolu hlelo lusekela abasubathi kuma-Olympics e-Los Angeles ka-2028.
UBlignaut ukholelwa ukuthi kuzothuthukisa kakhulu amathuba okuba abasubathi bakuleli bathole izindondo ezingeni lomhlaba, okuhlanganisa ama-Olympics nama-Commonwealth Games.
I-South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) isanda kumemezela ubudlelwano beminyaka emine u-R66 million ne-Bidvest Group. Kuhloswe ngayo ukusiza abasubathi abanekhono lokuwina izindondo kwimiqhudelwano yamazwe ngamazwe ehlonishwayo.
Uhlelo lwe-Opex lunezigaba ezintathu. Okokuqala lugxile kubasubathi asebekhulile, elesibili 8 abasubathi abasathuthuka ngenhloso yokubamba iqhaza kuma-Olympics e-Los Angeles ka-2028. Isigaba sokugcina sigxile ekuthuthukisweni kwabasemazingeni aphansi, ukuhlonza kanye nokukhulisa amathalente asemasha okwamanje angawazi amandla awo angempela.
UBlignaut, umsubathi we-Olympian oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala obemele elakuleli kuma-Olympics e-Tokyo ngo-2020 uthe lolu hlelo luzoba nutshell omuhle kubasubathi.
“Kuyinto enhle ukuthi lolu hlelo lubuye. Kade silindele into efana nalena ukuze kubhebhethekise amaphupho abasubathi okungenela ama-Olympics.”
UBlignaut ophume endaweni yesithupha kuma-Olympics uthe ukungabi nabaxhasi kwenza kwaba nzima ukuthi abasubathi babambe iqhaza emicimbini yaphesheya.
UMengameli we-Sascoc uBarry Hendricks uncome i-Bidvest walibonga iqhaza elibalulekile elibanjwa uxhaso ohambweni lwabasubathi olubheke kwizindondo zama-Olympics.
“Yize i-Paris isiseduze nokulungiselela abasubathi abasezingeni eliphezulu, imali yamukelekile noma ngabe imiphumela egcwele izobonakala kuphela ku-LA 2028.”
Uhlelo lwe-Opex selukhiqize inqwaba yabathole izindondo zegolide kuma-Olympics, okuhlanganisa uChad le Clos, uRoland Schoeman, uCaster Semenya, uCameron van der Burgh noWayde van Niekerk.
Abathole izindondo zegolide kuma-Paralympic abafana noDyan Buis, uCharl du Toit, uNatalie du Toit kanye no-Ilse Hayes nabo baphumile kulolu hlelo.
Isithombe esingenhla: UKyle Blignaut
Umthombo wesithombe: I-Pinecrest