Dylan Bettencourt
Izwe lakuleli lijabulele usuku olube impumelelo ngeSonto ebusuku ngesikhathi uTatjana Schoenmaker ewina indondo yegolide ngesikhathi uChad le Clos eqopha umlando emidlalweni yama-Commonwealth.
USchoenmaker uwine indondo yegolide kumqhudelwano wabesifazane ka-200m breastroke ngesikhathi esingu-2:21.92 ngeSonto ebusuku.
ULe Clos uwine indondo yesiliva ku-200m butterfly yabesilisa ngeSonto ebusuku ukuze abe umbhukudi ohlonishwayo ukubedlula bonke wemidlalo wama-Commonwealth.
USchoenmaker uphethe irekhodi lomhlaba ku-200m futhi ubeyintandokazi ukunqoba indondo yegolide ngesikhathi ebekwe kumugqa wesine.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala nguyena obehamba phambili kulo mjaho kusukela ngesikhathi engena emanzini kuze kwaba uyawuqeda umjaho.
USchoenmaker uwine indondo yegolide emqhudelwaneni ofanayo kuma-olimpiki ase-Tokyo ngonyaka odlule.
Kulokhu uzuze indondo yesithathu yegolide emdlalweni wama-Commonwealth.
Okwenza isivumelwano sibe mnandi nakakhulu umlingani wakhe wakuleli uKaylene Corbett uqede endaweni yesithathu ukuze athole indondo yethusi.
ULe Clos ubedinga indondo eyodwa ukuze abe umbhukudi onezindondo eziningi emlandweni wale midlalo kanti ubengase abe nendondo yegolide.
Ubebekwe kumugqa wesihlanu kodwa uLe Clos ubengeyona neze intandokazi ukunqoba lo mjaho, kodwa unqobe umjaho ka-150m ehamba phambili.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala ubesele ku-50m ukuthi anqobe indondo yesithathu yegolide yakuleli kodwa uLewis Clareburt wase-New Zealand uvele wafika kuqala ngaphambi kukaLe Clos.
Kodwa uLe Clos uzoyithokozela indawo yakhe yesibili njengoba ebhale igama lakhe emabhukwini omlando.
Umbhukudi wakuleli othole indondo yegolide kuma-olimpiki usenezindondo ezingu-18 emdlalweni yamaCommonwealth ukubedlula bonke ababhukudi.
Manje uLe Clos uselingana nenani lezindondo eziwinwe ama-shooters uBrit Michael Gault noPhil Adams wase-Australia.
Elakuleli selinezindondo ezinhlanu sezizonke kule midlalo, izindondo ezintathu zegolide, indondo yesiliva neyodwa yethusi.
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