Dylan Bettencourt
Oyi-gymnast wase-Ireland usola ukudlala kwakhe kabi emidlalweni yamanqamu yoMqhudelwano Womhlaba ehhashini elisheshayo ebelihlanzwe ngokweqile futhi lapholishwa ngemuva kokuba omunye umsubathi ehlolwe watholakala etheleleke ngegciwane le-corona.
URhys McClenaghan ubekulungele ukulwela ukuphuma phambili ngoLwesithathu ngenkathi kuba nekhefu lemizuzu engama-90 yokuthi abagqugquzeli behlanze indawo kulandela imiphumela yokuthi kukhona omunye umsubathi otholakale etheleleke nge-Covid-19 ngokusho kwe-Irish Times.
Ngemuva kokubambezeleka isikhathi eside, owase-Ireland othole indondo yethusi emqhudelwaneni wamahhashi wangowezi-2019 wangena ohlwini lwabazoqhudelana, kodwa washibilika wathola amaphuzu aphansi waba endaweni ye-19.
“Basule isikhumba base besusa wonke ushoki. Ngesikhathi ngiligibela, bekushibilela,” kusho uMcClenaghan odumele.
“Ngiphatheka kabi ukuthi ngiziqeqeshe kwaze kwafika lapha, kodwa ngifice ushoki usulwe ezintweni zokusebenza nokuthi ngitshelwe ukuthi ngilinde ihora elilodwa nemizuzu engama-30,” kusho uMcClenaghan ku-Twitter.
Lo msubathi oneminyaka engama-22 ubudala ube yi-gymnast yokuqala yase-Ireland ukuhlungela ama-Olimpiki ngesikhathi encintisana e-Tokyo ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule. Ukuhluleka kwakhe ukulawula izibambo kuqede uhambo lwakhe kuma-Olimpiki, waqeda endaweni yesikhombisa kwabayisishiyagalombili abafinyelela kowamanqamu.
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Gymnastics Ireland uCiaran Gallagher uthe: “Kube ukuhlukaniswa okunzima abhekane nakho uRhys McClenaghan e-Japan namhlanje ekuseni, futhi kubo bonke abanye abangama-gymnast esigabeni sakhe njengoba inkinga ehlobene ne-Covid-19 iholele ekutheni umncintiswano ubambezeleke isikhathi esingaphezu kwehora”.
UGallagher wengeze ngokuthi umqhudelwano obubanjelwe e-Japan ubusuvele uhlelwe ezimeni ezinzima ngokubambezeleka okwengeziwe okwenze kwaba nzima kubasubathi ukuqhubeka nemizila yabo.
“I-Ireland isaziqhenya ngoMcClenaghan,” kusho lo mqeqeshi.
Umthombo wesithombe: @TheIrishTimes