Thatha umzuzu wokubonga, Ningizimu Afrika

Lucky Sithole

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.

U-Akani Simbine uqede ngaphandle kwezindondo kodwa uqinisekile ukuthi wenza konke okusemandleni akhe.

NgoMgqibelo ntambama silethe ukunqoba okukhulu kwebhola lombhoxo eligcine amathemba amaBhokobhoko ephila kakhulu emdlalweni owuchungechunge we-SA vs i-B&I Lions. Bekuyiviki elinzima futhi elibi le-testosterone eliqhutshwa izimpikiswano njengoba abantu abaphezulu kwezemidlalo bebethuka inhlamba. Abalandeli, balandele isibonele sabaphezulu baphendula ngenhlamba embi nangendlela umuntu ebengalindelanga ngayo. Kodwa umphumela womdlalo, ngemuva kwesiwombe sokuqala sokumisa umdlalo okuthathe imizuzu eyengeziwe engama-20 ukuqeda, kube ukunqoba okwanelisayo nokubalulekile kumaBoks.

Ngesonto eledlule uNick Mallet ufingqe isivivinyo sokuqala ngenkathi ethi: “Ngibheja ukuthi akekho noyedwa umsekeli we-B&I Lions ozokhalaza ngalo nompempe.” Kuleli sonto, kube nokuqubuka kokugxekwa okwehle kwasuka eNyakatho Nenkabazwe, kodwa lokho bekulindelekile.

(Kubukeka sengathi amaBhokobhoko azuze kakhulu ngokuba ndawonye iviki lonke beziqeqesha ngemuva kokuhlulwa ngeviki eledlule. Njengoba kubanjenwe ngezihluthu uLucky uqagela ukuthi amaBhokobhoko azonqoba ngamaphuzu ayisikhombisa kuya kwayishumi.)

Yilokho ezemidlalo engakwenzela isizwe.

Singaphupha ukuthi ngolunye usuku, ngesimangaliso esithile, iqembu lethu labadlali bebhola likanobhutshuzwayo lizobukela kwimpelasonto yegolide yaseNingizimu Afrika ngempumelelo yeqembu elibhukudayo, uTatjana Schoenmaker (kubandakanya noCorbett), uSimbine kanye namaBhokobhoko, bese liqala ukusebenzela uhlobo oluthile eolusezingeni lomhlaba jikelele. Esingakwenza ukuphupha nje.

Umthombo wesithombe: @DailyMaverick

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