Dylan Bettencourt
Umbhukudi wase-Ukraine uMykhailo Romanchuk uthe “ubekulungele ukuyobulala” owayengumngani wakhe u-Evgeny Rylov obonakale emkhankasweni oxhasa uPutin.
URomanchuk uthe ukuvinjelwa kwabasubathi base-Russia kumele kuqhubeke ngemuva kokuthi uRylov ethwetshulwe egqoke uphawu olugqugquzela izimpi “Z” emkhankasweni oseka ukuhlaselwa kwe-Ukraine.
Lo mbhukudi wase-Ukraine (25) benoRylov babengebona nje abangani. Bake badlala eqenjini elilodwa emqhudelwaneni wokubhukuda we-International Energy Standard.
Laba babili baze bazichaza “njengabandawonye kwezemidlalo” eminyakeni emine edlule.
Kodwa-ke uRylov, uye wavinjelwa emiqhudelwaneni yokubhukuda inhlangano ebusayo i-Fina ngokugqoka uphawu “Z”, olubonisa ukweseka ukuhlasela kukaMengameli wase-Russia u-Vladimir Putin e-Ukraine.
URomanchuk, owawina indondo yesiliva kuma-Olympics anyakenye e-Tokyo, uthe ezombusazwe nezemidlalo azikwazi ukwehlukaniswa.
“Uma umuntu engitshela ukuthi ezemidlalo akuzona ezombusazwe, ngizomtshela ukuthi ezemidlalo ziwumkhakha [wezepolitiki] omkhulu kunayo yonke.
“Ngeshwa, kuyiqiniso futhi kuyisinqumo esifanele ukuthi ababhukudi base-Russia abekho lapha ngoba uma ngibabona angazi ukuthi ngingabenzani,” kusho yena etshela i-The Times.
Lo mbhukudi wase-Ukraine uthe yena noRylov babengabangani abakhulu, kodwa ubekulungele “ukumbulala” ngokusekela kwakhe uPutin.
“Mhlawumbe ngaba nolaka. Angazi. Ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi oncintisana kwi-backstroke [uRylov] ejoyina umkhankaso kaPutin enkundleni yezemidlalo i-Luzhniki e-Moscow ngoNdasa. Bengizimisele ukuyombulala. Besingabangani phambilini kodwa konke kushintshile,” esho.
URomanchuk ube ngumbhukudi wokuqala wase-Ukraine ukuzuza indondo emqhudelwaneni walo nyaka we-World Swimming Championships e-Budapest, lapho abasubathi base-Russia noma base-Belarus ababevinjelwe khona ukuqhudelana.
Uzuze indondo yethusi emqhudelwaneni we-800m freestyle, eqeda ngemuva kombhukudi waseJalimane uFlorian Wellbrock, onikeze lo mbhukudi wase-Ukraine indawo yokukhosela ngesikhathi eshiya izwe lakubo elikhungethwe izingxabano emasontweni ayishumi adlule.
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