Dylan Bettencourt
Kule mpelasonto kuzophethwa imidlalo yama-Olimpiki yase-Tokyo yangowezi-2020 lapho umjaho wetafula lezindondo usesilinganisweni phakathi kwe-China neMelika. IMelika inezindondo eziningi kodwa i-China isengaphambili ekujaheni igolide.
Amehlo azobe ebheke kakhulu emidlalweni yangoLwesihlanu lapho okuzobe kunomjaho wabesilisa we-4x100m ozoba ngo-3:50 ntambama. Ngokumangazayo, iqembu laseMelika alizange likwazi ukungena kowamanqamu ngendondo yegolide, yize amakhosi e-sprint ezoqala njengezintandokazi.
NgoMgqibelo kuzobonakala bobabili abesilisa nabesifazane bencintisana kowamanqamu wabo we-4x400m relay. Umdlalo wamanqamu wabesilisa we-1,500m nawo uzobukiswa emcimbini lapho abasubathi abavela e-Kenya bezobe benethemba lokulawula.
Enye yezindondo eziyigugu kakhulu ebholeni yilapho i-Brazil izobhekana khona ne-Spain kowamanqamu webhola labesilisa ngeSonto. I-Sweden izobhekena ne-Canada kowamanqamu webhola labesifazane ngoMgqibelo.
I-Boxing, i-Water Polo, i-Basketball, i-Cycling, i-Gymnastics nabanye abaningi bazoqeda imicimbi yabo ngempelasonto bezonikezwa nezindondo zegolide.
Umcimbi wokugcina, kuzoba umjaho ngeSonto lapho abasubathi base-Afrika benethemba lokugcina ubunikazi babo bendabuko kwi-podium.
I-Tokyo 2020 ibe ngumcimbi omuhle kakhulu ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima. Siyethemba ukuthi i-Paris 2024 izobanjwa ngaphandle kwezifonyo nokuqhelelana nomphakathi nezinkulungwane zabalandeli bagcwele emigwaqeni emikhulu.
➤ Kule mpelasonto kuzoba nomdlalo wesithathu phakathi kwamaBhokobhoko kanye ne-British & Irish Lions futhi kuzobakhona iziqhumane ezinkulu ngezizathu ezifanele nezingalungile.
Uchungechunge lwemidlalo emithathu ebophelene ku-1-1 isetha umdlalo wesithathu wokunquma, okuyisimo esingakaze sibonwe kusukela ngowe-1955. Iqembu lebhola lombhoxo laseNingizimu Afrika lathola ukunqoba esiwombeni sesibili ngempelasonto edlule ngokuhlula abadlali bakaWarren Gatland ngo-27-9.
Abalandeli bombhoxo bakuleli bazobe benethemba lokuthi umfutho uzothwala amaBhokobhoko ukuba anqobe kulo mdlalo.
Umdlalo uzoqala ngehora-6 ntambama ngoMgqibelo esiteshini se-DStv 201.
Kube wuhambo olugcwele isiphithiphithi, imidlalo engapheli, nokuphikisana okuningi. Kubukeka sengathi kuseleisikhathi eside, ngaphambi kokuthi amaLions abhekane neNingizimu Afrika futhi ngowezi-2033 – futhi kubukeka kusele isikhathi esincane kakhulu ngaphambi kokuthi amaBhokobhoko asebenze uma esedlala ne-Argentina eNelson Mandela Bay Stadium ngoMgqibelo ozayo.
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