Dylan Bettencourt
ULuciana Alvarado usebenzise igebe emthethweni wokubhikisha we-International Olympic Committee (IOC) ukuhlonipha i-Black Lives Matter.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka eyu-18 wase-Costa Rica uqede inqubo yakhe ngokuguqa phansi waphakamisa isibhakela sakhe emoyeni njengesenzo esisekela ukulwa okuqhubekayo nokungalingani ngokobuhlanga abantu abamnyama ababhekene nakho.
Ku-Rule 50 we-Olympic Charter, i-IOC iyawenqabela noma imuphi umbhikisho wabasubathi noma ukuboniswa kwezepolitiki enkundleni yezemidlalo noma emcimbini wezindondo.
Ekhuluma ngemuva komcimbi, lo mdlali osemusha utshele i-Associated Press ukuthi: “Sonke siyafana. Sonke sibahle futhi siyamangalisa.”
Ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale le midlalo, amaqembu ezinkundla zokuxhumana atshelwe ukuthi awavunyelwe ukuthumela isithombe sanoma yimuphi umgijimi wabo eguqe phansi ngesikhathi semidlalo, isinqumo esiphikiswe kungakapheli namahora angama-24.
I-IOC iyazivumela izenzo zokukhuluma ngokukhululeka inqobo nje uma zenzeka ngaphambi kokuba umcimbi uqale.
Ubushoshovu bezemidlalo buyinto ejwayelekile kuma-Olimpiki, ngakho-ke akukho obekuzoshintsha kulo nyaka.
Ithimba labesifazane abangama-gymnast laseJalimane lidale laphinde lancintisana ngama-leotard njengophawu olumelene nokuya ocansini nabesifazane kwezemidlalo.
Kumcimbi ofanayo, iqembu lase-Norway beach volleyball likhethe ukungancintisani ligqoke ama-bikini, kodwa lancintisana ngezikhindi, okuyisinqumo esibanikeze inhlawulo evela ku-IOC. Umculi owaziwa ngoPink uzinikele ngokukhokha le nhlawulo.
Ngesikhathi somcimbi wezindondo e-Olympic Stadium e-Mexico City ngowezi-1968, uTommie Smith noJohn Carlos, baphakamisa isibhakela emoyeni esinama-gloves anombala omnyama ngesikhathi kudlalwa iculo lesizwe laseMelika.
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