Dylan Bettencourt
NgoMsombuluko uLaurel Hubbard uqophe umlando ngenkathi eba ngowesifazane wokuqala ongumsubathi ozishintshe ubulili, ngenkathi engenela umqhudelwano wama-olimpiki wabesifazane abanesisindo esibalelwa ku-87kg.
Uhambo lwakhe lufike lapho ehluleka kabili ukumisa i-Bar ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe kanye nomzamo wesithathu okuthiwe uhluleke ukuzilawula.
Ubonge inhlangano yama-olompiki ngokumeseka.
Uthe ngiyazi ukuthi ukubamba iqhaza lami kule midlalo bekungeke kungabi khona ukuphikisana, kodwa ibimnandi. Ngiyabonga kakhulu kubo bonke kusho uLaurel oneminyaka engama-43 ekhuluma lokhu ese-New Zealand.
Babonisile ukuthi wonke umuntu angazibandakanya nalemidlalo ngoba iyatholakala noma ikuphi futhi mihle kakhulu.
UHubbard wazalwa engumuntu wesilisa, kodwa ubesezishintshe ubulili waba ngumuntu wesifazane ngonyaka wezi-2013 wazithola kukhulunywa ngaye yonke indawo nokubandakanyeka kwakhe kuma-olimpiki.
Uthe uziphoxile ngokuthi angazimiseli ngendlela ebekulindelwe ngayo, kodwa ubonga bonke abamesekile bakhombisa nothando ngenkathi edlala.
Umthombo wesithombe: @NPR