Dylan Bettencourt
U-Odile Ahouanwanou wayenephupho lokuba umdlali webhola kodwa ukuntuleka kokutshalwa kwezimali kwezemidlalo e-Benin kwamphoqa ukuthi angenele ezokusubatha.
Lo msubathi (31) usezolwela ukuthola indondo yegolide kuma-World Athletics Championships kodwa ngabe konke kwehluke kakhulu kulo mpetha wase-Afrika.
“Ngaqala ukudlala ibhola ngisemncane kakhulu ngoba nginabafowethu nabazala abadala ababelidlala. Sasinegceke elikhulu ekhaya ngakho sasihlezi sidlala ibhola,” kusho yena etshela i-BBC Sport Africa.
“Ngangingukaputeni weqembu lami iminyaka eminingi futhi ngangidlalela iqembu lesizwe lase-Benin, kodwa ngaphoxeka ebholeni ngenxa yepolitiki yase-Benin.”
Ukuthuthukiswa kwebhola labesifazane e-Benin kwakungekho ezingeni elidingekayo ukuze abadlali babe ngochwepheshe.
“Ibhola labesifazane kwaba into engangayilindele. Ngenxa yalokhu, kwadingeka ukuthi ngihoxe kancane ebholeni elikhokhelwayo,” echaza.
U-Ahouanwanou uthe ubesadlala ibhola ukuze azijabulise kodwa wabe eseqala ukukhombisa ithalente kwezokusubatha.
“Bengihlezi ngihlula wonke umuntu kodwa bengingaziboni kwezokusubatha kwaze kwathi ngolunye usuku ngo-2007 ngaba umpetha wezwe lase-Benin kwi-high jump, konke kwashintsha,” esho.
I-Heptathlon iqukethe imidlalo eminingi ehlukene yethrekhi nenkundla efana nemijaho ka-100m, i-high jump, i-shot put, umjaho ka-200m, i-long jump, i-javelin kanye nomjaho ka-800m.
Amaphuzu aklonyeliswa ngomdlalo ngamunye bese ehlanganiswa ekugcineni ukuze kunqunywe ukuthi ubani odle umhlanganiso.
U-Ahouanwanou ube umuntu wokuqala ezweni lakubo ukuwina indondo yegolide kuma-African Championships ngesikhathi ewina ngo-2018.
Ugcine isicoco sakhe e-Mauritius ngenyanga edlule.
Kodwa nakuba engumpetha wase-Afrika, u-Ahouanwanou unomuzwa wokuthi kusekuningi okumele akufunde.
“Ngafunda ukugijima, ukuma ngiphakeme futhi ngafunda amasu. Ngifunde okuningi futhi ngiyaqhubeka nokufunda. Lokho kungamandla ami. Manje ngithuthuka usuku nosuku futhi ngiyaziqhenya ngalokho,” esho.
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