Dylan Bettencourt
Ngenkathi umsubathi wase-Jamaica uHansale Parchment ephuthelwa ibhasi lakhe eliya emdlalweni wakhe wamanqamu we-110m hurdle, owesifazane othile wamkhokhela imali yokugibela itekisi lokumyisa endaweni, lapho agcine ngokuwina khona indondo yegolide yama-Olimpiki.
UParchment ukhulume ngalolu daba ezinkundleni zokuxhumana wahlangana nevolontiya elimfikise endaweni ngesikhathi.
Uthe uma kuwukuthi wazama ukuthola enye yezimoto ezinamagama kule midlalo, bekuzofanele abhuke le moto ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
“Ukube ngakuzama lokho, ngangingeke ngifike lapho ngesikhathi ukuze ngizilolonge,” esho.
Owase-Jamaica ubonge lo wesifazane ngomusa wakhe futhi umkhombise indondo yegolide abambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekuyiwineni. UParchment umnike ishethi lama-Olimpiki futhi wamkhokhela imali yokugibela itekisi njengesibonakaliso sokubonga kwakhe.
Lo wesifazane umnike imali yokugibela itekisi ukuze afinyelele enkundleni, nokuyinto emnike isikhathi esanele sokufika kule ndawo ukuze azilolonge futhi ancintisane.
Ivolontiya kulindeleke ukuthi lithole eminye imiklomelo ngemibiko ephakamisa ukuthi u-Edmund Bartlett, onguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha e-Jamaica, uzomnika uhambo oluya e-Caribbean Islands.
“Noma ngabe ukuphi emhlabeni, sifuna ukubuyisela umusa owenziwe komunye wethu,” kusho uBartlett etshela iphephandaba i-Sunday Gleaner.
Lena bekuyindondo yokuqala yegolide yama-Olimpiki kaParchment ngemuva kokuthola eyethusi e-London 2012 futhi waphuthelwa i-Rio 2016 ngenxa yokulimala.
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