Dylan Bettencourt
Umgijimi wakuleli uLuxolo Adams ugijima ngokuzimisela egqugquzelwa ugqozi lukaWayde van Niekerk.
Ngokungafani nozakwabo ogijima ku-400m u-Adams angathanda ukuzakhela igama emjahweni ka-200m.
Lo mgijimi oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala uqede endaweni yesine oemdlalweni owandulelo owamanqamu ka-200m ngoLwesibili ebusuku kuma-World Athletic Championship e-Oregon eMelika.
Nokho kuthiwa akalinde ngaphambi kokuthi athole ukuthi usengenile yini kowamanqamu.
Bekunzima ku-Adams nakubalandeli bakuleli ngesikhathi kuqinisekiswa ukuthi uzongena kowamanqamu.
“Bekunzima impela lokhu bengingazi noma kufanele ngihlale, ngime noma ngithandaze. Ukudlala kowamanqamu kusho lukhulu kimi,” kusho u-Adams ejabule etshela i-BBC Sport Africa.
U-Adams waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengomgijimi ka-400m, kodwa kuthe uma efaka u-200m ekuziqeqesheni kwakhe bekungasekho ukubuyela emuva.
Ukunqoba isicoco sesizwe sakuleli ku-200m emuva ngo-2018 kwamqinisa ibanga elide.
U-Adams ubengaziwa kuleli njengoba kwaze kwaba inyanga edlule ngesikhathi emangaza umpetha wama-olimpiki u-Andre de Grasse eqeda ngemizuzwana engu-19.82 okuyisikhathi esihle kakhulu kulo msubathi wakuleli.
“Ngashintsha abaqeqeshi, zaqala izinto zaba noshintsho,” kuchaza u-Adams.
“Ngangenza kakhulu uhlelo olusekelwe ku-400m sabe sesishintshela ohlelweni olusheshayo lwe-200m. Yilapho-ke okwaqala khona ukushintsha izinto.”
U-Adams ubengakaze athole amaphuzu angu-20 kulo mjaho.
“Ukuya e-Paris besingazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani, kodwa besinezinhlelo zokuthi mhlawumbe sisondele imizuzwana engu-20 ngaphambi kwe-World Championships,” kusho lo msubathi.
“Izinto zenzeke ngokushesha kunalokho ebesikulindele.”
U-Adams wachaza ukuthi noma ebheka uVan Niekerk, kodwa unendima yakhe okumele ayidlale.
“Ungumsubathi osezingeni eliphezulu ngibukela kuyena futhi ngiyabonga ngokuba ungifakela ugqozi,” kusho u-Adams.
“Kodwa angifuni ukuthi ngilandela ezinyathelweni zakhe ngoba nami nginendlela yami. Ngifuna ukubhala owami umlando ngaphandle kokukopela omunye umuntu.”
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