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UPrecious Mashele ujabule kakhulu ngemuva kokwephula irekhodi lakuleli lika-10km emjahweni obuse-Gqeberha ngeSonto.
Yize ephume endaweni yesibili ngemuva kukaSamuel Ebenyo wase-Kenya, isikhathi sikaMashele semizuzu engu-27 nemizuzwana engu-35 kube irekhodi elisha lakuleli ehlula irekhodi likaStephen Mokoka langaphambilini lika-27:38 aliqopha ngo-2015.
UMashele ubale impumelelo yakhe ngenxa yokusebenza ngokuzikhandla nokuzimisela wathi uziqeqeshe kanzima futhi uyazi ukuthi usesimeni esihle sokungena kulo mjaho. Lezi zifundo zenzelwe ukukhungathekisa abantu base-Kenya njengoba bekunegquma eliwumqansa ngekhilomitha lokuqala, kodwa uMashele kanye nozakwabo wakuleli uThabang Mosiako bakwazile ukugcina irekhodi kuwo wonke umjaho.
“Ngaqala ukuba umsubathi oqhudelanayo eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule ngesikhathi ngineminyaka engu-20. Akekho owake wacabanga ukuthi ngizogijima ngale ndlela. Kodwa ngazitshela ukuthi empilweni ngeke ukuthole okuthile ngaphandle kokuthi ukulwele,” kusho uMashele.
Lo msubathi we-Boxer Athletics Club useke wamela elakuleli emiqhudelwaneni eyahlukene yomhlaba okubalwa kuyo owama-World Champs kanye nowama-Olympics futhi unethemba lokuthi uzomela izwe kuma-World Athletics Half Marathon azoba e-Portugal.
URhyn Swanepoel ongumphathi wabasubathi ngaphansi kwe-Boxer ukuncomile ukwenza kahle kukaMashele wathi iqembu liyaziqhenya ngokumataniswa nalo msubathi ophethe irekhodi. Impumelelo kaMashele iwubufakazi bokuthi ukusebenza ngokuzikhandla kunezithelo futhi unethemba lokuthi kuzogqugquzela intsha ukuthi ikholelwe ukuze ifeze amaphupho ayo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UPrecious Mashele
Umthombo wesithombe: Pinecrest