Dylan Bettencourt
Owesifazane wokuqala ukuthola indondo yegolide wase-Venezuela, uYulimar Rojas uncome umqeqeshi wakhe, u-Ivan Pedroso ahlangana naye ngo-Facebook ngemuva kokulandela isiphakamiso somngani sokuthi laba bobabili bangabangani kule nkundla.
URojas nomqeqeshi wase-Cuba baqale ukusebenza ndawonye kuma-Olimpiki angowezi-2016 e-Rio.
“Bekungokudaliwe. Ngicabanga ukuthi ukuhlangana no-Ivan ngo-Facebook nakanjani bekuyisikhathi senguquko empilweni yami,” kusho uRojas ngemuva komdlalo wakhe ngeSonto.
“Ngisanda kwephula irekhodi lomhlaba futhi nginendondo yegolide yama-Olympic. Lokhu kuyigugu elikhulu.”
Lo msubathi oneminyaka engama-25 wephule irekhodi lomhlaba langaphambilini lika-15.50m elabekwa ngowe-1995 ngebanga elingu-15.67m embukisweni wezinkanyezi ngumsubathi wase-Venezuela kwi-triple jump yangeSonto.
URojas uthe ungene emidlalweni yalo nyaka efuna ukwephula irekhodi lomhlaba nokuthe uma ebona indlela umqeqeshi wakhe agxuma ngayo ememeza kulandela ukweqa kwakhe, wabona ukuthi usevele wafeza iphupho lakhe.
URojas uphinde wasabela ekubeni ngowesifazane wokuqala wase-Venezuela ukunqoba indondo yegolide yama-Olympic: “Ngicabanga ukuthi ngivula iminyango hhayi owami kuphela. Ngiphinde ngivule iminyango yabantu abafuna ukufeza izinto ezinkulu nokubhala izindaba ezinhle ngezwe lami.”
Umthombo wesithombe: @Olimpiki