Kwakungekhona nje ukuntuleka kwezindondo. Abasubathi abayishumi base-Nigeria nabo bakhishwe emidlalweni yama-Olimpiki e-Tokyo kwathi oyedwa owafinyelela kowamanqamu kwadingeka ukuthi awashe ijezi lakhe.
UNgqongqoshe wezemidlalo kulelizwe, uSunday Dare uxolisile ngalokhu kwehliswa kwesizwe kodwa wengeza ngokuthi ukutholwa kwezindondo ezimbili yi-Nigeria kube ngumphumela omuhle kakhulu ezweni eminyakeni eyi-13. Zombili izindondo zitholwe ngabesifazane – uBlessing Oburududu wawina isiliva le-wrestling kwathi u-Ese Brume yena wawina ithusi kwi-long jump.
Kodwa lokhu kwakukude kakhulu nezinsuku zenkazimulo zase-Nigeria. Mhlawumbe ukugqama kwe-Nigeria okuyinqophamlando kwakuyimidlalo yase-Atlanta ngowe-1996 ngesikhathi inqoba igolide ngebhola.
Kulo nyaka, abasubathi abayi-10 base-Nigeria abahambele ukuyobamba iqhaza kuma-Olimpiki bakhishwa ngenxa “yezinkinga zokuphatha”.
Abasubathi babekwa njengabangafanelekile ukuncintisana ngoba baphuthelwe i-Out of Competition Test yabo esetshenziselwa ukuhlola izinto ezivinjelwe.
“Ngaphandle kwesikhalazo sethu esinamandla, ikomidi ebelithatha isinqumo lenze isimemezelo salo esinganikeli inkululeko kumalungu eqembu lethu ngalokhu okungahambi ngokungazi,” kusho uDare, ethwala umthwalo wehlazo.
UChukwuebuke Enekwechi, obengene kowamanqamu e-shot put, uqhakambise ukuzilungiselela okungekuhle kwe-Nigeria ngokufaka ividiyo yakhe ngosuku olwandulela owamanqamu ewasha ijezi lakhe alinikwe yizikhulu zase-Nigeria.
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