Dylan Bettencourt
USimone Biles, umpetha wamanje wama-Olimpiki wabesifazane we-gymnastics, uphume kowamanqamu walo nyaka ukugxila empilweni yakhe yengqondo.
I-USA Gymnastics ithe uBiles uzothatha isinqumo ngesonto elizayo ngokuncintisana emidlalweni yakhe yamanqamu emine.
Bathe basisekela ngokuphelele isinqumo sikaBiles futhi basishayela ihlombe isibindi sakhe sokugxila esimweni somqondo wakhe. Isihloko sisematheni ngemuva kokuba isihlabani sethenisi uNaomi Osaka ephume ku-France Open yalo nyaka ngesizathu esifanayo.
UBiles uthe akalimalanga kodwa ngeke aqhubeke.
“Ngemuva kokudlala kwami, angisafuni ukuqhubeka. Kufanele ngigxile empilweni yami yengqondo,” kusho uBiles okhathazekile.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi impilo yengqondo isiyinkinga kakhulu kwezemidlalo njengamanje. Kumele sivikele izingqondo nemizimba yethu hhayi ukuthi siphume nje siyokwenza lokho okufunwa ngumhlaba kithina.”
Uthe akasazethembi njengakuqala.
“Angazi noma sekuyiminyaka yini,” kusho lo msubathi oneminyaka engama-24.
“Ngivele ngibe novalo uma ngenza i-gymnastics. Awasangijabulisi kangako. Ngiyazi ukuthi lena yimidlalo yama-Olimpiki. Bengifuna kube ngeyami.”
UBiles ungumpetha we-gymnastics ophumelele kakhulu eMelika, nezindondo ezingama-30 zama-Olimpiki nezeMidlalo yoMhlaba. Udinga kuphela ukuqeda ama-podium amane ukuze abe yi-gymnast ephumelela kakhulu emhlabeni.
Njengoba esethole izindondo ezine zegolide nethusi kuma-Rio Olympics ngowezi-2016, lo msubathi ufike emidlalweni yalo nyaka eyintandokazi enkulu.
Umthombo wesithombe: @Vogue