UHenrik Kristoffersen waseNorway ubuyile kwindawo ye-16 emva komjikelo wokuqala ukuze aphumelele i-Alpine Slalom World Championship.
Ngokutsho kwe-International Ski Federation, u-AJ Ginnis uphumelele imbasa yesilivere yokuqala ye-Olimpiki okanye ye-World Championship yaseGrisi kuyo nayiphi na iminyhadala ye-Olimpiki yasebusika.
Inxalenye yokuqala enzima ngokwetekhnoloji yomjikelo wesibini womdlalo wokugqibela wehlabathi weeveki ezimbini eCourchevel, eFransi, yabangela umonakalo omkhulu.
UKristofferson oneminyaka engama-28 ubudala uphumelele, ephumelela isihloko sakhe sesibini sehlabathi kunye nesokuqala njengomdlali oselula. UKristofferson uphumelele izihlandlo ezingama-23 kwiNdebe yeHlabathi ye-slalom, okwesine kwimbali yamadoda, kwaye kude kube yiCawa wayekuphela komntu ophumelele ngaphezu kwezihlandlo ezili-11 kwiNdebe yeHlabathi ye-slalom ngaphandle kwesihloko seOlimpiki okanye sehlabathi. Intshatsheli yamadoda nabasetyhini.
Walinda kwisitulo somkhokheli phantse isiqingatha seyure, ngelixa abatyibilizi abali-15 abamdluleyo kumjikelo wokuqala nabo bemka.
“Ukuhlala phantsi ulinde kubi kunokuma ekuqaleni uze ukhokele emva komjikelo wokuqala,” utshilo uKristofferson, iNtshatsheli yeSlalom yeHlabathi ka-2019, ogqibe kwindawo yesithathu, yesithathu, yesi-4, yesi-4 kunye neyesi-4. “Ndiphumelele uninzi lwemidyarho yam kwi-slalom, ngaphandle kwegolide yeOlimpiki kunye negolide yokhuphiswano lwehlabathi. Ngoko ke ndicinga ukuba lixesha.”
UGinnis, naye oneminyaka engama-28 ubudala, umele i-United States kwi-2017 World Championships kodwa waphuma kwiqela lesizwe emva kwexesha lonyaka ka-2017-18 ngenxa yokwenzakala okuninzi kunye nokugqiba okungcono kwi-World Championship kwindawo yama-26.
Wafudukela eGrisi apho wazalelwa khona, apho wafunda khona ukutyibiliza eqhweni kwiNtaba iParnassus, ekude ngemoto iiyure ezi-2.5 ukusuka eAthens. Wafudukela eAustria eneminyaka eli-12 ubudala waza waya eVermont kwiminyaka emithathu kamva.
UGinnis, owenze utyando lwedolo izihlandlo ezithandathu waza wakrazula i-ACL yakhe kunyaka ophelileyo, wayecinga ukuba wayeka ukutyibiliza eqhweni xa wayesiya eBeijing ukuya kusebenza kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki ye-NBC. La mava aphembelela umlilo.
Ngomhla wesi-4 kweyoMdumba, iGuinness yangena kwindawo yesibini kumsitho wokugqibela weNdebe yeHlabathi ngaphambi kweMidlalo yeHlabathi, ingazange ifike kwindawo ezilishumi eziphezulu kumsitho weNdebe yeHlabathi ngaphambili.
“Xa ndibuya, ndazixelela ukuba injongo yam kukufanelekela umjikelo olandelayo weOlimpiki nokuba ngumncintisani weembasa,” utshilo. “Ndibuya ekulimaleni, ndishiya iqela, ndizama ukuqokelela imali yoko sikwenzayo ngoku… Liphupha elizalisekileyo kuzo zonke iinqanaba.”
“Konke kungenxa yabo,” utshilo njengoko wayegqiba kwindawo yesibini kumjikelo wokuqala ngeCawa. “Bandiphuhlisile ngokwenene. Ndicinga ukuba kum kwakufana nokulungele ukufuna ukutyibiliza i-ski ngenxa yelizwe lam, kuba ndakhulela apho, kwaye kubo ndandingumdlali wezemidlalo olimele ngokwenene. Ngoko ke andibagxeki nangantoni na. ngokugxotha abasebenzi xa besenza njalo. Kwenza ubomi bam bube nzima.”
U-Alex Vinatzer wase-Itali ufumene ubhedu, nto leyo eyenze ukuba abe ngumdlali ohlonitshwe kakhulu kwihlabathi okokuqala kwimbali yeNorway.
I-Austria, okokuqala ukusukela ngo-1987 ingenagolide kwiNdebe yeHlabathi, iphoswe lithuba layo lokugqibela: inkokeli yomjikelo wokuqala, uManuel Ferrer, ubambene kwindawo yesixhenxe ngeCawa.
Isizini yeNdebe yeHlabathi ye-Men's Alpine Skiing iqala ngempelaveki ezayo nge-slalom enkulu kunye ne-slalom ePalisades-Tahoe, eCalifornia.
Ugqatso olulandelayo lukaMikaela Shiffrin yiNdebe yeHlabathi eKvitfjell, eNorway ngempelaveki yokuqala kaMatshi. Uphoswa yenye yeempumelelo ezingama-86 zeNdebe yeHlabathi zika-Ingemar Stenmark waseSweden, inkwenkwezi ye-slalom kunye ne-giant slalom yeminyaka yoo-1970 kunye noo-1980.
UFemke Bol, ophumelele imbasa yebronze kwi-Olimpiki kwi-400m hurdles, waphule irekhodi lehlabathi ixesha elide kwi-track and field ngokubetha irekhodi lomfazi oneminyaka engama-41 ubudala kwi-indoor 400m hurdles ngeCawa.
“Xa ndawela umgca wokugqibela, ndandisazi ukuba irekhodi lelam ngenxa yengxolo yabantu abaninzi,” utshilo, ngokutsho kweWorld Athletics.
Waphula irekhodi lehlabathi le-49.59 elalimiselwe nguYarmila Kratochvilova waseCzech Republic ngoMatshi 1982. Eli lirekhodi lehlabathi elide kunalo naliphi na ixesha lezemidlalo kwi-Olimpiki okanye kwi-World Outdoor okanye Indoor Championships.
Irekhodi elitsha elitsha lehlabathi elide kakhulu yayiyirekhodi lehlabathi langaphandle likaKratochvilova le-800 m le-1:53.28, elibekwe ngo-1983. Ukusukela oko uKratochvilova wabeka irekhodi le-800m, akukho mfazi uphumelele ama-96 ekhulwini alo.
Irekhodi elidala lehlabathi kuyo yonke imidlalo yezemidlalo (ingekuko nje ukukhuphisana) yirekhodi lehlabathi kwi-shot put ye-22.50m, eyamiselwa ngo-1977 nguHelena Fibingerova waseCzech.
Ngaphambili kwixesha lonyaka langaphakathi, uBall wayenexesha elikhawulezayo kwi-indoor 500 metres (1:05.63), umsitho ongengowehlabathi. Ukwabeke elona xesha likhawulezayo kwimbali (36.86) kwi-300m hurdles, engeyo-Olimpiki okanye kwi-world championship.
UBol ngoyena mfazi wesithathu okhawulezayo kwimbali kukhuphiswano lwakhe oluphambili, ii-400m hurdles, emva koSydney McLaughlin-Levron kunye noDelilah Muhammad baseMelika. KwiNdebe yeHlabathi yonyaka ophelileyo, ufumene isilivere kumdyarho uMcLaughlin-Lefron awuphumeleleyo ngerekhodi yehlabathi. Ibhola yayisemva ngemizuzwana eyi-1.59.
49.26 Femke Bol (2023) 49.59 Kratochvilova (1982) 49.68 Nazarova (2004) 49.76 Kocembova (1984) pic.twitter.com/RhuWkuBwcE
Iqela lase-USA liphumelele ukhuphiswano lweqela le-mixed acrobatics elavula iiFreestyle World Championships, kunyaka omnye emva kokuphumelela igolide kumsitho wokuqala weOlimpiki.
U-Ashley Caldwell, uChris Lillis kunye noQuinn Delinger badibene ukuze baphumelele iGeorgia (ilizwe, hayi ilizwe) ngama-331.37 ngeCawa. Bakhokela iqela laseTshayina ngamanqaku ali-10.66. I-Ukraine iphumelele imbasa yebronze.
“Le micimbi ixhalabisa kakhulu kuba sikufutshane neentaba,” utshilo uLilis. “Ndivakalelwa kukuba yonke into endiyenzayo ijolise kumaqabane am amabini.”
Kunyaka ophelileyo, uCaldwell, uLillis kunye noJustin Schoenefeld baphumelele isihloko sabo sokuqala seqela le-Olimpiki kwi-acrobatics, nto leyo ephawula okokuqala i-US ingena kwi-Olympic acrobatic podium ukusukela ngo-2010, kwaye baphumelele nezihloko zabasetyhini nezamadoda emva kukaNikki Stone no-Eric Bergust ngo-1998. Imbasa yegolide yokuqala kwimbali. Kamva kwi-Olimpiki ka-2022, uMeghannik uphumelele imbasa yebronze kumsitho wabasetyhini.
UCaldwell uthe akafane aye kwiMidlalo yeHlabathi ukuze achithe ixesha nosapho lwakhe ngelixa uLilith eqokelela iingqokelela zabo zeembasa zehlabathi. UCaldwell uphumelele imbasa yegolide ngo-2017 kunye nembasa yesilivere ngo-2021. ULilith uphumelele imbasa yesilivere ngo-2021.
I-China ayibuyanga nembasa enye kwi-Olimpiki zonyaka ophelileyo. Umdlali wejimnasti obalaseleyo wase-Ukraine u-Oleksandr Abramenko wayengekho ebaleni ngenxa yokwenzakala edolweni.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Februwari-20-2023
