Xa uJessie Diggins waphumelela isihloko sokuqala sehlabathi kwimbali yokutyibiliza e-US ngoLwesibini, waphawula ukuba bonke oochwephesha beparafini baseMelika babekhawuleza ukuya ebaleni ukuze bamkhuthaze. Kwakukho amazwi amaninzi kangangokuba wayengenakukwazi nokuwabona nalinye kuwo.
“Ndikhumbula ngaxa lithile ndandicinga ukuba andazi nokuba ngubani,” utshilo uDeakins kumsasazi waseNorway i-NRK, emva koko walila ngenxa yovuyo. “Ziyaphambana, yimvakalelo entle kakhulu. Xa ukwimeko entle kakhulu, kusaba buhlungu, kodwa uziva ngathi ungazibhokoxa kakhulu.”
Ngesitayile sakhe esikhethekileyo, uDeakins uphumelele i-10K World All-Around Freestyle Championship ngo-23:40 ePlanica, eSlovenia. Ugqibe imizuzwana eli-14 phambi kukaFrida Karlsson waseSweden. Omnye umSwedish, u-Ebba Andersson, uphumelele imbasa yebronze kumdyarho wexesha lokuvavanya umntu ngamnye wemizuzwana engama-30.
UDeakins wayesemva ngeentsuku ezimbini ngabaskiya baseNorway naseSweden kugqatso lweqela, apho waphumelela khona ibronze noJulia Kern, owaqala nge-10km ngomzuzu emva kukaCarlsen, oqala ngo-2021. Ugqatso lokugqibela lwehlabathi lonyaka luphumelele imbasa yesilivere.
Kwimizuzu emine yokuqala, uDeakins wayephambili ngemizuzwana emithathu kuCarlsen. UDeakins uqhube kakuhle kakhulu kumgama ngamnye we-7.7km, nto leyo egcina umdyarho uqinile. Kodwa kwimizuzu emithandathu yokugqibela, waphosa isando sakhe waza watyibilika waya kugqiba ngaphandle kokuthandabuza, wawa ekhephini ecaleni kukaKarlsson, ephefumla kancinci.
“Andizange ndiyeke ukulila emva komdyarho,” utshilo uDeakins, onyuke iimitha ezili-1,263 kumdyarho weemayile ezili-6.25, malunga nokuphakama kwe-Empire State Building. “Ndacinga, ‘Andinakukwazi nokuyonwabela le nto kuba andiboni nokubona. Ndalila. Kodwa ikhethekile kakhulu.”
Abatyibilizi baseMelika baphumelele iimbasa ze-Olimpiki okanye ze-World Championship ezili-13 ukusukela ngo-1976, kodwa ngoLwesibini yayiligolide lokuqala lomntu ngamnye.
UDeakins sele ephethe irekhodi laseMelika leembasa ezininzi zeOlimpiki kwimidlalo yokutyibiliza ebaleni (enye yombala ngamnye), iimbasa zeNdebe yeHlabathi (ngoku ezintandathu), kunye nembasa zeNdebe yeHlabathi nganye (14).
“Kumnandi ukuba nenkawu emqolo wakho, nokuba kumdlali ofana noJesse,” umqeqeshi wase-US uMatt Whitcomb uxelele i-NRK. “Usenokungakwazi ukukuxelela zonke izibalo ngaye. Angakuxelela kuphela ukuba umnika izifundo ezinje kwaye uyazi ukuba ubuncinci uza kutsalwa. Olu lolona phawu lubalaseleyo lukaJesse. kwaye uya kubandezeleka.”
UDeakins uthi ezi nyembezi zibangelwe yimizamo yeqela labaxumi bokuhombisa, abaqeqeshi, iingcali zonyango lomzimba, iingcali zesondlo kunye neengcali zokumasaja. Kungenxa yokuba ebengekho ekhaya lonke ixesha lonyaka, kwaye uninzi lwakhe ebengekho nomyeni wakhe omtsha.
UDeakins wathi lixesha lokunyuka nokwehla. NgoDisemba, walingana waza waphula irekhodi leNdebe yeHlabathi yase-United States elalibekwe ngumdlali weqela le-Olimpiki uKikkan Randall.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuqala kweNdebe yeHlabathi, abadlali beqela bavuka ngoNovemba bamfumana egobile phantsi kwigumbi lokuhlambela. UDeakins ukholelwa ukuba wosulelwe yintsholongwane yomkhuhlane emva kokuhamba esiya eYurophu.
Emva koko kwiTour de France, eyiTour de France, njengeTour de France, ebanjelwa ngobusuku boNyaka oMtsha, ugqibe kwindawo yama-40, yama-30 kunye neyama-40. Wacetyiswa ziindaba zaseScandinavia ukuba arhoxe kwitumente ayiphumeleleyo ngo-2021.
UDiggins waqhubeka nomdyarho, ebeka ixesha elikhawulezayo lokubaleka ngeski ngaphambi kokuba agqibe kwindawo yesihlanu kwinqanaba lokugqibela elinzima, ukunyuka iikhilomitha ezili-10 ukunyuka iiSemis Alps zase-Itali.
“Ndiyazi ukuba ndikwimeko entle, ingakumbi ngenxa [yokuhlukunyezwa],” utshilo uDeakins ngoLwesibini. “Kodwa ukuba ndithetha inyani, besisokola nge-ski wax, kufuneka ube nayo yonke into ukuze ukhuphisane kumdyarho okhuphisanayo. Yiyo loo nto xa siphumelela, siphumelela njengeqela.”
UDeakins ugqibe ephethe i-podium ezintathu kwimidyarho yakhe emihlanu yokugqibela ngaphambi kweNdebe yeHlabathi, waza emva koko waba nempumelelo enkulu kwi-sprint yeqela ngeCawa.
Emva koko ungena kwimbali, enethemba lokunceda iQela lase-USA liphumelele imbasa yalo yokuqala ye-relay ngoLwesine. UDeakins lilungu leqela le-relay lase-USA kwaye ugqibe kwindawo yesine okanye yesihlanu kwiNdebe yeHlabathi nganye kwezihlanu zidlulileyo.
“Zonke izinto ziyadibana—umzimba wakho, ingqondo yakho, isantya sakho, ubuchule bakho, ukutyibiliza kwakho eqhweni kunye nemozulu,” utshilo. “Kukhethekile.”
USommer McIntosh waseKhanada oneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu ubudala uphule irekhodi lakhe lehlabathi labaselula ngoLwesine ngokuphumelela i-200m butterfly kumsitho wokudada wePro Series eFort Lauderdale, eFlorida.
UMcIntosh, ophumelele amabhaso kwi-200m sweep kunye ne-400m individual medley kwiWorld Championships ngoJuni ophelileyo, ufikelele eludongeni nge-2:5.05.
KwiMidlalo yeHlabathi eBudapest, wehla irekhodi lakhe lehlabathi labaselula nge-15% kwaye ngoku ungowe-11 obaleka ngokukhawuleza kuyo nayiphi na iminyaka.
UMcIntosh, owayeqeqesha eSarasota, wayenokhuphiswano oluthembisayo noKatie Ledecky kwi-freestyle yeemitha ezingama-400, apho kungekho namnye kubo owabhukuda ngoLwesine.
ULedecky akazange adlale nakweyiphi na iminyhadala yakhe emikhulu ngoLwesine, kodwa uphume kwindawo yesibini kwi-freestyle ye-100-meter kwaye akazange adlale nakwi-major championship.
U-Abby Weitzeil uphumelele ngexesha le-53.38, isiqalo esimangalisayo sesizini kwitumente yaseMelika enzulu. UWeizeil, itshatsheli ye-Olympic Trials ka-2020 kwi-freestyle ye-50m kunye ne-100m, woyise abakhuphisana nabo, kuquka abane abaphambili, kwi-Olympic Trials ngoLwesine.
Ubuya kwiqela elalingaphumelelanga kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yonyaka ophelileyo. UWeitzeil wayekwindawo yesixhenxe kukhetho lonyaka ophelileyo, kodwa ngoLwesine uza kuba ngowesibini kukhetho lowama-2022 emva koTorrey Haske ophumelele imbasa yebhronzi yehlabathi, ongagqatsiyo eFort Lauderdale.
Kwakhona ngoLwesine, uNick Fink woyise uMichael Andrew ngepesenti enye kumdlalo we-100m breaststroke phakathi kwababini baseMelika abaphambili kunyaka ophelileyo. Ixesha likaFunk yayilimizuzwana engama-59.97.
U-Ahmed Hafnaoui waseTunisia ophumelele imbasa yegolide kwi-Olimpiki uphumelele i-400m freestyle, ekunye noKieran Smith ophumelele imbasa yebronze kwi-Olimpiki (wesithathu) kunye noBobby Fincke (owesithandathu) oyintshatsheli ye-Olimpiki kwi-800m nakwi-1500m freestyle.
Ababhukudi balungiselela iiNtshatsheli zaseMelika ekupheleni kukaJuni kunye neeNtshatsheli zeHlabathi eFukuoka, eJapan ngoJulayi.
Kwimida enzima yemithetho, imimiselo kunye nokutolikwa okulawula inkqubo yehlabathi yokulwa nokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi, akukho mntu ubona esi silumkiso: lumka kwiziyobisi zezinja.
Yayiyinto eqondakalayo ukuba yayingaphumeleli, kodwa yakhokelela kuphando lweenyanga ezintathu olwathi ekugqibeleni lwamkhulula lo mdlali we-Olimpiki izihlandlo ezihlanu ngenxa yokusebenzisa iziyobisi, ngelixa wongeza i-asterisk abanye abayithatha njengengeyomfuneko.
UKaterina Nash, umkhweli webhayisekile yentaba kunye nomtyibilizi weqhwa omele iRiphabliki yaseCzech kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki yaseBusika emibini kunye neMidlalo yeOlimpiki yaseHlobo emithathu, uphephe ukuthintelwa iminyaka emine yokusebenzisa iziyobisi. Abasemagunyeni bafumanise ukuba xa wawisa amayeza emqaleni wenja yakhe egulayo, eyaziwa ngokuba yiRuby, loo nto yayingena eluswini lwakhe.
Nangona kungekho zigwebo, ukungqubana kukaNash neengcali ezichasene nokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi bekusekwingxelo yangoLwesine, umphumo wemithetho ehlala ixesha elide efuna naluphi na ulwaphulo-mthetho lokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi - nokuba "yi-Adverse Analytical Finding" engeyonjongo.
“Kuyothusa ukucinga ukuba ukuba andizihlambi izandla zam kuya konakalisa wonke umsebenzi wam njengomdlali wezemidlalo iminyaka engama-30,” utshilo uNash, oneminyaka engama-45 ubudala, kwi-Associated Press. Iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokunyamekela inja yam. Kodwa ekugqibeleni, bendisebenzisa eli yeza yonke imihla kangangeeveki ezintathu.”
UNah uhlala eCalifornia kwaye uvavanyiwe yi-US Anti-Doping Agency. Iziphumo, ezavela kwiiofisi ze-USADA emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa, zazimangalisa. Umchamo kaNash ubonise umlinganiselo omncinci (0.07 yeebhiliyoni zegram nge-milliliter) yento ebizwa ngokuba yiCamorelin. Nangona incinci, yayanele ukubangela ukuvuleka okungathandekiyo. Nangona i-capromorelin ingakhankanywanga ngokukodwa kuluhlu lwezinto ezingavumelekanga, isawela kudidi "lwezinye" izinto ezingavumelekanga ezinxulumene ne-hormone yokukhula komntu.
Njengakwimeko zangaphambili, emva kokufumanisa ukuba izithambisi zelanga ezithengiswa ngaphandle kwekhawuntara zibonise iziphumo ezilungileyo, amalungu eqela lesayensi le-USADA aqalisa ukusebenza.
Okokuqala, bafumanise ukuba iCamorelin ikhona kwi-Entyce, esetyenziselwa ukwandisa umdla kwizinja ezigulayo. Emva koko i-USADA Chief Scientist uGqr. Matt Fedoruk kunye nabanye baqala ukusebenzisa eli yeza eluswini lwabo. Emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa banike iziphumo ezilungileyo. Lo ngumzekelo wamva nje wezinto ezilungileyo nezingalunganga zokulwa nokusebenzisa iziyobisi ngezixhobo ezibuthathaka ngakumbi zokufumanisa amachiza amancinci.
“Ingxaki yokulwa nokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi ezidakumbisayo kukuba uvakalelo luye lwaba lukhulu kangangokuba ngoku sinobudlelwane phakathi kokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi ezidakumbisayo kunye nokuvezwa kwendalo esinokukufumana njengabadlali,” utshilo uFedoruk.
Imizekelo ephambili yeengxaki ezinokubangelwa luvavanyo olunobuzaza ziziganeko ezininzi eziye zayekiswa kwiminyaka yakutshanje zabadlali abafunyenwe benesi sifo emva kokuqabulana okanye ukulala nomntu ababeneziyobisi ezingavumelekanga emzimbeni wabo.
Kwezinye iimeko, abadlali baye batya izinto ezingavumelekanga ngelixa besitya inyama engcolileyo. Kwezinye iimeko, imithetho yokulwa nokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi itshintshiwe ukuze kubekwe imiqathango ephantsi yovavanyo oluqinisekileyo.
“Le miba kufuneka ijongwe ngokupheleleyo,” utshilo uGreene. “Ukunika inkululeko yokwenza into ethile kwisibhengezo sikawonke-wonke kungaba sisizathu esihle sokwenza into ethile, kulula ukuyilungisa. Usenokufumana iziphumo ezingenazimpazamo, kodwa akufuneki zipapashwe.”
Ngelixa ityala lisaqhubeka, uNash uthintelwe okwethutyana ukuba angadlali imidlalo yakhe nokuba ngumongameli weKhomishini yabaGqirha beBhayisikile yeHlabathi. Uthe uyazi kakuhle ukuba abanye abantu baya kubona igama elithi "doping" ecaleni kwegama lakhe baze benze iingcamango ezingachanekanga.
“Kuyahlekisa kakhulu kuba ndikuthatha nzulu,” utshilo uNash, oye waba kwiOlimpiki yakhe yokuqala ngo-1996. “Andizithathi izongezo zokutya. Uninzi lwexesha, ndinamathela nje kwinto eyenziwa [yinkampani yeelekese] kuba iphumelele kwaye ndiyazi apho yenziwe khona.”
Ngelishwa, iyeza alizange limsindise uRuby. Emva kwenyanga uNash enze isigqibo esibuhlungu sokuyikhulula inja, wafumana umnxeba wakhe wokuqala ovela kwi-USADA malunga novavanyo. Ngandlela thile, wayenethamsanqa lokuba i-USADA yayizimisele ukunikezela ngezixhobo zokufumanisa apho i-capmulin emzimbeni wakhe ivela khona—utyalo-mali olwaluya kumgcina uNash kwiMidlalo yeMostly Local.
Kangangeminyaka eli-15, utshilo, uzalise yonke ifomu echaza indawo yakhe, waphumelela zonke iimvavanyo, kwaye akazange afumane ziphumo zimbi. Nangona kunjalo, imithetho ifuna ukuba igama lakhe livele kwingxelo yeendaba ye-USADA ngoLwesine. Ingxelo yeendaba yayinesihloko esithi “Imithetho ye-WADA Mayitshintshe”, ibhekisa kwi-WADA engenzi mahluko emva kokuba iinkcukacha zetyala zinikezelwe.
“Yinkqubo ekhohlakeleyo,” utshilo uNash. “Le yinkqubo ephucukileyo, kwaye ikhona ngesizathu. Kodwa oko akufanele kusithintele ekuphuculeni inkqubo kwixesha elizayo.”
Ixesha lokuthumela: Matshi-03-2023
