UMichaela Shiffrin, oze kwiOlimpiki enethemba elikhulu, uzihlolisise kakhulu emva kokungaphumeleli ukuphumelela imbasa nokungagqibi imidlalo emithathu kwemihlanu ayidlalileyo kwiMidlalo yaseBeijing kunyaka ophelileyo.
“Unganyamezela into yokuba ngamanye amaxesha izinto azihambi ngendlela endifuna ngayo,” utshilo umtyibilizi waseMelika. “Nangona ndisebenza nzima, ndisebenza nzima kakhulu kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndenza into elungileyo, ngamanye amaxesha ayisebenzi kwaye yiloo ndlela eyiyo. Bubomi obo. Ngamanye amaxesha uyasilela, ngamanye amaxesha uyaphumelela. . Ndiziva ndikhululekile kakhulu kuzo zombini iimeko ezinzima kwaye mhlawumbi andixinezeleki kangako ngokubanzi.”
Le ndlela yokunciphisa uxinzelelo isebenze kakuhle kuShiffrin, oxesha lakhe leNdebe yeHlabathi liphula iirekhodi.
Kodwa ukufuna irekhodi lale nguqulelo – uShiffrin udlule uLindsey Vonn ngokuphumelela uninzi lweentshatsheli zeHlabathi zabasetyhini kwimbali kwaye ufuna ukongezwa kube kanye kuphela ukuze kulingane nenani lika-Ingemar Stenmark elingama-86 – ngoku limisiwe njengoko uShiffrin eguqukela komnye umngeni: ukuya kumsitho wakhe wokuqala omkhulu ukusukela eBeijing.
Iintshatsheli zeHlabathi zeAlpine Skiing ziqala ngoMvulo eCourchevel naseMéribel, eFransi, kwaye uShiffrin uza kuphinda abe ngumncintisani wembasa kuzo zonke iziganeko ezine anokukhuphisana kuzo.
Nangona isenokungafumani ngqwalasela ingako, ingakumbi eMelika, amazwe kwihlabathi liphela alandela ifomathi efanayo yenkqubo yeOlimpiki yokutyibiliza eqhweni.
“Enyanisweni, hayi, akunjalo,” utshilo uShiffrin. “Ukuba ndifunde nantoni na kunyaka ophelileyo, kukuba ezi ziganeko zinkulu zinokuba mnandi, zinokuba zimbi, kwaye usaza kusinda. Ngoko ke andikhathali.”
Ukongeza, uShiffrin, oneminyaka engama-27 ubudala, uthe ngenye imini yakutshanje: “Ndikhululekile ngakumbi kuxinzelelo kwaye ndiyaziqhelanisa noxinzelelo lomdlalo. Ngaleyo ndlela ndingonwabela inkqubo.”
Nangona ukuphumelela kwiNdebe yeHlabathi kungabalwa xa kuthelekiswa noShiffrin kwiNdebe yeHlabathi iyonke, kongeza irekhodi lakhe elimangalisayo lomsebenzi wehlabathi.
Lilonke, uShiffrin uphumelele iigolide ezintandathu kunye neembasa ezili-11 kwimidyarho eli-13 kumdlalo wesibini ngobukhulu wokutyibiliza eqhweni ukusukela kwiOlimpiki. Ixesha lokugqibela awafumana ngalo imbasa kwimidyarho yehlabathi yayikwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo xa wayesemncinci.
Kutshanje uthe “uqinisekile” ukuba akayi kubaleka ezantsi. Kwaye mhlawumbi akayi kwenza imidlalo ecaleni kuba umqolo wakhe unzima.
Indibaniselwano awayeyilawula kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yokugqibela eCortina d'Ampezzo, e-Itali kwiminyaka emibini eyadlulayo, iza kuvulwa ngoMvulo. Lo ngumdyarho odibanisa i-super-G kunye ne-slalom.
INdebe yeHlabathi iza kubanjwa kwiindawo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo, ezikumgama wemizuzu eli-15 ukusuka kwenye, kodwa ziqhagamshelwe ziilifti kunye nethambeka lokutyibiliza.
Umdyarho wabasetyhini uza kuqhutyelwa eMéribel eRoque de Fer, eyenzelwe iMidlalo ka-1992 eAlbertville, ngelixa umdyarho wamadoda uza kuqhutyelwa kwisekethe entsha ye-l'Eclipse eCourchevel, eyaqala ukwenziwa ngexesha lomdlalo wokugqibela weNdebe yeHlabathi wesizini ephelileyo.
UShiffrin ugqwesile kwi-slalom nakwi-giant slalom, ngelixa isoka lakhe laseNorway uAlexander Aamodt Kilde liyingcali kwi-downhill nakwi-super-G.
Owayesakuba yintshatsheli yeNdebe yeHlabathi, ophumelele imbasa yesilivere kwiOlimpiki yaseBeijing (ngokubanzi) kunye nembasa yebronze (super G), uKielder usaqhubeka nokusukela imbasa yakhe yokuqala kwiNdebe yeHlabathi, emva kokuba ephoswe lukhuphiswano luka-2021 ngenxa yokwenzakala.
Emva kokuba amaqela aseMelika amadoda namabhinqa ephumelele imbasa enye kuphela eBeijing, iqela linethemba lokufumana imbasa ezingaphezulu kule tumente, kungekuphela nje kweShiffrin.
URyan Cochran-Seagle, ophumelele i-Olympic super-G silver kunyaka ophelileyo, usaqhubeka nokuba yingozi kwiimbasa kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo. Ukongeza, uTravis Ganong ugqibe kwindawo yesithathu kumdyarho owoyikekayo eKitzbühel kwixesha lakhe lokuvalelisa.
Kwabasetyhini, uPaula Molzan ugqibe kwindawo yesibini emva kukaShiffrin ngoDisemba, okokuqala ukusukela ngo-1971 ukuba i-US iphumelele ngo-1-2 kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yabasetyhini iSlalom. UMolzan ngoku ufanelekile kwimidlalo ye-slalom yabasetyhini abasixhenxe abaphambili. Ukongeza, uBreezy Johnson noNina O'Brien bayaqhubeka nokuphola emva kokwenzakala.
“Abantu bahlala bethetha ngokuba zingaphi iimbasa ofuna ukuziphumelela? Yintoni injongo? Ithini inombolo yakho yefowuni? Ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukuba sityibilize kangangoko sinako,” utshilo uMlawuli we-US Ski Resort uPatrick Riml.) uthe uphinde waqeshwa liqela emva kokusebenza okudanisayo eBeijing.
“Ndigxile kwinkqubo – phuma, ujike, emva koko ndicinga ukuba sinako ukuphumelela iimbasa,” wongeze watsho uRiml. “Ndonwabile ngendawo esikuyo nendlela esiza kuqhubeka ngayo phambili.”
Ixesha lokuthumela: Feb-01-2023
