UCynthia Appia waseToronto uwine ubhedu emjahweni wokugcina weNdebe yoMhlaba ye-monocoque eSigulda, eLatvia ngoMgqibelo.
U-Apia, oneminyaka engu-32, ulinganise umdlali waseShayina uQingying ngamaphuzu amabili ngesikhathi esingu-1:47.10. UKylie Humphreys waseMelika ube ngowokuqala ngesikhathi esingu-1:46.52 kanti uKim Kaliki waseJalimane ube ngowesibili ngesikhathi esingu-1:46.96.
“Ngiphuthelwe umdlalo lapha ngonyaka odlule ngenxa yokuqubuka kwe-COVID eqenjini lethu,” kusho u-Appiah. “Ngakho-ke ngize lapha nginovalo futhi angizange ngibe nesonto lokuqeqeshwa elihle kakhulu.”
"I-Sigulda ifana kakhulu nomzila we-sledge-skeleton, ngakho-ke kunzima kakhulu ukuhamba nge-sledge. Umgomo wami ukugijima kahle ngangokunokwenzeka, ngazi ukuthi ukuqala kwami, kanye nokugijima okuhle, kuzongiyisa endaweni yesikhulumi."
U-Appiah uqale ngesivinini kuyo yomibili imijaho (5.62 kanye no-5.60) kodwa wahluleka ukuqeda phansi kwethrekhi.
“Ngangazi ukuthi nginakho okudingekayo ukuze ngiwine umjaho, kodwa amaphutha engiwenzile ngo-15 emijahweni yomibili angidle isikhathi esiningi,” kusho u-Appiah. “Ngethemba ukuthi uhambo luzobuya lapha eminyakeni embalwa ezayo.”
"Umzila ufana neLake Placid ne-Altenberg, imizila emibili engiyithandayo ukuyigibela futhi ifanelana nesitayela sami sokushayela."
U-Appiah ungowesithathu jikelele kwiNdebe Yomhlaba enendondo eyodwa yesiliva kanye nezine zethusi emidlalweni eyisishiyagalombili.
“Bekuyisizini enzima, kodwa jikelele bekumnandi ukugibela futhi ngithole injabulo ebingekho eminyakeni embalwa edlule,” kusho yena. “Kuvuselele uthando lwami lokushayela.”
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu abamnyama baseCanada—kusukela ekulweni nobandlululo lwabantu abamnyama kuya ezindabeni zempumelelo emphakathini wabantu abamnyama—bheka i-Be Black in Canada, iphrojekthi ye-CBC abantu abamnyama baseCanada abangaziqhenya ngayo. Ungafunda izindaba ezengeziwe lapha.
Ukuze kukhuthazwe ingxoxo ecabangelayo nenenhlonipho, amagama okuqala nawokugcina avela kuyo yonke imidlalo emiphakathini eku-inthanethi ye-CBC/Radio-Canada (ngaphandle kwemiphakathi yabantwana nentsha). Amagama angafaneleki ngeke asavunyelwa.
Ngokuthumela amazwana, uyavuma ukuthi i-CBC inelungelo lokuphinda futhi isabalalise lawo mazwana, ephelele noma ingxenye, nganoma iyiphi indlela i-CBC ekhetha ngayo. Sicela uqaphele ukuthi i-CBC ayisekeli imibono evezwe kumazwana. Amazwana kule ndaba alawulwa ngokuhambisana neziqondiso zethu zokuthumela. Amazwana amukelekile lapho evulwa. Sigodla ilungelo lokukhubaza amazwana nganoma yisiphi isikhathi.
Okubaluleke kakhulu kwi-CBC ukwenza imikhiqizo itholakale kubo bonke abantu eCanada, okuhlanganisa nalabo abanenkinga yokubona, yokuzwa, yokunyakaza kanye neyokuqonda.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Feb-20-2023
