UHenrik Kristoffersen waseNorway ubuye endaweni ye-16 ngemuva komjikelezo wokuqala ukuze anqobe i-Alpine Slalom World Championship.
Ngokusho kwe-International Ski Federation, u-AJ Ginnis uwine indondo yesiliva yokuqala ye-Olympic noma ye-World Championship eGrisi kunoma yimuphi umqhudelwano we-Olympic wasebusika.
Ingxenye yokuqala enzima ngokobuchwepheshe yomzuliswano wesibili womdlalo wamanqamu womhlaba wamasonto amabili eCourchevel, eFrance, yadala umonakalo omkhulu.
UKristofferson oneminyaka engu-28 ubudala uphumelele, wawina isicoco sakhe sesibili somhlaba kanye nesokuqala njengomdlali omncane. UKristofferson unqobe izikhathi ezingu-23 zeNdebe Yomhlaba ye-slalom, okwesine emlandweni wabesilisa, futhi kuze kube yiSonto wayewukuphela komuntu onqobe izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-11 zeNdebe Yomhlaba ye-slalom ngaphandle kwesicoco sama-Olympic noma somhlaba. Umpetha wabesilisa nabesifazane.
Walinda esihlalweni somholi cishe isigamu sehora, kwathi abashwibi abangu-15 abamdlula emzuliswaneni wokuqala nabo bahamba.
“Ukuhlala phansi ulinde kubi kunokuma ekuqaleni bese uhola ngemuva komjikelezo wokuqala,” kusho uKristofferson, iNgqwele Ye-World Giant Slalom ka-2019, oqede endaweni yesithathu, yesithathu, yesi-4, yesi-4 kanye neyesi-4. “Ngiwine iningi lemijaho yami ku-slalom, ngaphandle kwegolide lama-Olympic kanye negolide lobuqhawe bomhlaba. Ngakho ngicabanga ukuthi sekuyisikhathi.”
UGinnis, naye oneminyaka engu-28, umele i-United States kwi-2017 World Championships kodwa washiya iqembu lesizwe ngemuva kwesizini ka-2017-18 ngenxa yokulimala okuningi kanye nokuqeda okungcono kakhulu kwi-World Championship endaweni yama-26.
Wathuthela eGrisi lakubo, lapho afunda khona ukuskiya eNtabeni iParnassus, okuqhele ngamahora angu-2.5 ngemoto ukusuka e-Athens. Wathuthela e-Austria eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala futhi waya eVermont eminyakeni emithathu kamuva.
UGinnis, owahlinzwa amadolo ayisithupha futhi wadabula i-ACL yakhe ngonyaka odlule, wayecabanga ukuthi wayeka ukuskiya lapho eya eBeijing ukuyosebenza kuma-Olimpiki e-NBC. Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwaqala umlilo.
Ngomhlaka-4 kuNhlolanja, iGuinness yangena endaweni yesibili emcimbini wokugcina weNdebe Yomhlaba ngaphambi kweMidlalo Yomhlaba, ingakaze ifike kwabayishumi abaphezulu emcimbini weNdebe Yomhlaba ngaphambili.
“Ngesikhathi ngibuya, ngazitshela ukuthi umgomo wami uwukufanelekela umjikelezo olandelayo wama-Olimpiki nokuba ngumncintisani wezindondo,” kusho yena. “Ngibuya ekulimaleni, ngishiya iqembu, ngizama ukuqoqa imali yalokho esikwenzayo manje… Kuyiphupho eligcwalisekile kuzo zonke izigaba.”
“Konke kungenxa yabo,” esho njengoba eqeda endaweni yesibili emzuliswaneni wokuqala wangeSonto. “Bangithuthukisile ngempela. Ngicabanga ukuthi kimi kwakunjengokulungela ukufuna ukuskiya ngenxa yezwe lakithi, ngoba ngakhulela lapho, bese kuba kubo ngangingumdlali olimele ngempela. Ngakho angibasoli ngalutho. ngokuxosha abasebenzi uma benza kanjalo. Kwenza impilo yami ibe nzima.”
U-Alex Vinatzer wase-Italy uwine ubhedu, waze wathola isicoco somdlali ohlotshiswe kakhulu emhlabeni okokuqala ngqa emlandweni weNorway.
I-Austria, okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1987 engenalo igolide kwiWorld Championships, iphuthelwe ithuba layo lokugcina: umholi womzuliswano wokuqala, uManuel Ferrer, ulingane endaweni yesikhombisa ngeSonto.
Isizini yeNdebe Yomhlaba Ye-Men's Alpine Skiing iqala ngempelasonto ezayo nge-slalom enkulu kanye ne-slalom ePalisades-Tahoe, eCalifornia.
Umjaho olandelayo kaMikaela Shiffrin yiNdebe Yomhlaba eKvitfjell, eNorway ngempelasonto yokuqala kaMashi. Uphuthelwa yinye yemidlalo engu-86 yokunqoba iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-Ingemar Stenmark waseSweden, inkanyezi enkulu ye-slalom kanye ne-slalom ngawo-1970 kanye nawo-80.
UFemke Bol, owine indondo yethusi kuma-Olympics kuma-hurdles angu-400m, wephule irekhodi lomhlaba isikhathi eside kunawo wonke kuma-track and field ngokushaya irekhodi lowesifazane oneminyaka engu-41 ubudala kuma-hurdles angaphakathi angu-400m ngeSonto.
“Ngesikhathi ngiwela umugqa wokugcina, ngangazi ukuthi irekhodi ngelami ngenxa yomsindo wesixuku,” kusho yena, ngokusho kweWorld Athletics.
Waphula irekhodi lomhlaba lama-49.59 elibekwe nguYarmila Kratochvilova waseCzech Republic ngoMashi 1982. Leli yirekhodi lomhlaba lesikhathi eside kunanoma yimuphi umcimbi wezemidlalo kuma-Olympic noma kumaWorld Outdoor noma Indoor Championships.
Irekhodi elisha elisha elide kunawo wonke emhlabeni kwakuyirekhodi lomhlaba likaKratochvilova lamamitha angu-800 eliyi-1:53.28, elabekwa ngo-1983. Selokhu uKratochvilova abeka irekhodi lamamitha angu-800, akekho owesifazane ogijime amaphesenti angu-96 alo.
Irekhodi lomhlaba elidala kuphela kuzo zonke ezemidlalo (hhayi nje ukuncintisana) yirekhodi lomhlaba ku-shot put engamamitha angu-22.50, eyabekwa ngo-1977 ngu-Helena Fibingerova waseCzech.
Ngaphambilini kwesizini yangaphakathi, uBall wayenesikhathi esisheshayo kumamitha angu-500 angaphakathi (1:05.63), umcimbi ongewona owomhlaba. Uphinde wabeka isikhathi esisheshayo emlandweni (36.86) ku-300m hurdles, okungewona umqhudelwano wama-Olympic noma womhlaba.
UBol ungowesifazane wesithathu oshesha kakhulu emlandweni emjahweni wakhe oyinhloko, i-400m hurdles, ngemuva kukaSydney McLaughlin-Levron noDelilah Muhammad baseMelika. Emiqhudelwaneni Yomhlaba yangonyaka odlule, wathola isiliva emjahweni uMcLaughlin-Lefron awuwina ngerekhodi lomhlaba. Ibhola lalingemuva ngemizuzwana engu-1.59.
49.26 Femke Bol (2023) 49.59 Kratochvilova (1982) 49.68 Nazarova (2004) 49.76 Kocembova (1984) pic.twitter.com/RhuWkuBwcE
Iqembu lase-USA liwine umncintiswano weqembu le-mixed acrobatics owavula iFreestyle World Championships, ngonyaka owodwa ngemuva kokuwina igolide emcimbini wokuqala wama-Olympic.
U-Ashley Caldwell, uChris Lillis noQuinn Delinger bahlanganyele ndawonye ukuze banqobe iGeorgia (izwe, hhayi isifundazwe) ngama-331.37 ngeSonto. Bahola iqembu laseShayina ngamaphuzu angu-10.66. I-Ukraine iwine indondo yethusi.
“Lezi zenzakalo zikhathaza kakhulu ngoba siseduze kakhulu nezintaba,” kusho uLilis. “Nginomuzwa wokuthi yonke into engiyenzayo iqondene nozakwethu ababili engisebenza nabo.”
Ngonyaka odlule, uCaldwell, uLillis noJustin Schoenefeld bawine isicoco sabo sokuqala seqembu lama-Olympic ku-acrobatics, okuwuphawu lokuqala i-US ingena endaweni ye-Olympic acrobatic podium kusukela ngo-2010, futhi bawine nezicoco zabesifazane nezabesilisa ngemuva kukaNikki Stone no-Eric Bergust ngo-1998. Indondo yokuqala yegolide emlandweni. Kamuva kuma-Olympic ka-2022, uMeghannik wawina indondo yethusi emcimbini wabesifazane.
UCaldwell uthe akavamile ukuya kwiWorld Championships ukuze achithe isikhathi nomndeni wakhe kuyilapho uLilith eqoqa iqoqo labo lezindondo zomhlaba. UCaldwell wawina indondo yegolide ngo-2017 kanye nendondo yesiliva ngo-2021. ULilith wawina indondo yesiliva ngo-2021.
IShayina ayikabuyisi ngisho noyedwa othole indondo kuma-Olympics angonyaka odlule. Umdlali we-gymnast ohamba phambili wase-Ukraine u-Oleksandr Abramenko ubengekho ekudlaleni ngenxa yokulimala edolweni.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Feb-20-2023
