Ngesikhathi uJessie Diggins ewina isicoco somhlaba sokuqala emlandweni wokushushuluza eqhweni e-US ngoLwesibili, waphawula ukuthi bonke ochwepheshe be-parafini baseMelika babegijimela emzileni ukuyomkhuthaza. Kwakunamazwi amaningi kangangokuthi wayengakwazi ukubona ngisho nelilodwa lawo.
“Ngikhumbula ngesinye isikhathi ngangicabanga ukuthi angazi nokuthi ubani,” kusho uDeakins kumsakazo waseNorway i-NRK, ngemuva kwalokho waqhuma izinyembezi zenjabulo. “Ziyahlanya, umuzwa omuhle kakhulu. Uma usesimweni esihle impela, kusabuhlungu, kodwa uzizwa sengathi ungazikhandla kakhulu.”
Ngesitayela sakhe esiyingqayizivele, uDeakins uwine i-10K World All-Around Freestyle Championship ngo-23:40 ePlanica, eSlovenia. Uqede ngemizuzwana eyi-14 ngaphambi kukaFrida Karlsson waseSweden. Omunye umSweden, u-Ebba Andersson, uwine indondo yethusi emjahweni we-time trial wamasekhondi angama-30.
UDeakins wayengemuva ngezinsuku ezimbili kubashwibi baseNorway nabaseSweden emjahweni weqembu, lapho awina khona ithusi noJulia Kern, owaqala nge-10km ngomzuzu ngemuva kukaCarlsen, oqala ngo-2021. Umqhudelwano wokugcina womhlaba wonyaka uwine indondo yesiliva.
Phakathi nemizuzu emine yokuqala, uDeakins wayephambili ngemizuzwana emithathu kuCarlsen. UDeakins waqhubeka nokuhola okufanayo kuzo zonke izigaba zebanga elingamakhilomitha angu-7.7, egcina umjaho uqinile. Kodwa emizuzwini eyisithupha yokugcina, waphonsa isando sakhe washelela waze wafika ekugcineni ngaphandle kokungabaza, wawela eqhweni eduze kukaKarlsson, ephefumula kanzima.
“Angikwazanga ukuyeka ukukhala ngemva komjaho,” kusho uDeakins, owakhuphuka amamitha angu-1,263 emjahweni wamamayela angu-6.25, cishe ukuphakama kwe-Empire State Building. “Ngacabanga, ‘Angikwazi ngisho nokujabulela lokhu ngoba angikwazi nokubona. Ngakhala. Kodwa kukhetheke kakhulu.”
Abashwibi baseMelika sebewine izindondo ze-Olympic noma ze-World Championship ezingu-13 kusukela ngo-1976, kodwa ngoLwesibili kwaba yigolide lokuqala elizimele.
UDeakins usevele uphethe irekhodi lase-US lezindondo eziningi ze-Olympic ekushushuluzeni eqhweni (owodwa wombala ngamunye), izindondo ze-World Championships (manje eziyisithupha), kanye nezicoco zeNdebe Yomhlaba ngazinye (14).
“Kuhle ukuba nenkawu emhlane wakho, ngisho nakumdlali onjengoJesse,” kusho umqeqeshi wase-US uMatt Whitcomb etshela i-NRK. “Angase angakwazi ukukutshela zonke izibalo ngaye. Angakutshela kuphela ukuthi umfundisa izifundo ezinjengalezi futhi uyazi ukuthi okungenani uzodlala ngokulingana. Lena ngempela ikhwalithi kaJesse ephawuleka kakhulu. futhi uyahlupheka.”
UDeakins uthi izinyembezi zibangelwa umzamo weqembu labaxubi be-wax, abaqeqeshi, abelaphi bezomzimba, ochwepheshe bezokudla kanye nabelaphi be-massage. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ubengekho ekhaya isizini yonke, futhi ikakhulukazi engekho nomyeni wakhe omusha.
UDeakins wakubiza ngokuthi isizini yokwehla nokwehla. NgoDisemba, walingana futhi waphula irekhodi leNdebe Yomhlaba lase-United States elabekwa yilowo owayengumdlali weqembu le-Olimpiki uKikkan Randall.
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuqala kweNdebe Yomhlaba, ozakwabo bavuka ngoNovemba bamthola egobile phansi endlini yokugezela. UDeakins ukholelwa ukuthi wathola igciwane lomkhuhlane elisebenza amahora angama-24 ngemuva kokuya eYurophu.
Kwabe sekuthi eTour de France, okuyiTour de France, njengeTour de France, ebanjelwa ngoNcibijane, waqeda endaweni yama-40, yama-30 kanye neyama-40. Abezindaba baseScandinavia bamcebisa ukuthi ahoxe emqhudelwaneni awuwine ngo-2021.
UDiggins waqhubeka nomjaho, ebeka isikhathi esisheshayo sokujaha ukuskiya ngaphambi kokuqeda endaweni yesihlanu esigabeni sokugcina esinzima, ukukhuphuka amakhilomitha ayi-10 e-Semis Alps yase-Italy.
“Ngiyazi ukuthi ngisesimweni esihle, ikakhulukazi [ngokuhlukunyezwa],” kusho uDeakins ngoLwesibili. “Kodwa uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, besinenkinga nge-ski wax, kufanele ube nakho konke ukuze uncintisane emjahweni wokuncintisana. Yingakho uma siwina, siwina njengeqembu.”
UDeakins uqede ephethe amaphuzu amathathu esiteji emijahweni yakhe emihlanu edlule ngaphambi kweWorld Championships wabe eseba nomjaho omuhle kakhulu ekugijimeni kweqembu ngeSonto.
Ube esegxila emlandweni, enethemba lokusiza iThimba lase-USA ukuthi liwine indondo yalo yokuqala yokugijima ngo-Lwesine. UDeakins uyilungu leqembu lokugijima ngo-2012 e-USA futhi uqede endaweni yesine noma yesihlanu kuyo yonke iMiqhudelwano Yomhlaba emihlanu edlule.
“Zonke izinto ziyahlangana—umzimba wakho, ubuchopho bakho, ijubane lakho, isu lakho, ukuskiya kwakho kanye nesimo sezulu,” kusho yena. “Kukhethekile.”
USommer McIntosh waseCanada oneminyaka engu-16 ubudala uphule irekhodi lakhe lomhlaba labancane ngoLwesine ngokunqoba i-butterfly yama-200m emcimbini wokubhukuda we-Pro Series eFort Lauderdale, eFlorida.
UMcIntosh, owawina izicoco emjahweni webanga lama-200m kanye ne-400m individual medley kumaWorld Championships ngoJuni odlule, wathinta udonga ngo-2:5.05.
KumaWorld Championships eBudapest, wehlise irekhodi lakhe lomhlaba labancane ngo-15% futhi manje ungumgijimi we-11 oshesha kunabo bonke ubudala.
UMcIntosh, owaqeqeshwa eSarasota, ube nomncintiswano othembisayo noKatie Ledecky ku-freestyle yamamitha angu-400, okungazange kudingeke ukuthi kubhukude noyedwa kubo ngoLwesine.
ULedecky akazange ancintisane kunoma yimiphi imicimbi yakhe emikhulu ngoLwesine, kodwa wangena endaweni yesibili ku-freestyle yamamitha ayi-100 futhi akazange ancintisane emqhudelwaneni omkhulu.
U-Abby Weitzeil uwine ngesikhathi esingama-53.38, ukuqala okuhle kwesizini emqhudelwaneni waseMelika ojulile. UWeizeil, ongompetha we-Olympic Trials ka-2020 ku-freestyle yama-50m kanye ne-100m, unqobe abancintisani, okuhlanganisa nabane abaphezulu, ku-Olympic Trials ngoLwesine.
Uphinde ubuya eqenjini elaphuthelwa yiNdebe Yomhlaba yangonyaka odlule. UWeitzeil ube ngowesikhombisa ekukhethweni konyaka odlule, kodwa ngoLwesine uzoba ngowesibili ekukhethweni kwango-2022 ngemuva kowine indondo yethusi yomhlaba kaTorrey Haske, ongagijimi eFort Lauderdale.
NgoLwesine futhi, uNick Fink unqobe uMichael Andrew ngephesenti elilodwa emdlalweni we-100m breaststroke phakathi kwabadlali ababili baseMelika abaphambili ngonyaka odlule. Isikhathi sikaFunk sasiyimizuzwana engu-59.97.
Umnqobi wegolide kuma-Olympic u-Ahmed Hafnaoui waseTunisia uwine i-freestyle yebanga lama-400m, ejoyinwa nguKieran Smith (owesithathu) kanye nompetha wama-Olympic webanga lama-800m kanye nebanga lama-1500m we-freestyle uBobby Fincke (owesithupha).
Ababhukudi balungiselela i-US Championships ekupheleni kukaJuni kanye ne-World Championships eFukuoka, eJapan ngoJulayi.
Enkingeni eyinkimbinkimbi yemithetho, imithethonqubo kanye nokuhumusha okulawula uhlelo lomhlaba wonke lokulwa nokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa, akekho obona lesi sixwayiso: qaphela izidakamizwa zezinja.
Kwakuyiphutha eliqondakalayo, kodwa kwaholela ohambweni lophenyo lwezinyanga ezintathu olwagcina lukhiphe icala lo msubathi wama-Olympic kahlanu ngokusebenzisa izidakamizwa, ngenkathi lunezela inkanyezi abanye abayibheka njengengadingekile.
UKaterina Nash, umgibeli webhayisikili wezintaba kanye nomshwibi weqhwa ohamba ngezinyawo omele iCzech Republic kuma-Olympic amabili asebusika kanye nama-Olympic amathathu asehlobo, ugweme ukuvinjelwa kweminyaka emine kokusebenzisa izidakamizwa. Iziphathimandla zathola ukuthi lapho elahla umuthi emphinjeni wenja yakhe egulayo, eyaziwa nangokuthi uRuby, umuthi wawungena esikhumbeni sakhe.
Naphezu kokungabikho kwezijeziso, ukungqubuzana kukaNash neziphathimandla ezilwa nokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kwakusesembikweni wangoLwesine, umphumela wemithetho yesikhathi eside edinga noma yikuphi ukwephulwa kokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa - ngisho "nokuthola okungalungile kokuhlaziya." okungahlosiwe.
“Kuyashaqisa ukucabanga ukuthi uma ngingazigezi izandla zami kuzolimaza wonke umsebenzi wami njengomdlali iminyaka engama-30,” kusho uNash, oneminyaka engama-45, etshela i-Associated Press. Izindlela ezahlukene zokunakekela inja yami. Kodwa ekugcineni, ngangisebenzisa lo muthi nsuku zonke amasonto amathathu.”
UNash uhlala eCalifornia futhi uhlolwe yi-US Anti-Doping Agency. Imiphumela, eyavela emahhovisi e-USADA ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, yayimangalisa. Umchamo kaNash ubonise inani elincane (ingxenye eyodwa kwezigidigidi ezingu-0.07 zegremu ngemililitha) yento ebizwa ngokuthi iCamorelin. Nakuba incane, yayanele ukubangela ukuvulwa okungathandeki. Nakuba i-capromorelin ingakhulunywanga ngokuqondile ohlwini lwezinto ezivinjelwe, isawela esigabeni "sezinye" izinto ezivinjelwe ezihlobene ne-hormone yokukhula komuntu.
Njengasezimweni zangaphambilini, ngemva kokuthola ukuthi ama-sunscreen athengiswa ngaphandle kwemithi ayebonise imiphumela emihle, amalungu ethimba lesayensi le-USADA aqala ukusebenza.
Okokuqala, bathole ukuthi iCamorelin ikhona ku-Entyce, esetshenziselwa ukwandisa isifiso sokudla ezinjeni ezigulayo. Usosayensi Omkhulu we-USADA uDkt. Matt Fedoruk nabanye baqala ukufaka umuthi esikhumbeni sabo. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva banikeza umphumela omuhle. Lesi yisibonelo sakamuva sezinzuzo nezingozi zokulwa nokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ngamathuluzi azwela kakhulu ukuthola inani elincane lemithi.
“Inkinga ngokulwa nokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa ukuthi ukuzwela sekuyinto enhle kangangokuthi manje sesinokuhlangana phakathi kokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kanye nokuchayeka endaweni esikuyo esingakuthola njengabadlali,” kusho uFedoruk.
Izibonelo eziyinhloko zezinkinga ezingabangelwa ukuhlolwa okubucayi yizimo eziningana eziye zavalwa eminyakeni yamuva nje zabadlali abatholakale benegciwane ngemuva kokuqabulana noma ukulala nomlingani owayenomuthi ovinjelwe emzimbeni wabo.
Kwezinye izimo, abasubathi badle izinsalela zento evinjelwe ngenkathi bedla inyama engcolile. Kwezinye izimo, imithetho yokulwa nokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa ishintshiwe ukuze kubekwe imingcele ephansi yokuhlolwa okuhle.
“Lezi zinkinga zidinga ukuxazululwa ngokuphelele,” kusho uGreene. “Ukunikeza inkululeko yokwenza okuthile esimemezelweni somphakathi kungaba yisizathu esihle sokwenza okuthile, kulula ukukulungisa. Usengathola imiphumela engenamaphutha, kodwa akudingeki ukuthi ishicilelwe.”
Ngesikhathi icala lisaqhubeka, uNash uvinjelwe okwesikhashana ukudlala umdlalo wakhe nokuba ngumongameli weKhomishini Yabasubathi Bebhayisikili Yenhlangano Yomhlaba Wonke. Uthe uyazi kahle ukuthi abanye abantu bazobona igama elithi “doping” eduze kwegama lakhe bese benza izibikezelo ezingalungile.
“Kuyahlekisa kakhulu ngoba ngikuthatha ngokungathi sína,” kusho uNash, owabanjelwa ama-Olympic okokuqala ngo-1996. “Angisebenzisi izithasiselo. Ngokuvamile, nginamathela kulokho [inkampani yamaswidi] ekwenzayo ngoba kuyaphumelela futhi ngiyazi ukuthi kwenziwa kuphi.”
Ngeshwa, umuthi awuzange umsindise uRuby. Cishe ngemva kwenyanga uNash ethathe isinqumo esibuhlungu sokuvumela inja ihambe, wathola ucingo lwakhe lokuqala oluvela ku-USADA mayelana nokuhlolwa. Ngandlela thile, wayenenhlanhla yokuthi i-USADA yayizimisele ukuzibophezela ekutholeni ukuthi i-capmulin emzimbeni wakhe ivelaphi—ukutshalwa kwezimali okwakuzogcina uNash eMidlalo Yasendaweni Emikhulu.
Uthe iminyaka eyi-15, ugcwalise yonke ifomu echaza ukuthi ukuphi, waphumelela zonke izivivinyo, futhi akakaze athole miphumela emibi. Kodwa-ke, imithetho idinga ukuthi igama lakhe livele esitatimendeni sabezindaba se-USADA ngoLwesine. Lesi sitatimende sabezindaba sasinesihloko esithi “Imithetho Ye-WADA Kumelwe Ishintshe”, sibhekisela ku-WADA engenzi lutho ngemuva kokuba imininingwane yecala inikezwe.
“Kuyisimiso esinonya,” kusho uNash. “Lesi yisimiso esithuthukile impela, futhi sikhona ngesizathu. Kodwa lokho akufanele kusivimbele ekuthuthukiseni uhlelo esikhathini esizayo.”
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-03-2023
