Inothi lomhleli: Leli khasi libonisa ukusebenza kuma-Olimpiki ngoMgqibelo, mhla ziyi-12 kuNhlolanja. Vakashela ikhasi lethu Lokubuyekezwa ukuze uthole izindaba nemiyalelo yokukhushulwa kwangeSonto (mhla ziyi-13 kuNhlolanja).
ULindsey Jacobellis, oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala, uwine indondo yakhe yesibili yegolide kuma-Olympic ngokufaka indawo yokuqala ekuqaleni kwakhe eqhweni eqenjini elixubile nomlingani wakhe waseMelika uNick Baumgartner. Iqembu lase-USA yilona qembu elidala kunawo wonke kulo mkhakha, elineminyaka engu-76 ubudala.
KuBaumgartner oneminyaka engu-40 ubudala, odabukile ngemuva kokwehluleka ukungena kowamanqamu wabesilisa, leli kwakuyithuba lakhe lesibili lokuwina indondo yakhe yokuqala yama-Olimpiki kuma-Olimpiki akhe esine nawokugcina.
Kumdlalo we-hockey wamadoda, i-US yanqoba iCanada ngo 4-2, yathuthuka yaba ngu 2-0, yanqoba isigaba samaqoqo futhi yadlulela kuma-quarter-final.
Emdansweni weqhwa, uMadison Hubbell noZachary Donoghue be-Team USA, kanye noMadison Jock no-Evan Bates, bathathe izindawo eziphezulu ngemuva kwesigaba somdanso wesigqi.
BEIJING — Ngemuva kwengxenye yokuqala ngoMgqibelo, amaqembu amabili ase-US adlala i-ice dance alwela izindondo.
UMadison Hubbell noZachary Donoghue bangene endaweni yesithathu engxenyeni yomdanso we-rhythm yalo mncintiswano ngamaphuzu angu-87.13 ngenkathi beskiya futhi bejabulela iqoqo lomculo likaJanet Jackson. Ompetha besizwe ababusayo uMadison Jock no-Evan Bates baqede endaweni yesine, kodwa babesele ngamaphuzu amathathu ngemuva kwabakubo (84.14).
UGabriella Papadakis noGuillaume Sizeron baseFrance bahola phambili ohlwini ngerekhodi lomhlaba lomdanso we-rhythm lamaphuzu angu-90.83. UVictoria Sinitsina noNikita Katsalapov baseRussia bazothola izindondo zesiliva.
BEIJING. UCathy Ulender wase-United States, obevelele emhlabeni iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-20 ngomgogodla wakhe, uqede endaweni yesithupha kulokho okuzoba cishe ama-Olimpiki akhe okugcina.
Njengompetha weNdebe Yomhlaba kabili ochungechungeni lweNdebe Yomhlaba futhi owine neNdebe Yomhlaba ka-2012, u-Ulander udlale kahle kakhulu kuma-Olimpiki aseBeijing. Ukuthola indawo yesikhulumi ekubonakaleni kwakhe kwesihlanu kuma-Olimpiki kwakunganele.
U-Ulander akenzanga amaphutha amakhulu emizuliswaneni emibili yokugcina yamathambo abesifazane ngoMgqibelo, wayengenaso isivinini sokufika emncintiswaneni. Eqala endaweni yesishiyagalombili, uqede i-lap yakhe yesithathu eYanqing Skating Center ngomzuzu ongcono kakhulu ongu-1:02.15 kodwa akazange adlale isikhathi esiningi njengomholi. U-Ulender ubonise lo mdlali indawo yesihlanu emjahweni wakhe wesine, ethola indawo yakhe yesithupha.
Indondo yama-Olympic yiyona nto kuphela u-Ulander ayeyiswele emsebenzini wakhe onzima. Ngo-2014, wasondela kakhulu ekuwineni indondo yethusi okwesikhashana lapho uYelena Nikitina, owayeseqede endaweni yesithathu eRussia, ehileleke esigamekweni sokudayiswa kwezidakamizwa eRussia ngenxa yama-Olympic asebusika aseSochi.
INkantolo Yokwahlulela Yezemidlalo yasichitha lesi sinqumo, yanquma ukuthi azikho izizathu ezanele zokumsusa uNikitina nokumphuca indondo yakhe yethusi.
UHannah Ness waseJalimane unqobe uJacqueline Naracotte wase-Australia ngemizuzwana engu-0.62 ukuze athole indondo yegolide ngoMgqibelo. Ithusi lithathwe nguKimberly Bosch waseNetherlands.
I-ZHANGJIAKOU, eShayina — USean White nomfowabo uJesse bethule i-Whitespace, uhlobo lokugibela i-snowboarding kanye nendlela yokuphila yangaphandle, ngenyanga edlule. Ngesikhathi sokwethulwa okulula, i-Whitespace ikhombise ama-ski angu-50 anophawu.
“Angisafuni ukubanqoba laba bantu. Ngifuna ukubaxhasa,” kusho uWhite. “Hhayi ukubasayinisa noma yini efana naleyo, kodwa ukusiza imisebenzi yabo nokuqondisa ulwazi lwami nalokho engikufundile.”
Umqeqeshi we-halfpipe ski kanye ne-snowboard waseMelika uJJ Thomas, owaqala ukuqeqesha uWhite ngaphambi kwe-Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, wabiza uWhite ngokuthi “usomabhizinisi” wemvelo.
BEIJING — INkantolo Yokwahlulela Ezemidlalo imemezele ngoMgqibelo ukuthi isibeke isikhathi nosuku lokuqulwa kwecala lomskeyiti waseRussia uKamila Valeva.
I-CAS ithe ukulalelwa kwecala kuhlelwe ngeSonto ngo-8:30 ebusuku, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi isinqumo sithathwe ngoMsombuluko.
UValieva, oneminyaka engu-15, uhlolwe ukuthi unesidakamizwa senhliziyo esingekho emthethweni esithuthukisa ukukhuthazela kanye nokugeleza kwegazi. Waziswa ngomphumela wakhe omuhle wokuhlolwa ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngomhlaka-25 Disemba.
I-Russian Anti-Doping Agency yaqale yammisa uValieva, kodwa yasusa ukumiswa kwakhe ngemuva kokufaka isikhalo, okwenza i-IOC nezinye izinhlangano ezibusayo zafuna isinqumo se-CAS ngalolu daba.
BEIJING — I-panda mascot yaseBeijing ka-2022 ithole abalandeli emhlabeni wonke njengoba uWu Rouro elinde amahora ayi-11 ukuze athenge ithoyizi lakhe le-Bing Dwen Dwen plush. Abathengi baseShayina ezitolo naku-inthanethi bathutheleka ukuzothenga inguqulo eqoqwe ye-mascot yesilwane esithambile, ogama layo lihunyushwa ngesiNgisi njengenhlanganisela “yeqhwa” kanye “ne-chubby.”
“Kuhle kakhulu, kuhle kakhulu, angazi, ngoba kuyipanda,” kusho uRou Rou Wu, echaza eposini le-USA TODAY ukuthi kungani ebeke endaweni ye-11 eqenjini ngalobo busuku. Emazingeni okushisa aphansi eNanjing eningizimu yeShayina, kungenzeka ukuthenga amabhere ahlala ezintabeni zaseShayina ephakathi ngezikhumbuzo ze-Olimpiki.
Ngesikhathi ulele eMelika, iThimba laseMelika linenye indondo yegolide. Nazi izinto ezivelele zakusihlwa:
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala waseKewaskum, eWisconsin, waba ngumgijimi omncane kunabo bonke kulo mjaho, eqeda ngemizuzwana engu-34.85. Wayengumgijimi oshesha kunabo bonke kwabayi-10 abaskeyitha ebhangqweni lesihlanu, kodwa waqedwa ngokushesha nguGao Tingyu waseShayina ngesikhathi serekhodi lama-Olympic semizuzwana engu-34.32 kanye noPole Damian Zurek (34.73) ebhangqweni lesikhombisa.
Emjahweni wasekhaya eNational Oval Skating, isikhathi sikaGao sasizoba yisikhathi esihle kakhulu sosuku, simtholele indondo yegolide yama-Olympic kanye nendondo yethusi, ayiwine kulelo banga ngo-2018.
Isiliva sithathwe ngumsubathi waseNingizimu Korea uMin Kyu Cha (34.39), ithusi lithathwe nguWataru Morishige waseJapan (34.49).
Ulibangise esikhumulweni sezindiza kungakapheli amahora angama-24 ngemuva kokuba iqhawe lomhlaba wonke lokushwibeka eqhweni liqede umncintiswano walo wokugcina kuma-Olympic. Indawo oya kuyo: eLos Angeles ukuyobuka iSuper Bowl yakho yokuqala mathupha.
UWhite uthe umngane wakhe, umlingisi uNina Dobrev, umeluleka ukuba enze uhlu lwezinto afuna ukuzenza emhlalaphansi “ukuze ngingahlali phansi ngiziphendulele iminwe.”
BEIJING — Ukusindisa umdlali waseMelika uJesse Diggins ku-relay ye-4x5k kungaba isu elifanele. Kodwa, ngeshwa kuDeakins, akunandaba ukuthi ozakwabo babengekho eduze ngokwanele emizuliswaneni emithathu yokuqala.
Emncintiswaneni lapho i-Team USA yayinethemba lokuwina indondo yayo yokuqala, uDeakins wehluleka ukwenza izimangaliso futhi kwadingeka aqede endaweni yesithupha.
Iqembu laseRussia liwine indondo yegolide, liphuma eJalimane kumakhilomitha amabili okugcina. ISweden inqobe iFinland ngethusi.
Iqembu lase-USA licishe lalahlekelwa yithuba lokuthola indondo ekupheleni komzuliswano wesibili lapho uRosie Brennan, owayeyingxenye yeqembu laseRussia nelaseJalimane elilandela iningi lomjaho wakhe, ezithola ekupheleni komdlalo. washiya futhi walahlekelwa ukuxhumana nezimpisi. UNovi McCabe, oneminyaka engu-20, wenza umdlalo wakhe wokuqala kuma-Olympic futhi akekho ongakhetha noma angene kabusha eqenjini elilandela emzuliswaneni wesithathu. Ngesikhathi edlulisela kuDeakins, owawina indondo yegolide yeqembu le-sprint ka-2018 kanye nendondo yethusi ye-sprint yomuntu ngamunye kulo nyaka, ithimba lase-USA lalisele cishe ngemizuzwana engu-43 ukusuka empini yendondo.
Kwakunzima kakhulu kuDiggins ukungena eqenjini elivela eNorway, eFinland naseSweden, ebanga indawo yesithathu engxenyeni enkulu yomncintiswano. Ithimba lase-USA liqede umjaho ngesivinini esingu-55:09.2, cishe imizuzwana engu-67 ukusuka endaweni yesikhulumi.
Beijing. Umshwibi we-figure skater waseRussia uKamila Valeva ubuyile ekuzilolongeni ngoMgqibelo njengoba ikusasa lakhe kuma-Olympic lisalele.
Izintatheli ezingaba ngu-50 kanye nabathwebuli bezithombe abangamashumi amabili nambili babegcwele phansi erenki, kanti uValieva wenza izivivinyo ezihleliwe eqhweni kulo lonke iseshini, ngezinye izikhathi exoxa nomqeqeshi wakhe u-Eteri Tutberidze. Le ntombazanyana eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala ayizange iphendule imibuzo yezintatheli lapho ihamba endaweni exubile.
UValieva watholakala ene-trimetazidine, umuthi wenhliziyo ovinjelwe, ngoDisemba 25, kodwa wadlala umdlalo weqembu ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngoba ilabhorethri yayingakabiki ngokuhlaziywa kwamasampula.
UValeva usemiswe yi-Russian Anti-Doping Agency futhi usebuyele emsebenzini, kanti iNkantolo Yokwahlulela Yezemidlalo izonquma ngesimo sakhe ezinsukwini ezizayo.
“Akumnandi ukusho, ngoba sisemidlalweni yama-Olympic, akunjalo?” kusho umMelika uMariah Bell, owashwibeka enkundleni yokuqeqesha ngemva kukaValieva. “Kusobala ukuthi akukho engingakwenza ngakho. Ngilapha nje ukuze ngigxile ekushwibekeni kwami.”
Beijing. Akukubi lokho kuMikaela Shiffrin, ongakaze ashwibe eqhweni izinyanga ezingaphezu kwezimbili.
UShiffrin ubeke isikhathi sesishiyagalolunye esisheshayo kanye nesikhathi esisheshayo saseMelika ekuzilolongeni kwakhe kokuqala ngoMgqibelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wenza kahle futhi usahlela ukuncintisana emidlalweni ephansi kuma-Olimpiki aseBeijing ngoLwesibili kanye ne-Alpine Combine ngoLwesine.
“Namuhla kunginike umbono omuhle kakhulu,” kusho yena. “Kuzodingeka sibone ukuthi izinto zihamba kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.”
Inhlanganisela yayihlanganisa eyodwa yokwehla entabeni kanye nenye ye-slalom, ngakho uShiffrin waqhubeka nokuzilolonga noma kunjalo. Kodwa useshilo izikhathi eziningana ukuthi ufuna nokugijima phansi entabeni, kuye ngokuthi uzizwa kanjani ekuqeqeshweni.
I-BEIJING. I-NHL, eyahoxa kuma-Olimpiki asebusika ka-2022, inikeze abadlali abaningana abavelele abavela emhlabeni wonke ithuba lama-Olimpiki kanye nethuba lokubonisa ikusasa lalo mdlalo.
Bonke babonakala besesandleni esihle, kodwa omakadebona badlale indima ebalulekile lapho iqembu le-hockey lamadoda lase-US linqoba iCanada ngo 4-2 emdlalweni osheshayo ngoMgqibelo eNational Indoor Stadium.
Abane kwabahlanu abakhethwe kakhulu kwi-2021 NHL Entry Draft (abathathu eCanada) bangene emdlalweni. AmaMelika ahola ngo 2-0 eBeijing futhi ashaya iChina ngo 8-0 ngoLwesine.
Iqembu lase-USA lizovala isigaba samaqoqo lidlala neJalimane elithole izindondo zesiliva ngeSonto ebusuku (8:10 ekuseni ET).
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Okthoba-24-2022
