UMichaela Shiffrin, oweza kwi-Olimpiki enethemba elikhulu, wenze ixesha elininzi lokuzihlola emva kokusilela ukuphumelela imbasa nokungagqibezeli iminyhadala yakhe emithathu kwemihlanu kwiMidlalo yaseBeijing kunyaka ophelileyo.
“Unokuyinyamezela into yokuba maxa wambi izinto azihambi ngendlela endifuna ngayo,” watsho umtyibilizi waseMerika. “Nangona ndisebenza nzima, ndisebenza nzima kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndenza into elungileyo, ngamanye amaxesha ayisebenzi kwaye kuba njalo. Bubomi obo. Ngamanye amaxesha uyasilela, ngamanye amaxesha uyaphumelela. . Ndiziva ndikhululekile ngakumbi kuzo zombini ezi zinto kwaye mhlawumbi noxinzelelo oluncinci luphela. "
Le ndlela yokunciphisa uxinzelelo isebenze kakuhle kuShiffrin, ixesha lakhe leNdebe yeHlabathi liphula iirekhodi.
Kodwa irekhodi lokuzingela le nguqulo-uShiffrin ugqithise uLindsey Vonn kolona khuphiswano lweHlabathi lwaBasetyhini oluphumeleleyo kwimbali kwaye ufuna ukongezwa nje olunye ukuze atshatise i-86 ka-Ingemar Stenmark - ngoku imisiwe njengoko uShiffrin waguqukela kwenye. Umngeni: ukuya kumsitho wakhe wokuqala omkhulu ukusukela eBeijing.
Ukhuphiswano lweHlabathi lwe-Alpine Skiing luqalisa ngoMvulo e-Courchevel naseMéribel, eFransi, kwaye uShiffrin uya kuphinda abe lukhuphiswano lwembasa kuyo yonke iminyhadala emine anokukhuphisana kuyo.
Nangona isenokungafumani ngqalelo ingako, ngakumbi eUnited States, amazwe kwihlabathi liphela alandela ifomathi ephantse ifane yenkqubo yeOlimpiki yokutyibiliza ekhephini.
“Ngokwenyani, hayi, akunjalo,” utshilo uShiffrin. Ukuba kukho nantoni na endiyifundileyo kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ezi ziganeko zikhulu zinokuba yinto emangalisayo, zinokuba mbi, kwaye uya kusinda. Ngoko ke andikhathali.”
Ukongeza, uShiffrin, oneminyaka engama-27, wathi ngolunye usuku lwamva nje: “Ndikhululekile ngakumbi kuxinzelelo kwaye ndiqhelana noxinzelelo lomdlalo. Ngaloo ndlela ndingayonwabela ngokwenene le nkqubo.”
Ngelixa uloyiso lobuNtshatsheli beHlabathi bungabalwa ngokuchasene noShiffrin kwiNdebe yeHlabathi iyonke, bongeza kuye phantse ngokulinganayo irekhodi lomsebenzi wehlabathi.
Lilonke, uShiffrin uphumelele iigolide ezintandathu kunye neembasa ezili-11 kwimidyarho eli-13 kumnyhadala wesibini omkhulu wokutyibiliza ukusukela kwiOlimpiki. Ukugqibelana kwakhe ukuphuma ngaphandle kwembasa kukhuphiswano lwehlabathi kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo xa wayekwishumi elivisayo.
Kutshanje uthe “uqiniseke kakhulu” ukuba akazukubaleka ezantsi. Kwaye mhlawumbi akazukuyenza imicimbi esecaleni kuba unomqolo orhabaxa.
Indibaniselwano awazilawulayo kwiNtshatsheli yeHlabathi yokugqibela eCortina d'Ampezzo, e-Italiya kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, iya kuvulwa ngoMvulo. Olu lugqatso oludibanisa i-super-G kunye ne-slalom.
UbuNtshatsheli beHlabathi buya kuqhutywa kwiindawo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo, ezibekwe imizuzu eli-15 ukusuka komnye nomnye, kodwa ziqhagamshelwe ziilifti kunye nemithambeka yokutyibilika.
Umdyarho wabasetyhini uza kubanjelwa eMéribel eRoque de Fer, eyenzelwe iMidlalo ka-1992 e-Albertville, ngelixa ugqatso lwamadoda luza kuqhutyelwa kwisekethe entsha ye-l'Eclipse e-Courchevel, eqale kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi weNdebe yeHlabathi kwisizini ephelileyo.
U-Shiffrin ugqwesa kwi-slalom kunye ne-slalom enkulu, ngelixa isithandwa sakhe saseNorway u-Alexander Aamodt Kilde yingcali ekwehleni kunye ne-super-G.
Owayesakuba yintshatsheli yeNdebe yeHlabathi jikelele, owafumana imbasa yesilivere ye-Olimpiki ye-Beijing (into yonke) kunye nophumelele imbasa yobhedu (i-super G), u-Kielder usaleqa imbasa yakhe yokuqala kuKhuphiswano lweHlabathi, ephoswe kukhuphiswano luka-2021 ngenxa yokwenzakala.
Emva kokuba iqela laseMelika lamadoda nabasetyhini liphumelele imbasa enye lilinye eBeijing, eli qela linethemba lokufumana iimbasa ezininzi kule tumente, hayi iShiffrin kuphela.
URyan Cochran-Seagle, ophumelele isilivere ye-Olimpiki ye-super-G kunyaka ophelileyo, usaqhubeka nokubeka isoyikiso kwiimbasa kwiinkalo ezininzi. Ukongeza, uTravis Ganong ugqibe isithathu kugqatso oloyikekayo eKitzbühel ngexesha lakhe lokuvalelisa.
Kwabasetyhini, uPaula Molzan ugqibe isibini emva kweShiffrin ngoDisemba, okokuqala ukusukela ngo-1971 ukuba i-US iphumelele ngo-1-2 kwiNdebe yeHlabathi yeNdebe yeHlabathi yeSlalom. UMolzan ngoku ulungele imisitho ye-slalom esixhenxe ephezulu yabasetyhini. Ukongeza, uBreezy Johnson kunye noNina O'Brien bayaqhubeka nokuchacha kukwenzakala.
“Abantu basoloko bethetha ngokuba zingaphi iimbasa ofuna ukuziphumelela? Yintoni injongo? Ingaba ithini inombolo yakho yefowni? Ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile kuthi ukuba sityibilize kangangoko sinakho,” utshilo uMlawuli we-Ski Resort wase-US uPatrick Riml. ) uthe waphinda waqeshwa liqela emva kokuphoxa kwakhe eBeijing.
“Ndigxile kwinkqubo – phuma, ndijike, emva koko ndicinga ukuba sinethuba lokuphumelela iimbasa,” wongeze watsho uRiml. “Ndichulumancile kwindawo esikuyo kunye nendlela esiya phambili ngayo.”
Ixesha lokuposa: Feb-01-2023
