U-Cynthia Appia waseToronto uthathe ubhedu emjahweni wokugcina wesizini we-World Cup monocoque e-Sigulda, e-Latvia ngoMgqibelo.
U-Apia, 32, ubophe umdlali waseChina u-Qingying amaphuzu amabili ngo-1:47.10. U-Kylie Humphreys waseMelika ungene kuqala ngo-1:46.52 kwathi uKim Kaliki waseGermany walala isibili ngo-1:46.96.
"Ngiphuthelwe umdlalo lapha ngonyaka odlule ngenxa yokuqubuka kwe-COVID eqenjini lethu," kusho u-Appiah. “Ngakho-ke ngize lapha nginokwesaba futhi angibanga nalo isonto elingcono kakhulu lokuqeqeshwa.
“I-Sigulda ifana ne-sledge-skeleton track, ngakho kunzima kakhulu ukuhamba ngesihlibhi. Umgomo wami uwukugijima ngihlanzeke ngangokunokwenzeka, ngazi ukuthi ukuqala kwami, okuhambisana nokugijima okuhle, kuzongiyisa emsamo.”
U-Appiah uqale ngesivinini kuyo yomibili imijaho (5.62 no-5.60) kodwa walwela ukuqeda emsileni.
“Ngangazi ukuthi nginakho okudingekayo ukuze ngiwine umjaho, kodwa amaphutha engawenza ngineminyaka engu-15 kuyo yomibili imijaho angidla isikhathi esiningi,” kusho u-Appiah. “Ngiyethemba ukuthi lolu hambo luzobuyela lapha eminyakeni embalwa ezayo.
“Ingoma iyafana neLake Placid ne-Altenberg, amathrekhi amabili engijabulela ukuwagibela futhi ahambisana nesitayela sami sokushayela.”
U-Appiah ungowesithathu ngokuphelele eNdebeni yoMhlaba enezindondo zesiliva ezine nezethusi emidlalweni eyisishiyagalombili.
“Bekuyisizini enzima, kodwa sekukonke bekumnandi ukugibela futhi ngathola injabulo ebishoda eminyakeni embalwa edlule,” kusho yena. “Kuvuselele uthando lwami lokushayela.”
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nokuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu base-Canada abamnyama—kusuka ekubandlululeni abantu abamnyama kuye ezindabeni zempumelelo emphakathini wabansundu—hlola okuthi Be Black in Canada, iphrojekthi ye-CBC abantu abamnyama baseCanada abangaziqhenya ngayo. Ungafunda ezinye izindaba lapha.
Ukukhuthaza inkhulumomphendvulwano ecabangelayo nenenhlonipho, amagama okuqala nesibongo avela kukho konke ukusebenza emiphakathini eku-inthanethi ye-CBC/Radio-Canada (ngaphandle kwemiphakathi yezingane nentsha). Iziteketiso ngeke zisavunyelwa.
Ngokuthumela amazwana, uyavuma ukuthi i-CBC inelungelo lokukhiqiza kabusha nokusabalalisa lawo mazwana, ewonke noma ingxenye yawo, nganoma iyiphi indlela i-CBC ekhetha ngayo. Sicela uqaphele ukuthi i-CBC ayisekeli imibono evezwe kumazwana. Amazwana ngale ndaba alinganiselwe ngokuvumelana neziqondiso zethu zokuhambisa. Amazwana amukelekile ekuvulweni. Sigodla ilungelo lokuvala ukuphawula nganoma yisiphi isikhathi.
Okuhamba phambili kwe-CBC ukwenza imikhiqizo ifinyeleleke kubo bonke abantu base-Canada, okuhlanganisa nalabo abanenkinga yokubona, yokuzwa, yemoto kanye neyokuqonda.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-20-2023
