UMichaela Shiffrin, owafika kuma-Olimpiki anamathemba aphezulu, wenza into enkulu ngemuva kokuhluleka ukuzuza indondo futhi angaqedi imicimbi yakhe emithathu emihlanu emidlalweni yeBeijing.
"Ungase ubeke iqiniso lokuthi kwesinye isikhathi izinto azihambi ngendlela engifuna ngempela ngayo," kusho i-American scakene. "Noma ngisebenza kanzima, ngisebenza kanzima futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ngenza into efanele, kwesinye isikhathi ayisebenzi futhi yileyo ndlela. Lokho kuyindlela ekhululekile kakhulu.
Le ndlela yokusiza ukucindezelwa isebenze kahle ngeShiffrin, inkathi yawo yeNdebe Yomhlaba wonke iyaphula amarekhodi.
Kepha ukuzingela okurekhodiwe kwale nguqulo - Shiffrin adluliselwe uLindsey vonp ngobungcweti bomhlaba wonke wabesifazane abawina emlandweni futhi badinga kuphela ukwengeza okukodwa nje kuphela njengoba iShiffrin yaphendukela kwenye. Inselelo: Ukuya emcimbini wakhe wokuqala omkhulu kusukela eBeijing.
Ama-Alpine Skiing World Championship aqala ngoMsombuluko eCourchevel naseMéribel, eFrance, kanye noShiffrin bazophinde babe ngumncintiswano we-Medil kuyo yonke imicimbi emine angancintisana kuyo.
Ngenkathi kungahle kungakutholi ukunakwa okuningi, ikakhulukazi e-United States, amazwe asemhlabeni wonke alandela ifomethi efanayo yohlelo lwe-Olimpiki Cross-Country Skiing.
"Empeleni, cha, hhayi ngempela," kusho uShiffrin. "Uma ngifunde noma yini ngonyaka owedlule, ukuthi le micimbi emikhulu ingamangalisa, kungaba kubi, futhi usazosinda. Ngakho-ke anginandaba."
Ngokwengeziwe, iShiffrin, 27, ithe kolunye usuku lwakamuva: "Ngikhululekile kakhulu ngengcindezi futhi ngivumelane nengcindezi yomdlalo. Ngaleyo ndlela ngikwazi ukuyijabulela ngempela inqubo."
Ngenkathi ukunqotshwa kwe-World Championship akubalwa ngokumelene neShiffrin kwiNdebe Yomhlaba wonke, banezela kumlando wakhe omuhle kakhulu wezwe.
Sekukonke, iShiffrin iwine ama-Golds ayisithupha nezindondo eziyi-11 ezinhlanga eziyi-13 emcimbini wesibili omkhulu we-skiing selokhu ama-Olimpiki. Okokugcina ahamba ngaphandle kwendondo emiqhudelwaneni yomhlaba edlule ayeseminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule lapho esemusha.
Usanda kuthiwa 'uqinisekile' ukuthi akazange agijime. Futhi mhlawumbe ngeke enze imicimbi eseceleni kungenzeka ngoba inomhlane onzima.
Inhlanganisela ayibuse eMbusweni Wokugcina Womhlaba eCortina d'Ampezzo, e-Italy eminyakeni emibili edlule, izovulwa ngoMsombuluko. Lona ngumjaho ohlanganisa iSuper-G kanye neSlalom.
I-World Championship izokwenzeka ezindaweni ezimbili ezahlukene, etholakala imizuzu engu-15 ukusuka komunye nomunye, kepha ixhunywe ngama-liftis kanye nemithambeka ye-ski.
Umjaho wabesifazane uzokwenzeka eMéribel e-Roque De Fer, enzelwe imidlalo yango-1992 e-Albertville, kanti umjaho wamadoda uzokwenzeka endaweni entsha yeNdebe Yomhlaba, eyenze i-shut yayo yokugcina yeNdebe Yomhlaba wonke.
I-Shiffrin Exlels eSlalom naseSlalom enkulu, ngenkathi isoka lakhe laseNorwander Alexander Aamodt Killde linguchwepheshe ekwehleni nase-super-g.
Owayengumpetha weNdebe Yomhlaba wonke ephelele, i-Beijing Olimpiki Silver Silver Medadist (jikelele) kanye ne-porser yethusi (super g), i-kielder isakujaha umncintiswano wakhe wokuqala emazweni omhlaba, esephuthelwe umncintiswano we-2021 ngenxa yokulimala.
Ngemuva kokuthi amaqembu ase-US Men and Women's anqobe indondo eyodwa nje eBeijing, iqembu linethemba lokuthi izindondo eziningi kulo mqhudelwano, hhayi nje shiffrin.
URyan Cochran-soagle, owanqoba isiliva eliphakeme le-Olimpiki Super-G esivikelekile, uyaqhubeka nokusongela izindondo ezinhlamsweni eziningana. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uTravis Ganong uqede ingxenye yesithathu emncintiswaneni owesabekayo owawehla eKitzbühele ngesikhathi sakhe sokuvalelisa.
Kwabesifazane, uPaula Molzan uqede okwesibili ngemuva kweShiffrin ngoDisemba, okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1971 ukuthi i-US yawina i-1-2 yeNdebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane. Manje uMolzan usefanelekela imicimbi esezingeni eliphezulu eyisikhombisa yeSlalom. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uBreezy Johnson noNina O'Brien bayaqhubeka nokululama ekulimaleni.
"Abantu bahlala bekhuluma ukuthi zingaki izindondo ofuna ukunqoba izindondo? Iyini inhloso yakho? Ucabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi sishushukule ngangokunokwenzeka," kusho i-US Ski Resort Director Patrick Riml. ) uthe uqashwe kabusha yiqembu ngemuva kokudangalisa ukusebenza eBeijing.
"Ngigxile kwinqubo - phuma, phenduka, bese ngicabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi sinamandla okuwina izindondo ezithile," kufakwa uRiml. "Ngijabule ngokuthi sikuphi nokuthi sizoqhubekela phambili kanjani phambili."
Isikhathi sePosi: Feb-01-2023
