UMichaela Shiffrin, owafika kuma-Olympics enethemba elikhulu, wenze okukhulu ukuzindla ngemuva kokuhluleka ukuzuza indondo nokungaqedi imicimbi yakhe emithathu kwemihlanu emidlalweni yaseBeijing ngonyaka odlule.
“Ungalibekezelela iqiniso lokuthi ngezinye izikhathi izinto azihambi ngendlela engifisa ngayo,” kusho umshwibi waseMelika. “Yize ngisebenza kanzima kodwa ngisebenza kanzima futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ngenza okufanele, kwesinye isikhathi kungasebenzi futhi kuba njalo. Impilo leyo. Kwesinye isikhathi uyehluleka, kwesinye isikhathi uyaphumelela. . Ngizizwa ngikhululeke kakhudlwana kukho kokubili ukweqisa futhi mhlawumbe nokucindezeleka okuncane kukonke.”
Le ndlela yokunciphisa ingcindezi imsebenzele kahle uShiffrin, isizini yakhe yeNdebe yoMhlaba ephula amarekhodi.
Kodwa irekhodi lokuzingela le nguqulo - u-Shiffrin udlule u-Lindsey Vonn ngokuwina okuningi ku-Women's World Championship emlandweni futhi udinga kuphela okungeziwe okukodwa ukuze afane nezibalo zika-Ingemar Stenmark ezingama-86 - manje kusamisiwe njengoba u-Shiffrin ephendukela kwenye. inselele: ukuhambela umcimbi wakhe wokuqala omkhulu kusukela e-Beijing.
I-Alpine Skiing World Championships iqala ngoMsombuluko e-Courchevel nase-Méribel, e-France, kanti u-Shiffrin uzophinde abe yimbangi yezindondo kuyo yonke imicimbi emine angaqhudelana kuyo.
Nakuba ingase inganakwa kangako, ikakhulukazi e-United States, amazwe emhlabeni jikelele alandela ifomethi ecishe ifane yohlelo lokushushuluza eqhweni olunqamula izwe lama-Olympic.
"Empeleni, cha, akunjalo," kusho uShiffrin. “Uma kukhona engikufundile onyakeni odlule, ukuthi lezi zenzakalo ezinkulu zingamangalisa, zingaba zimbi, futhi usazosinda. Ngakho-ke anginandaba.”
Ukwengeza, uShiffrin, 27, uthe ngolunye usuku lwakamuva: “Ngikhululeke kakhudlwana ngengcindezi futhi ngivumelana nengcindezi yomdlalo. Ngaleyo ndlela ngingayijabulela ngempela le nqubo.”
Nakuba ukunqoba koMqhudelwano Womhlaba kungabalwa ngokumelene no-Shiffrin ku-World Cup iyonke, kwengeza kuye irekhodi lomsebenzi lomhlaba elicishe lilingane ngokulingana.
Sekukonke, u-Shiffrin usezuze amagolide ayisithupha nezindondo ezingu-11 emijahweni engu-13 kumcimbi wesibili omkhulu wokushushuluza kusukela kuma-Olympics. Egcina ukungayitholi indondo emiqhudelwaneni yomhlaba eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule esemncane.
Muva nje uthe “unesiqiniseko esihle” ukuthi ngeke agijime ekwehleni. Futhi cishe ngeke enze imicimbi eseceleni ngoba uneqolo elibi.
Inhlanganisela anqobe ngayo emqhudelwaneni wokugcina womhlaba eCortina d'Ampezzo, e-Italy eminyakeni emibili edlule, izovulwa ngoMsombuluko. Lona umjaho ohlanganisa i-super-G ne-slalom.
I-World Championship izoba ezindaweni ezimbili ezihlukene, ezitholakala imizuzu engu-15 ukusuka kwenye, kodwa zixhunywe ngamakheshi nama-ski slopes.
Umjaho wabesifazane uzokuba seMéribel eRoque de Fer, eyenzelwe iMidlalo yango-1992 e-Albertville, kanti owabesilisa uzoba sesekethe entsha ye-l'Eclipse e-Courchevel, oqale ukubonakala emdlalweni wamanqamu weNdebe yoMhlaba ngesizini edlule.
U-Shiffrin uyahamba phambili ku-slalom kanye ne-giant slalom, kuyilapho isoka lakhe laseNorway u-Alexander Aamodt Kilde enguchwepheshe ekwehleni kanye ne-super-G.
Owake waba ngumpetha weNdebe Yomhlaba wonke, owathola indondo yesiliva ye-Beijing Olympics (yonke) kanye nendondo yethusi (super G), u-Kielder usajaha indondo yakhe yokuqala kuma-World Championships, njengoba ephuthelwe umqhudelwano wango-2021 ngenxa yokulimala.
Ngemuva kokuthi amaqembu ase-US abesilisa nabesifazane ethole indondo eyodwa lilinye eBeijing, leli qembu linethemba lokuthi lizothola izindondo eziningi kulo mqhudelwano, hhayi iShiffrin kuphela.
URyan Cochran-Seagle, owawina isiliva le-Super-G yama-Olympic ngonyaka odlule, usaqhubeka nokuba yingozi ezindondo emikhakheni eminingi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uTravis Ganong uqede isithathu emjahweni owehla kakhulu eKitzbühel ngesizini yakhe yokuvalelisa.
Kwabesifazane, u-Paula Molzan uqede isibili ngemuva kukaShiffrin ngoDisemba, okokuqala kusukela ngo-1971 lapho i-US inqoba ngo 1-2 ku-Slalom Yendebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane. UMolzan manje usephumelele emicimbini eyisikhombisa ephezulu ye-slalom yabesifazane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uBreezy Johnson noNina O'Brien bayaqhubeka nokululama ekulimaleni.
“Abantu bahlale bekhuluma ngokuthi ufuna ukunqoba izindondo ezingaki? Iyini inhloso? Ithini inombolo yakho yocingo? Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi sishushuluze kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka,” kusho uMqondisi we-US Ski Resort uPatrick Riml. ) uthe uphinde waqashwa yiqembu ngemuva kokuphoxeka e-Beijing.
“Ngigxile ohlelweni – phuma, ngijike, bese ngicabanga ukuthi sinethuba lokuwina izindondo ezithile,” kwengeza uRiml. “Ngijabule ngokuthi sikuphi nokuthi sizoqhubekela kanjani phambili.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-01-2023
