UCoco Gauff Uhoxisa Ama-Olimpiki AseTokyo Ngemuva Kokuhlola Ukutholakala Kuka-COVID-19

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UCoco Gauff ugcina ikhanda lakhe liphezulu kulandela izindaba zangeSonto "ezidumazayo" zokuthi ngeke akwazi ukuncintisana kuma-Olimpiki eTokyo ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi une-COVID-19. (Okuhlobene: Izimpawu ZeCoronavirus Ezivame Kakhulu Okufanele Uzibheke, Ngokusho Kochwepheshe).

Emyalezo othunyelwe kuma-akhawunti akhe ezinkundla zokuxhumana, lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala ozwa ngethenisi unikeze izilokotho ezinhle kubasubathi baseMelika futhi wengeza ngokuthi unethemba kanjani ngamathuba esikhathi esizayo wama-Olympic.

"Ngiphoxekile kakhulu ukuxoxa ngezindaba zokuthi ngiye ngathola ukuthi ngine-COVID futhi ngeke ngikwazi ukudlala kuma-Olympic Games eTokyo," kubhala uGauff kubhale ku-Instagram. "Bekulokhu kuyiphupho lami ukumela i-USA kuma-Olympics, futhi ngithemba ukuthi asazoba maningi amathuba okuthi ngenze lokhu kugcwaliseke ngokuzayo.

“Ngifuna ukufisela iThimba laseMelika inhlanhla nemidlalo ephephile yawo wonke ama-Olympian nawo wonke umndeni wama-Olympics,” eqhubeka.

UGauff, ofake iposi lakhe nge-emoji yezandla ezikhulekelwayo, kanye nezinhliziyo ezibomvu, ezimhlophe, neziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, uthole ukwesekwa okuthe xaxa kwabanye abasubathi, kufaka phakathi isihlabani somlingani wethenisi uNaomi Osaka. (Okuhlobene: Okushiwo nguNaomi Osaka ovela eFrance Open Might Kusho Abasubathi Esikhathini Esizayo)

“Ngiyethemba ukuthi uzizwa ungcono maduze,” kuphawula u-Osaka, ozoqhudelana neJapan eMidlalweni yaseTokyo. Umdlali wethenisi waseMelika u-Kristie Ahn naye uphendule umlayezo ka-Gauff, ethi, "Sikuthumelela amavayibhu amahle futhi sikufisela ukululama okuphephile nokusheshayo."

I-United States Tennis Association nayo yafaka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukucobelela ukuthi le nhlangano "idabuke kanjani" ngoGauff. "Esitatimendeni" esifakwe ku-Twitter, i-USTA ibhale ukuthi, "Siphatheke kabi ukuzwa ukuthi u-Coco Gauff uhlolwe ukuthi une-COVID-19 ngakho-ke ngeke akwazi ukubamba iqhaza emidlalweni yama-Olympic yaseTokyo 2020. Iqembu lonke lase-USA Tennis Olympic inhliziyo ibuhlungu ngoCoco."

"Simfisela okuhle kodwa njengoba ezobhekana nalesi simo esingesihle futhi sinethemba lokuthi uzombuyela ezinkantolo kungekudala," kuqhuba inhlangano. "Siyazi ukuthi u-Coco uzosijoyina sonke ekugxileni kwamanye amalungu e-Team USA azohambela eJapan futhi azoqhudelana ezinsukwini ezizayo."

UGauff, obeqhudelana eWimbledon ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, ehlulwa ngu-Angelique Kerber waseGermany emzuliswaneni wesine, phambilini wayezwakalise ukuthi ukujabulele kangakanani ukungenela imidlalo yakhe yokuqala yama-Olympics. Wayehlelelwe ukujoyina uJennifer Brady, uJessica Pegula, no-Alison Riske ku-Women's Singles.

Ngaphezu kukaGauff, umdlali webhasikidi waseMelika uBradley Beal uzophuthelwa nama-Olimpiki ngenxa yezinkinga ze-COVID-19, ngokusho kuka I-Washington Post, noKara Eaker, elinye ilungu le-US Women's Gymnastics Team bahlolwe benalo leli gciwane ngoMsombuluko. U-Eaker, owagonyelwa i-COVID-19 ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, ubekwe yedwa, kanye nomunye owayesebenza naye kuma-Olympic, uLeanne Wong, ngokusho kombiko. I-Associated Press. Yize u-Eaker noWong bengacaciswanga yi-USA Gymnastics, le nhlangano ithe laba bobabili bazobekelwa imingcele eyengeziwe yokuhlukaniswa. Khonamanjalo, umpetha wama-Olympic uSimone Biles akazange athinteke, i-USA Gymnastics iqinisekise ngoMsombuluko, ngokusho kwe AP.(Okuhlobene: U-Simone Biles Usanda Kwenza Umlando We-Gymnastics Nokho Futhi - futhi Akanaki Ngazo).

Eqinisweni, ngoMsombuluko, uBiles nozakwabo, uJordan Chiles, uJade Carey, uMykayla Skinner, uGrace McCallum, noSunisa (aka Suni) Lee bathumele izithombe bevela e-Tokyo Village yaseTokyo. Njengoba uGauff esekhishelwe eceleni emidlalweni yaseTokyo, isihlabani sethenisi kungenzeka ukuthi sihalalisela uBiles, uLee, nabanye abadlali baseMelika abakude.

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