I-Star Star ye-Olimpiki Yeminyaka engama-21 uSha'Carri Richardson Ufanelwe Ukunakwa Kwakho Okungaphazanyiswa

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Enye yezingxenye ezijabulisa kakhulu zama-Olympics wukwazi abasubathi abephula amarekhodi futhi baqophe umlando kwezemidlalo yabo, okuwenza abukeke asebenza kanzima naphezu kokuqeqeshwa iminyaka neminyaka - futhi kulokhu, ngobhubhane lomhlaba wonke. Omunye wabasubathi abazobukela ngaphambi kweMidlalo Yasehlobo yaseTokyo ngo-2021 nguSha'Carri Richardson, oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala waseDallas odala ukungabulali nje kuphela e-US Olympic Track and Field Trials nokuthola indawo yakhe eTokyo, kodwa izinwele zakhe ezivuthayo, isignesha ekhazimulayo, nomoya onolaka.

U-Richardson uwuchoboze ngokuphelele umjaho wamamitha ayi-100 ngesikhathi somcimbi wokufaneleka eHayward Field e-Eugene, e-Oregon, ephuma endaweni yokuqala ngemizuzwana engu-10.86 kuphela. Ukunqoba - okwenzeke ngokufanele ngesikhathi somgubho wokuqala kazwelonke weJuneteenth e-U.S - kuqinise indawo yakhe kwiTeam USA, lapho ezobhekisa khona ngenyanga ezayo ukuqhudelana nabanye abagijimi nabagijimi abafanelekile nabo. (Okuhlobene: Abagijimi kanye 'nama-Supermommies' u-Allyson Felix kanye noQuanera Hayes Bobabili Bafanelekela Ama-Olimpiki WaseTokyo Eminyakeni Emibili Ngemva Kokubeletha)

Ngeminyaka engama-21 kuphela, akayena nje omncane kunabo bonke emidlalweni emithathu yokuhlunga yeTeam USA, kodwa futhi usevele ungomunye wabesifazane abashesha kakhulu emhlabeni. Emuva ngo-2019, wawina isicoco se-NCAA njengomuntu omusha eLouisiana State University kwirekhodi lasekolishi elaphula irekhodi imizuzwana engu-10.75. Kwathi, ngalo Mbasa, wagijima i-100 yabesifazane eshesha isithupha emlandweni ngamasekhondi angu-10.72 (isikhathi esishesha kakhulu esingokomthetho - funda: sans tailwind - kumsubathi waseMelika cishe eminyakeni eyishumi). Ngaphambi nje kokuhlungela ama-Olimpiki ngoMgqibelo, ushayele isivinini esisheshayo esizwa umoya ngamasekhondi ayi-10.64 kumjaho wamamitha ayi-100, kepha umsila wawukuvimbela ukuthi ungabala ngokubalwa kwamarekhodi, ngokusho kuka Ezemidlalo ze-NBC.

Nakuba kusobala ukuthi ungomunye wabasubathi abasebasha abagqama kunabo bonke njengamanje, impumelelo yakhe iwumlando ngezindlela eziningi ngale kokuxega kwakhe ekugijimeni amateku. URichardson, oyilungu lomphakathi we-LGBTQ+, ubhale ku-Twitter i-emoji yothingo ngaphambi kokudlala kwakhe ngendlela emangalisayo ngoMgqibelo, ehle ngokulinganayo ngeNyanga Yokuziqhenya.

Vele, wabe esegcwalisa ukusebenza kwakhe ngemivimbo emide emangalisayo, izinzipho ze-acrylic eziphinki ezinde, nezinwele eziwolintshi ezigqamile, azitshele i-USA Today ukuthi yintombi yakhe azikhethele yona. "Intombi yami empeleni yakhetha umbala wami," kusho uRichardson. "Usho sengathi ukhulume naye, iqiniso lokuthi bekunomsindo futhi kunamandla, futhi yilokho engiyikho." (Okuhlobene: Ukugijima Kusize Kanjani UKaylin Whitney Wamukela Ubulili Bakhe)

Yize uRichardson engazange avule ubudlelwano bakhe, ukuba khona kwakhe njengoMsubathi oMnyama, ovulelekile ngokungangabazeki kusho lukhulu kwabanye abasubathi abasebancane nabathandi bezemidlalo abavamise ukubona abasubathi ababukeka njengabo noma ababelana ngabo. Abasubathi abangochwepheshe abanjengoRichardson kanye nomdlali webhola likanobhutshuzwayo uCarl Nassib (osanda kuba ngumdlali wokuqala we-NFL ukuhlonza obala njengezitabane) abaphila njengabantu abayiqiniso bangasiza ekuqedeni ukucwaswa komphakathi kanye nemibono engelona iqiniso mayelana nobunikazi obubandlululwa kwezemidlalo - ukuwina okukhulu sonke ekugcineni.

Ngemva kokuthola ukuthi ulibangise eTokyo, uRichardson ngokushesha wagijima waya kugogo wakhe, uBetty Harp, owayelinde ngokuziqhenya ezitendi. Umndeni wakhe - ikakhulukazi ugogo wakhe - usho umhlaba kuye, njengoba echazela izintatheli ngemuva kwalokho. "Ugogo wami uyinhliziyo yami, ugogo wami ungowesifazane wami omkhulu, ngakho-ke ukukwazi ukuba naye lapha emhlanganweni omkhulu kakhulu wempilo yami, futhi ngikwazi ukuwela entanjeni futhi ngigijime izinyathelo ngazi ukuthi ngiyi-Olympian manje, kuzwakale kumangalisa nje, "kusho yena.

URichardson uveze ukuthi ulahlekelwe ngunina omzalayo ngesonto elandulela ukuhlolwa, okwanezela kuphela emandleni okuzimisela kwakhe ukuphumelela. Watshela I-ESPN, "Umndeni wami ungigcinile ngigxile. Lo nyaka ube ngumsangano kimi ... Ukuthola umama wami ongizalayo ushonile futhi usakhetha ukulandela amaphupho ami, ngisaphuma lapha, ngisalapha ukwenza umndeni engisenawo kulokhu umhlaba uyaziqhenya. " (Okuhlobene: Umgijimi wama-Olimpiki u-Alexi Pappas Ufuna Ukushintsha Indlela Impilo Yengqondo Ebonakala Ngayo Ezemidlalo)

"Futhi iqiniso ukuthi akekho owaziyo ukuthi ngibhekene nani," eqhubeka. "Wonke umuntu unenkinga futhi ngiyakuqonda lokho, kodwa nonke niyangibona kule ngoma futhi nibona ubuso be-poker engibufakile, kodwa akekho umuntu ngaphandle kwabo nomqeqeshi wami abaziyo engibhekana nakho usuku nosuku Ngibabonga kakhulu ngabo.Ngaphandle kwabo ngabe angikho. Ngaphandle kukagogo wami, ngabe akekho u-Sha'Carri Richardson. Umndeni wami uyikho konke kimi, uyikho konke kuze kube wusuku engiqedile ngalo. "

Abathandekayo bakhe asenesikhathi eside nabalandeli abasanda kutholwa ngokungangabazeki bajabule ukumbona efeza amaphupho akhe ngokuya kuma-Olimpiki ngenyanga ezayo. Umbuzo kuphela osalayo? Yiziphi izinwele zombala azobe ezemidlalo. Hlala ubukele, ngoba nakanjani uzokhipha ukubukeka okungenakulibaleka - bese wenza izikhathi ezithile ezilinganayo.

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