U-Simone Biles Akakakwenzi Lokhu Kwezokuzivocavoca Kweminyaka Eyishumi-Kodwa Usayibethela

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Yishiyele ama-Simone Biles ukuze ujabulise umhlaba ngemizuzwana emihlanu uyisicaba. Lo mdlali osewine indondo yegolide kuma-Olympics izikhathi ezine wabelane ngesiqeshana sakhe enza umnyakazo we-gymnastics athi akakaze awenze kusukela eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala.

Ngokuqondile, uBiles uthe akenzanga i-tuck ephindwe kabili-ama-backflip amabili amadolo agobile futhi adonswa esifubeni-eminyakeni eyishumi. Kepha akazange nje yenza i-double tuck. Ividiyo edelela amandla adonsela phansi ikhombisa amaBiles enza i-hybride yokunyakazisa okumangazayo: isiphethu esibuya emuva, silandelwa ukwakheka okuphindwe kabili (ama-backflip amabili anwetshiwe umzimba ngokuphelele esikhundleni se-tucked), lapho-ke i-double tuck.

Ngemuva kokundiza emoyeni, lo mdlali wokuzivocavoca oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala ubuye wafulathela umata, washiya abalandeli bakhe be-Twitter bephefumula kanzima. (Uyakhumbula lapho enza isigxivizo semishayo ephindwe kabili-kabili, ukuzivocavoca okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili?)

Abalandeli abambalwa beza ezimpendulweni zeBiles ukuzokwabelana ngqo okwenza ukuhamba okunamandla kumangalise. Abantu abaningi baqaphele ukuthi ukwakheka okukabili kanye ne-double tuck ngokuvamile kwenziwa ngamaphasi amabili. Amamaki awachoboza phakathi eyodwa dlula sengathi bekuyi-NBD. (Uma kubhekwa ukuthi ungumvocavoci womzimba omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni, ingabe ukhona omangele ngempela?)

Ozakwethu abavocavoca umzimba, okuhlanganisa u-Laurie Hernandez, uMaggie Nichols, no-Nastia Liukin, babelane ngokuncoma kwabo ama-Biles kanye naleli qoqo lomphathi.

“UYAHLANYA... ngendlela engcono kakhulu,” kubhala uLiukin nge-emoji yokuqabula. U-Nichols wavuma, ebhala: "Lena into ehlanya kakhulu engake ngayibona."

Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Hernandez ulethe ama-LOL ngomzamo omangalisayo wokujika i-backflip phezu kwe-beam-okwagcina ngokuthi awe phansi ngokuphelele.

Ngokuqondene noBiles, ubesebenzisa isikhathi sakhe ehlukanisweni ukuze aqale ukuqeqesha ama-Olimpiki aseTokyo, ahlehliselwe uJulayi 2021 ngenxa yesifo i-coronavirus (COVID-19). Usanda kutshela I-Vogue ukuthi kufanele avuselele konke abekwenza, ekugcineni angene ochungechungeni lwezikhathi zokuqeqesha ze-Zoom nabaqeqeshi bakhe ngaphambi kokubuyela esikhungweni sakhe sokuzivocavoca umzimba lapho sekuvulwe kabusha.

Noma kunjalo, uBiles uvumile ukuthi ukujwayela indlela entsha yokuphila bekungelula. "Ngicabanga ukuthi kubasubathi, kunzima ukuthi singabikho esikhungweni sethu isikhathi eside kangaka," esho etshela I-Vogue. "Lolo hlobo luphonsa yonke ibhalansi yakho. Ngoba uyokwenza umsebenzi bese ukhipha ama-endorphin. Uthola noma iyiphi intukuthelo. Luhlobo lwe-oasis yethu. Ngaphandle kwalokho, unamathele ekhaya ngemicabango yakho. Ngiye ngizivumele ngiphile kuleyo micabango, ukuze ngifunde ngokujulile kuyo. Ejimini, kuwukuphazamiseka okukhulu, ngakho angihlali nemicabango yami ngempela."

Ngasohlangothini oluqhakazile, uBiles usungule amasiko ambalwa okuya emikhubeni yezempilo yengqondo emsiza ukuthi ahlale ekhuthazekile. Muva nje uhlanganyele ekusakazeni bukhoma kwe-MasterClass ukuthi uhlala egxile futhi ezolile ngokuya ekwelashweni, ekushicilelweni kwezindaba, nasekulaleleni umculo.

Nakuba abantu abaningi cishe ngeke bakwazi ukwenza i-double tuck ngaphandle kwesakhiwo esiphindwe kabili (noma, uyazi, ngisho nje eyodwa yalezo zinyathelo), sibhala amanothi kuzeluleko zakhe eziqinile zokuzinakekela.

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