Kungani Ukulahlekelwa Kwenza u-Kerri Walsh Jennings I-Olympian Engcono Kakhulu

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I-volleyball yasogwini ibe omunye wemicimbi elindelwe kakhulu yama-Olympic njengoba owawina indondo yegolide izikhathi ezintathu u-Kerri Walsh Jennings evikele igolide lakhe. Ufike eRio nomlingani wakhe omusha u-April Ross (uMisty May-Treanor, onqobe kanye noWalsh kuma-Olimpiki amathathu edlule, ethathe umhlalaphansi) futhi esekulungele ukuphatha futhi. Kepha izolo kusihlwa, imizuliswano efanelekile yokuqhubeka nokudlalela igolide ayihambanga ngendlela kaWalsh.

Ngama-22-20 amaningi, u-21-18-Walsh Jennings noRoss balahlekelwe womabili amasethi ku-Agatha Bednarczuk waseBrazil noBarbara Seixas. UWalsh Jennings noRoss bazoqhubeka nokudlalela ubhedu kodwa kubonakale ubuhlungu benhliziyo bomphumela wayizolo ebusuku. Noma kunjalo, uWalsh Jennings usakhanya ngokukhanyayo futhi efakazela umhlaba ukuthi ukuwina akuyona yonke into. Uma kuziwa emandleni, isimo sakho sengqondo ngokuphakama futhi lows ekwenza inkanyezi.

U-Walsh Jennings wayengasabi ukuthatha isibopho ngengxenye yakhe. Lapho ecelwa ukuthi afingqe ukusebenza kwakhe ngemva komdlalo, utshele i-USA Today ukuthi "ibinzima" futhi waqhubeka echaza ukuthi kungani. "Kufanele udlule ibhola ukuze uwine imidlalo. Angazi nokuthi mangaki ama-aces [iBrazil] ethole okune ngomdlalo ngamunye, mhlawumbe kimi? Akwamukelekile futhi akunasizathu." Futhi waphumela obala ngobuthakathaka bakhe: "Yingoba bengingalidlulisi ibhola. Bengingaliphaseli ibhola. Uma ubona ubuthakathaka, ulandela. Ubuthakathaka bami bekuthi bengingalidlulisi ibhola . . . Ngobu busuku bavuke umbhejazane. Mina angizange, futhi akukho sizathu salokho. "

Iqiniso liwukuthi, wonke umsubathi ungumuntu futhi angaphansi kosuku. Kuyingxenye yempilo. Kepha yindlela oyiphatha ngayo eyenza umehluko. Siyaziqhenya ngendlela u-Walsh Jennings asingatha ngayo ukudumala kwakhe ngokungayitholi indondo yakhe yegolide yesine, futhi sizobe silwela u-Walsh Jennings noRoss namuhla kusihlwa.

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