Badonsa nzima abadlali abamele ilizwe leZimbabwe kumidlalo yeOlympics eqhutshelwa kweleFrance kulezinsuku.
Owaphatheka kumidlalo yeOlympics eyaqhutshelwa kwele Brazil ngo2016 eyingxenye yeqembu labesifazane elimela ilizwe emdlalweni wenguqu, uNobuhle Majika, uthi vele akusiye wonke umuntu ophatheka kulimidlalo ophenduka ephethe imendulo kodwa okuqakathekileyo yikukhula emdlalweni.
“Akukho lula ukuba kumaOlympics. Kumele usebenze gadalala loba kuthiwa kunzima kangakanani kumbe akulamali. Wena kumele ubekwazi ukuthi ufuna ukufika ngaphi emdlalweni wakho owudlalayo,” kutsho uMajika.
Ilizwe leZimbabwe limelwe ngabadlali abancintisa kumdlalo wokubhukutsha uDenilson Cyprianos kanye loPaige van der Westhuizen ikanti uSteve Cox yena ubencintisa kumdlalo wokugwedla. Bobathathu laba baphelelwe ngumphako bengenelisanga ukufinyelela imendulo njalo ilizwe selilinde ukuba libone ukuba abancintisa kumdlalo wokugijima bona bazaqhuba njani.
Ocubungula ezemidlalo uKelvin Ncube uthi kuzakuba nzima ukuthola imendulo emdlalweni wokugijima.
“Umdlalo wokugijima unzima nxa sesifuna ukukhuluma iqiniso. Kulamazwe afana laboUnited States kanye leJamaica azibambe esidukwini. Ngendlela engikubona ngayo uCharamba engafika kusemi – final uyabe eyenze kuhle kakhulu ngoba umdlalo wokugijima unzima,” kutsho uNcube.
Abamele ilizwe leZimbabwe emdlalweni wokugijima ngababalisa uMakanakaishe Charamba kanye loTapiwa Makarawu, bona abancintisa ku200m, uRutendo Nyahora kanye loIsaac Mpofu bona abancintisa kumarathon.
Olandela ezemidlalo uWinfrey Gumede uthi ukhangelele ukuba uMpofu engenza izimanga.
“Kulaba abamele ilizwe leZimbabwe kuloIsaac Mpofu ogijima imarathon. Wenze kuhle kweleZimbabwe kanye lakuComrades Marathon yikho lakhonangale kumaOlympics sikhangelele ukuthi amele ilizwe ayenze kuhle njalo simfisela inhlanhla,” kuphawula uGumede.
Intathelizindaba yezemidlalo uBuhlebenkosi Ncube laye uthi uMpofu nguye akhangelele kuye.
“Kuqembu lethu leZimbabwe siloMpofu oncintisa emdlalweni wokugijima njalo mina njengomuntu othanda umdlalo wokugijima ngikhangelele ukuthi ayenze kuhle emdlalweni wakhe wokugijima,” kutsho uNcube.
Eyinye njalo intathelizindaba yezemidlalo uPraise Dlakama uthi imidlalo yeOlympics uyilandela kakhulu ngoba imnikeza ithuba lokuzwisisa eminye imidlalo.
“Kakhulu nxa kubuya amaOlympics ngikhangelela imidlalo leyi engavamanga ukudlalwa efana labo tennis, basketball, swimming, hockey kanye labo volleyball. Yisikhathi sokuthi lami ngifunde okutsha yikho ngiyabe ngijabula kakhulu okokuthi kuyathi kusiyaphela uNcwabakazi siyabe sikholise kakhulu,” kutsho uDlakama.
NgoMvulo mhla zinhlanu kunyanga kaNcwabakazi, uCharamba loMakarawu bazaphatheka kumncintiswano we200m, kuthi mhla zilitshumi uMpofu uzancintisa kumarathon, ikanti uNyahora yena uzagijima mhla zilitshumi lanye.