Le ntatheli yezeMidlalo inyanzelisa ukuKhwela kwiSikimu ayisiyoMidlalo, ayifumani kutheni wonke umntu ephambene kangaka

I-Mirai Nagasu i-olympics yezemidlalo

Kwangoko kule veki, intatheli yezemidlalo yaseTexas yathumela uluvo lwayo lokuba ukuloba ngumdlalo ongekhoyo. Ebephendula omnye umsebenzisi ngubani othe ukuba ufuna ukukhetha ingoma njengenxalenye yemidlalo yakho, bubugcisa, hayi ezemidlalo. Intatheli, u-Edward Egros, wathumela impendulo yakhe nge-imeyile ngelixa ii-skaters ze-Olimpiki zikhuphisana.

Ngokukhawuleza, abantu abaninzi bakhubekile, bobabini abalandeli bezemidlalo kunye neeOlimpiki (kunye naye nabani na ongaluxabisiyo olu hlobo lokuzithoba). Umtyibilizi weOlimpiki uGracie Gold wazisa inkcazo yokoqobo yegama elithi ezemidlalo.

I-Egros igcine ukuba umzobo we-skating wawuzithoba kakhulu ukuba ube ne-metric ezinokumisela ophumeleleyo. Engqondweni yakhe, loo nto yenza ubugcisa, hayi ezemidlalo. Ayisiyiyo impikiswano efanelekileyo, nangona kunjalo, kuthathelwa ingqalelo uninzi lwezemidlalo luxhomekeke kutoliko lomntu, njengoko ophumelele imbasa ye-Olimpiki yebronze uJeffrey Buttle.

Ngaphezu koko, akulunganga. Uninzi lwethu lubukele ekhaya, umzobo we-skating ungabonakala umhle, umdaniso womkhenkce weembaleki, kodwa kukho inkqubo yokufumana amanqaku echanekileyo. Ukuthanda kweejaji kudlala kumanqaku, kodwa ukutyibilika kwisikali sokutyibilika kusafanele inkcazo yezemidlalo.

Kodwa u-Ergos akabonakali ngathi ukhathalele iinyani kunye nengqiqo. Kubonakala ngathi akaqondi (okanye wenza ngathi akaqondi) kutheni esithi into ayisiyo midlalo XA USIJONGILE NGOMHLA WOMDLALO WOKUDLALA uyagxotha okanye uyathoba. Kutheni uncoma i-skaters 'athleticism, kodwa ngokuyintloko besithi abayonxalenye yeeOlimpiki (kuba iiOlimpiki zezemidlalo, emva kwayo yonke loo nto) ayisiyiyo indumiso, iyathuka.

Ukubanga ukuba akanciphisi mntu ngelixesha esithi ukuloba ngomdlalo ayingomdlalo ulingana nokuthi akukho tyala ngelixa uthetha into ebuhlungu. Ayenzi ngokwenyani into ayithethayo ukuba ingathuki.

Ngaba kungakothusa xa ufumanisa ukuba i-Ergos nayo ayithathi i-gymnastics njengomdlalo? Hayi, akunjalo.

Esi simo sengqondo sokugxotha siqhelekile kwimidlalo ejongwa njengowasetyhini. Imidlalo efana nokutyibiliza ngesikhephe, ijimnastics, i-cheerleading – ezi azikho ngandlela yimbi kwabasetyhini, kodwa zihlala zinxulunyaniswa nabasetyhini kwaye zineenkwenkwezi ezaziwayo zabasetyhini. Bahlala becingelwa njengabancinci okanye abangahambiyo kwezemidlalo.

Ukujongela phantsi le midlalo kubi ngokwaneleyo xa kuvela kuluntu jikelele. Kodwa kungumsebenzi walo mfana ukuqonda imidlalo ayigqumayo kwaye ayicacisele ababukeli. Ngokuqinisekileyo kubonakala ngathi akahloniphi i-skating skating, kwaye ukhetha ukuyilahla kunokuba afunde nantoni na malunga nayo.

Njengokuba lo mfo engafuni kuxela kumdlalo weqonga, ii-skaters azimfuni umntu ongahloniphiyo okanye angaqondi umdlalo wabo uphawula ngokusebenza kwabo.

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