Iibhile zikaSimone (Ifoto nguLaurence Griffiths / Getty Izithombe)
È oyena mntu wenza umthambo kwiimbali, nge Iigolide ezine zeOlimpiki kunye nebronze enye, kunye nee-19 zegolide kunye nezinye iimedali zentshatsheli ezi-6, Iimpawu zeSimone NgoMgqibelo wagqiba iminyaka engama-23. Kwaye, njengabo bonke abantu abadumileyo abazihloniphayo, iiprofayili zakhe zemithombo yeendaba zentlalo zanikwa iminqweno emihle evela kubalandeli. Imbaleki, nangona kunjalo, akabaxabisanga bonke; ngokuchaseneyo, ngokugqibeleleyo wamala umthumeli umanyano lwayo, iUSA Gymnastics. Yiyiphi intshatsheli uhlambalaza ukuba akakaqalisi uphando oluzimeleyo malunga nokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo nguGqirha Larry Nassar, owayesakuba ngugqirha weqela lesizwe lejimnastics.
Yenza into elungileyo
«Usuku lokuzalwa olumnandi kwijimnast enikezelwe kakhulu ngalo lonke ixesha! Siyazi ukuba uya kuqhubeka usimangalisa kwaye wenze imbali», ubhale umanyano. Impendulo ekhawulezileyo evela intshatsheli: «Ungathini ngam kwaye wenze into elungileyo? Qalisa uphando oluzimeleyo». Isalathiso esicacileyo kwityala likaNassar, apho uBiles sele ecele ukuba kwenziwe uphando amatyeli aliqela (ukuxelela ngoJanuwari ukuba ukuthetha ngabo wabandezeleka kwamnika amandla): ugqirha uyasebenza isigwebo sobomi ngenxa yokuhlukunyezwa banetyala, kodwa umfelandawonye ulinganisele ekunikezeleni amaxhoba angama-517 afake isimangalo kulo mbutho (esithi awakhuselwanga) iyonke imbuyekezo ye-215 yezigidi zeedola.
Nam ndilixhoba lokuxhatshazwa
Intshatsheli ithi endaweni yayo nakuphi na ukunxibelelana phakathi komdibaniso kunye nogqirha kufuneka kufunwe, kuba kunzima ukukholelwa ukuba oku kuqhubeka kunye nokuxhaphaka ngokwesondo kwakungekho mntu. Kwaye ukunika amandla kwizicelo zakhe, Ngo-2018, ekuphakameni koqhankqalazo Intshukumo ye #MeToo, intshatsheli yabelana ngebali layo kwimidiya yoluntu, ukuxelela lonto «Nam ndingomnye wabantu abaninzi abaxhatshazwa ngokwesondo nguLarry Nassar. Kudala ndizibuza ukuba: 'Ngaba ndandingenangqondo? Ibiliphutha lam?'. Ngoku ndiyazazi iimpendulo zale mibuzo. Hayi, yayingelilo ityala lam. Hayi, andizukuthatha ityala likaLarry Nassar, USAG nabanye».
Isicelo esitsha sokubuza
Kwaye ngoFebruwari wawuqinisekisa umnqweno wakhe kwakhona «zeempendulo ezivela kwi-USAG kunye ne-USOPC (iKomiti yeOlimpiki yaseMelika, ndr). Ndinqwenela ukuba bobabini bafune uphando oluzimeleyo njengam namanye amaxhoba». Kwaye ngoku umfutho omtsha kumanyano, ngesinye isicelo sophando.
L'articolo I-Simone Biles ijika i-23. Kwaye, endaweni yeminqweno emihle, ufuna ukuba kwenziwe uphando malunga nokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kubonakala ngathi yeyokuqala Umfazi.
