“Nithengela liphi iqela kwiNdebe yeHlabathi ngokuhlwanje?”

Lifikile ixesha leNdebe yeHlabathi kwakhona. Ngummangaliso ukuba kukho abantu abakungqongileyo abangaqhelanga ukubukela ibhola okanye abangaqondiyo ibhola, kodwa banokutshintshela kwizihloko ezifana nokungcakaza nokuqikelela. Nangona kunjalo, kubonisa indlela abantu baseTshayina abaphambene ngayo ngeNdebe yeHlabathi. Nokuba uyayithanda okanye awuyithandi, kule nyanga, awunakuphila ngaphandle kovuyo lweNdebe yeHlabathi eQatar.

Namhlanje, masithethe ngebhola ekhatywayo kunye nokukhwela ibhayisekile, imidlalo emibini exhomekeke ezinyaweni ukuze itye. Luhlobo luni lonxibelelwano oluhle nolwazi olubandayo abanalo?

Ibhola ekhatywayo kunye nokukhwela ibhayisekile nazo zidumile eYurophu, ngoko ke kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuthanda imidlalo emibini ngaxeshanye eYurophu. Phakathi kwabakhweli beebhayisekile abangochwephesha, ngubani oyena mdlali webhola ekhatywayo ubalaseleyo? Impendulo yile - umqhubi obalaseleyo kwihlabathi leemoto kulo nyaka (mhlawumbi omnye wabo kufuneka kongezwe) U-Effie Nepoel, ophumelele iVuelta kunye neeNtshatsheli zeHlabathi… Wayengumdlali webhayisekile ngaphambi kokuba “atshintshele” ekukhweleni ibhayisekile. Wayengumdlali webhola ekhatywayo, wakhethwa kwiqela lesizwe laseBelgium labangaphantsi kweminyaka eli-16 ngelo xesha, kodwa waphuka waza wenzakala kakhulu kumdlalo wangaphakathi kweqela, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba inqanaba lakhe lokukhuphisana lehle kakhulu, waza warhoxa ebholeni… Umntu unokucinga ukuba iqela lesizwe lebhola ekhatywayo laseBelgium linamandla kangakanani. Inqanaba lebhola ekhatywayo lase-Effinepoel liyabonakala. Abadlali bebhola ekhatywayo bakhwela iibhayisekile ngexesha labo lokuphumla, kwaye abakhweli beebhayisekile badlala ibhola ekhatywayo ngexesha labo lokuphumla. Ngaphandle kokuphumla, baneziphumo zoqeqesho ezongezelelweyo, babulala iintaka ezimbini ngelitye elinye.

Kuthekani ukuba awukwazi ukukhetha phakathi kwemidlalo emibini? EYurophu, bekukho indibaniselwano yebhola ekhatywayo kunye nokukhwela ibhayisekile – ukudlala ibhola ekhatywayo ngebhayisekile (igama lesiNgesi elithi cycle-ball). Kufana nepolo, ngaphandle kokuba omnye udlala ngehashe kwaye omnye udlala ngeebhayisekile. Ukukhwela nokudlala zombini ziyafana. Ucinga ukuba kukuzonwabisa nje? Emva koko uphosisa kwakhona, olu lukhuphiswano oluqinisekiswe ngokusemthethweni yi-UCI. I-2019 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships ibibanjelwe eSwitzerland. I-Austria yoyise iqela laseJamani ngo-8:6 yaza yaphumelela ijezi yerainbow.

Ukongeza kwi-cycle-ball, kukwakho nothotho lweentshukumo zobugcisa ezithiywe ngeebhayisekile kwimidlalo yebhola ekhatywayo, i-bicycle-kick, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba esi senzo sifana nokukhwela ibhayisekile.

Kwakhona, amajelo eendaba aseJapan akhe amema abakhweli abangochwephesha ukuba benze uvavanyo, kwaye irekhodi lokuqhuba ibhayisekile kwiimitha ezili-100 kumzila weplastiki yayiyi-9.86s! UMbappe, umgijimi okhawulezayo kwibhola ekhatywayo, unesantya esilinganiselweyo sokubaleka se-36.7 km/h, esili-10.2 m/s xa kujikeleziswa. Ke ngoko, kumgama weemitha ezili-100, ukuqhuba ibhayisekile kunethuba elikhulu lokuphumelela, kwaye okukhona umgama umfutshane, kokukhona amathuba okuphumelela encipha. Abakhweli abanomdla banokuzama isantya sabo seemitha ezili-100.