"Nithengela liphi iqembu leNdebe Yomhlaba namuhla ebusuku?"

Sekuyisikhathi seNdebe Yomhlaba futhi. Kuyisimangaliso uma kukhona abantu abakuzungezile abangajwayele ukubukela ibhola noma abangaliqondi ibhola, kodwa abangashintshela kalula ezihlokweni ezifana nokugembula nokuqagela. Kodwa-ke, kukhombisa ukuthi abantu baseShayina bahlanya kangakanani ngeNdebe Yomhlaba. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyayithanda noma cha, kule nyanga, awukwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kwenjabulo yeNdebe Yomhlaba eQatar.

Namuhla, ake sixoxe ngebhola kanye nokugibela ibhayisikili, imidlalo emibili encike ezinyaweni ukuze idle. Hlobo luni lokuxhumana oluhle nolwazi olubandayo abanalo?

Ibhola kanye nokugibela ibhayisikili nakho kuyathandwa eYurophu, ngakho-ke kuyinto evamile ukuthanda imidlalo emibili ngesikhathi esisodwa eYurophu. Phakathi kwabagibeli bamabhayisikili abangochwepheshe, ubani umdlali webhola ongcono kakhulu? Impendulo ithi - umshayeli ongcono kakhulu emhlabeni wezimoto kulo nyaka (mhlawumbe omunye wabo kufanele engezwe) U-Effie Nepoel, owine i-Vuelta kanye ne-World Championships… Wayengumdlali webhayisikili ngaphambi kokuthi “ashintshele” ekugibeleni ibhayisikili. Wayengumdlali webhola, wakhethwa eqenjini lesizwe laseBelgium labangaphansi kweminyaka engu-16 ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa waphuka futhi walimala kakhulu emdlalweni wangaphakathi kweqembu, okwabangela ukuba izinga lakhe lokuncintisana lehle kakhulu, futhi washiya ibhola… Umuntu angacabanga ukuthi iqembu lesizwe laseBelgium liqine kangakanani. Izinga lebhola le-Effinepoel lingabonakala. Abadlali bebhola bagibela amabhayisikili ngesikhathi sabo sokuphumula, kanti abagibeli bamabhayisikili badlala ibhola ngesikhathi sabo sokuphumula. Ngaphandle kokuphumula, banemiphumela yokuqeqesha ehambisanayo, babulala izinyoni ezimbili ngetshe elilodwa.

Kuthiwani uma ungakwazi ukukhetha phakathi kwemidlalo emibili? EYurophu, kube nokuhlanganiswa kwebhola nokugibela ibhayisikili – ukudlala ibhola ngebhayisikili (igama lesiNgisi elithi cycle-ball). Kufana nepolo, ngaphandle kokuthi omunye udlala ngehhashi kanti omunye udlala ngamabhayisikili. Kokubili ukugibela nokudlala kuyafana. Ucabanga ukuthi kumane nje kujabulisa? Khona-ke unephutha futhi, lo ngumncintiswano oqinisekiswe ngokusemthethweni yi-UCI. I-2019 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships yabanjelwa eSwitzerland. I-Austria yanqoba iqembu laseJalimane ngo-8:6 futhi yawina ijezi le-rainbow.

Ngaphezu kwe-cycle-ball, kukhona nochungechunge lwezinyathelo zobuchwepheshe eziqanjwe ngamabhayisikili emidlalweni yebhola, i-bicycle-kick, mhlawumbe ngoba lesi senzo sifana nokugibela ibhayisikili.

Futhi, abezindaba baseJapan bake bamema abagibeli abangochwepheshe ukuthi benze isivivinyo, futhi irekhodi lokugibela ibhayisikili amamitha ayi-100 emzileni wepulasitiki lalingu-9.86s! UMbappe, umgijimi oshesha kakhulu ebholeni, unesivinini esinqunyelwe sokusprinta esingu-36.7 km/h, esingama-10.2 m/s ekuguqulweni. Ngakho-ke, ebangeni lamamitha ayi-100, ukugibela ibhayisikili kunethuba elikhulu lokuwina, futhi uma ibanga lifushane, kulapho ithuba lokuwina lincipha khona. Abagibeli abanentshisekelo bangazama ijubane labo lamamitha ayi-100.