UFred Kerley, italente ekhuliswe kunye nabantwana be-13 kwigumbi elinye

I-Oregon ifumene ukumkani wayo wesantya kumfanekiso kaFred Kerley (Taylor, Texas, 27 iminyaka), intshatsheli entsha yeemitha ezili-100 kwi-triplet yaseMelika ejikeleze uMarvin Bracy kunye noTrayvon Bromell. Owesine kubemi bendawo bashiywe eqongeni, intshatsheli yangoku uChris Coleman, owayeza kutshabalalisa ixesha elanyamalala kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo eDoha, 9.76. U-Kerley, onexesha elifanayo nelona lakhe libalaseleyo, uphumelele ngerekhodi enye kwishumi eliphezulu (8.86).

I-Eugene's ayiyi kuhla embalini njengeyona yokugqibela ikhawulezayo kwimbali, okanye njengeyona nto inomdla kakhulu, kodwa inceda ukuqaphela imbaleki ye-atypical, eyathi kwiminyaka emibini yakwazi ukuguquka ukusuka kwinkulungwane yeshumi elinesine eyamkelekileyo ( ubhedu. eDoha 2019) ukuba ube yeyona mbaleki ibalaseleyo.

UKerley unebali elihle lokoyisa. Ubuntwana bakhe babungelula. Uyise waya entolongweni xa wayeneminyaka emibini ubudala kwaye umama wakhe, uthi, "wenza izigqibo eziphosakeleyo ebomini" nto leyo eyanyanzela yena kunye nabantakwabo abane ukuba bafudukele kwindlu kamakazi wakhe uVirginia, ambiza ngokuba yifomu yothando 'uMeme. '. Yayinguye owayenyamekela aba bahlanu, kwakunye nabantwana bomnye umnakwabo nowakhe. “Ndicinga ngaye yonke imihla, kuba ukuba ibingenguye uMeme ngendingathethi nawe ngoku,” watsho uKerley emva kokuphumelela igolide. “Wancama ubomi bakhe ngenxa yam, ngenxa yabantakwethu nabazala bam. Sathathwa sonke. Sasili-13 kwigumbi elinye lokulala. Ekupheleni kosuku kube ngathi nakuyo nayiphi na enye indlu, sonwabile sonke, sonwabile, kwaye ukuba senza izinto ezinkulu ngoku ngumbulelo kuye”. U-Kerley unegama lesidlaliso lika-anti wakhe libhalwe engalweni yakhe. Asiyiyo yodwa onayo. Kuthatha ezisithoba ezongezelelekileyo, phantse zonke eziphathelele unqulo. Wayesisa ecaweni rhoqo ngooLwezithathu nangeCawa. Umvambo wam wokuqala kuxa ndandineminyaka elishumi elinesibini ubudala, yayiyivesi yeBhayibhile.” Ikwaphethe enye yeNtombi Enyulu uMariya kunye nenye yerosari.

Imizuzwana ye9,86

Luphawu awathi uFred Kerley wazibonakalisa eyintshatsheli ye-100 e-Eugene, ukutshabalalisa okucothayo kokona kulungileyo kwakhe.

U-Kerley wayefunda kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo i-South Planes, apho wafumana ikhondo lakhe lemvukelo. Wayeneengxaki ngomthetho kwaye wayesele eza kuphelela ezintolongweni izihlandlo ezininzi. Wawusindisa umdlalo. Umzobo wakhe obalaseleyo (1.93) wamenza wajonga kuqala kwibhola ekhatywayo yaseMelika, umdlalo awawushiyayo emva kokuphula ithambo lakhe. Kungelo xesha awathi waguqukela kwimidlalo yeembaleki. Amaxesha akhe kwiimitha ze-400 wamfumana indawo kwiqela leYunivesithi yaseTexas A & M, apho waqhubeka ekhula de wafikelela kwiqela lesizwe lase-US. Wayeyintshatsheli yedyunivesithi ye-400m ngo-2017, kwaye wabetha okokugqibela ngokuphumelela ulingo ngaphambi kweNdebe yeHlabathi yeDoha, apho waphumelela ubhedu, imbasa yakhe yokuqala yamazwe ngamazwe.

UKerley uyavuma ukuba akazange acwangcise ukutshintsha iimvavanyo. Wamnyanzela eqatheni. “Ukuqala kwam ukuzilolonga eTokyo yadumba yaye ayizange indivumele ukuba ndithathe iikona. Kulapho wagqiba ekubeni arhwebe. Babaxelela ukuba kuyaphambana. Kodwa kuyabonakala ukuba babephazama. “Xa umntu esithi andikwazi kuyenza into, ndiye ndiyenze ngokuphindwe kalishumi kunoko ebesithi andikwazi,” utsho edanyaza olunye uncumo lwakhe olunqabileyo. Apha isilivere yeMidlalo sele iphuculwe kwaye namhlanje kusasa uya kuqalisa uchungechunge kwiimitha ze-200, apho i-priori iqala emva koNowa Lyles no-Erriyon Knighton, abanye ababini baseMelika.