Njengoko uKirty ebeka, unyulo lwakhe "luphawu olunamandla" lwabasetyhini abakwindawo ephambili kunye nekamva eliqaqambileyo lentshukumo ye-Olimpiki, ezemidlalo, ukhenketho kunye noxolo lwehlabathi. U-Kirty ulungele ukujongana namadoda anzima kwiindawo eziphakamileyo, ebhekisela kuMongameli wase-US uTrump kunye neMidlalo yeOlimpiki eLos Angeles.
Ungoyena mnyhadala weOlympian waseZimbabwe uphumelele iimbasa ezisixhenxe kwezisibhozo zeli lizwe. NgoSeptemba ka-2018, wonyulwa njengoMphathiswa woLutsha, iMidlalo, uBugcisa kunye noLonwabo eZimbabwe.
Une-bachelor yesayensi yoluntu kulawulo lwehotele kunye nevenkile yokutyela kunye nomntwana omncinci kwishishini osuka kwiYunivesithi yaseAuburn (eUnited States of America), emenza ingcali yokuhamba kunye nokhenketho.
UGloria Guevara, ogqatsele ukuba libhinqa lokuqala uNobhala Jikelele weZizwe eziManyeneyo kwezoKhenketho, uvakalise indlela olukhuthaze ngayo ulonyulo lukaKirty kuye nangendlela olu lonyulo oluphakamisa ngayo ithemba kumanina amaninzi kwihlabathi lezemidlalo nokhenketho, nakwiAfrika.
Unyulwe kwi-IOC ngo-2013 njengelungu leKhomishini yeeMbaleki, uCoventry waphinda wonyulwa njengeLungu le-IOC elizimeleyo ngo-2021.
Akukho mbaleki yase-Afrika ephumelele iimbasa ngaphezu kwe-Coventry kwimidlalo ye-Olimpiki. Enye yeendadi ze-backstroke eziphambili kwihlabathi kunye ne-medley, uphumelele iimbasa ezintathu kwiMidlalo ye-Olimpiki yase-Athens ngo-2004, kuquka negolide kugqatso lwe-200m yabasetyhini, isilivere kwi-100m backstroke, kunye nebronze kumdyarho wama-200m. Ukhusele intshinga ye-200m ye-backstroke e-Beijing ngo-2008 kwaye wongeze iimbasa zesilivere ezintathu kuluhlu lwakhe.
Uphumelele iimbasa zehlabathi ezintathu zekhosi elide, i-100m kunye ne-200m i-backstroke ngo-2005 kunye nesiganeko sakhe esikhethekileyo, i-200m backstroke, ngo-2009. Uphinde waphumelela iimbasa zegolide zezifundo ezifutshane ezine kwi-2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).
- Ilungu leKomiti yeSizwe yeOlimpiki yaseZimbabwe (NOC 2013-)
- USekela Mongameli weKomiti yeOlimpiki yeSizwe yaseZimbabwe (2017-2018, urhoxe emva kokuqeshwa nguRhulumente)
- Ummeli we-IOC we-Athlete kwi-World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) (2012-2021)
- Ilungu leKomiti yeeMbaleki zeWADA (2014-2021)
- Usekela-mongameli we-International Surfing Association (ISA) (2016-)
- ILungu leKomiti yeembaleki ze-FINA (2017-)
- UMphathiswa wezeMidlalo eZimbabwe (2018-)
- Umseki we-KCA Swim Academy, egxile ekufundeni ukuqubha kunye nokhuseleko emanzini kubantwana (2016-)
- Umseki we-HEROES, umbutho ongenzi nzuzo osebenzisa imidlalo ukuhambisa izakhono ezithambileyo kubantwana abaneminyaka eyi-6yrs-13yrs kwiindawo ezihlelelekileyo. Ubonelela ngeentetho ezikhuthazayo kunye neekliniki ezikolweni kunye nokuphuhlisa iimbaleki kwihlabathi jikelele; icebisa amaqela, amashishini, iziseko, kunye nabantu abanomdla ekuphuhliseni izakhono zeembaleki kunye nemisebenzi.
Wazalwa nge-16 kaSeptemba 1983, uKirsty wakhuphisana kwimidlalo ye-Olimpiki emi-5: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Abemi baseZimbabwe abaMhlophe (ngaphambili AmaRhodes amhlophe) ngabantu baseMazantsi eAfrika abanenzala yaseYurophu. Ngolwimi, inkcubeko kunye namagama embali, aba bantu bemvelaphi yobuzwe baseYurophu ubukhulu becala bayinzala yabemi baseBritani abathetha isiNgesi.
UKirsty Coventry waseZimbabwe wonyulwe namhlanje njengamalungu alishumith UMongameli weKomiti yeOlimpiki yeHlabathi (i-IOC) kunye noMongameli wokuqala wasetyhini kwimbali ye-IOC, kulandela umjikelo we-1 wokuvota kwi-144.th Iseshini ye-IOC eCosta Navarino, eGrisi.
Umongameli onyuliweyo uCoventry wathi:
“Ndiwongeke ngendlela engathethekiyo kwaye ndinochulumanco ukunyulwa njengoMongameli weKomiti yeOlimpiki yeHlabathi!
Ndizingca kakhulu ngokuba nguMongameli wokuqala wasetyhini we-IOC, kwaye ndikwangowokuqala ovela e-Afrika. Ndiyathemba ukuba le voti iya kuba yinkuthazo kubantu abaninzi. Iisilingi zeglasi zonakalisiwe namhlanje, kwaye ndilwazi ngokupheleleyo uxanduva lwam njengomzekelo.
Ezemidlalo zinamandla angenakuthelekiswa nanto okumanyanisa, ukukhuthaza nokudala amathuba kumntu wonke, kwaye ndizimisele ukuqinisekisa ukuba siwasebenzisa ngokupheleleyo loo mandla. Sikunye nosapho lwe-Olimpiki lulonke, kuquka iimbaleki zethu, abalandeli kunye nabaxhasi bethu, siya kwakhela kwiziseko zethu ezomeleleyo, samkele inguqulelo entsha, kwaye silwela iinqobo ezisemgangathweni zobuhlobo, ukugqwesa kunye nentlonipho. Ikamva loMbutho weOlimpiki liqaqambile, kwaye andinakulinda ukuba ndiqalise!”
UKirtsy Coventry:
Emva konyulo, uMongameli we-IOC uThomas Bach wathi:
“Sivuyisana noKirsty Coventry kunyulo lwakhe njengomfundi we-10th UMongameli we-IOC. Ndiyasamkela ngokufudumeleyo isigqibo saMalungu e-IOC kwaye ndijonge phambili kwintsebenziswano eyomeleleyo, ngakumbi ngexesha lotshintsho. Alithandabuzeki elokuba ikamva loMbutho wethu weOlimpiki liqaqambile kwaye imilinganiselo esiyimeleyo iya kuqhubeka isikhokela kule minyaka izayo.”
Ku-irsty Coventry unethemba lokuba unyulo lwakhe njengomongameli wokuqala obhinqileyo nowase-Afrika kwiKomiti yeOlimpiki yeHlabathi – ebetha abagqatswa abathandathu abangamadoda, kuquka noLord Coe waseBritane – luthumela “uphawu olunamandla.”
Indadi eneminyaka engama-41 ubudala, ephumelele iimbasa zegolide ezimbini kwiOlimpiki, ifumene uninzi lweevoti ezingama-49 kwezingama-97 ezifumanekayo kumjikelo wokuqala wonyulo lwangoLwesine, ngelixa umphathi weHlabathi weembaleki uCoe ephumelele isibhozo kuphela.
Emva konyulo, uMongameli we-IOC uThomas Bach uthe: “Sivuyisana noKirsty Coventry ngonyulo lwakhe njengabalishumi.th UMongameli we-IOC. Ndiyasamkela ngokufudumeleyo isigqibo saMalungu e-IOC kwaye ndijonge phambili kwintsebenziswano eyomeleleyo, ngakumbi ngexesha lotshintsho. Alithandabuzeki elokuba ikamva loMbutho wethu weOlimpiki liqaqambile kwaye imilinganiselo esiyimeleyo iya kuqhubeka isikhokela kule minyaka izayo.”
Umphathiswa wezemidlalo eZimbabwe uCoventry uzakungena ezihlangwini zikaThomas Bach – okhokele i-IOC ukusukela ngo2013 – ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesithathu kweyeSilimela kwaye abe ngoyena mongameli omncinci kwimbali yalo mbutho yeminyaka eli-23.
IOlimpiki yakhe yokuqala iya kuba yiMilan-Cortina Winter Games ngoFebruwari 2026.
"Luphawu olunamandla ngenene. Luphawu lokuba siphila kwihlabathi kwaye siguqukele ekubeni ngumbutho ovuleleke ngokwenene kwiiyantlukwano. Siza kuqhubeka nokuhamba ngale ndlela kule minyaka isibhozo izayo," utshilo uCoventry.
Ophume kwindawo yesibini uJuan Antonio Samaranch Omnci uphumelele iivoti ezingama-28, ngelixa uDavid Lappartient waseFrance kunye noMorinari Watanabe waseJapan befumene iivoti ezine umntu ngamnye. INkosana uFeisal al Hussein waseJordan kunye noJohan Eliasch waseSweden bathathe ezimbini.
UCoventry, osele ehleli kwibhodi yesigqeba se-IOC kwaye kuthiwa ngoyena mntu ukhethwa nguBach, ngumntu we-10 ukubamba esona sikhundla siphezulu kwezemidlalo kwaye uzakuba sesikhundleni ubuncinci iminyaka esibhozo ezayo.
UCoventry uphumelele iimbasa ezisixhenxe kwezisibhozo ze-Olimpiki zaseZimbabwe – kuquka igolide kugqatso lwe-200m emva kwemidlalo yowama-2004 no-2008.
“Intombazana encinci eyaqala ukuqubha eZimbabwe yonke loo minyaka idlulileyo yayingakhe iwuphuphe lo mzuzu,” utshilo uCoventry.” Ndinebhongo kakhulu ngokuba ngumongameli wokuqala wasetyhini we-IOC kunye nowokuqala ovela e-Afrika.
“Ndiyathemba ukuba olu voti luzakuba lukhuthazo kubantu abaninzi. Iisilingi zeglasi zonakele namhlanje, kwaye ndilwazi kakuhle uxanduva lwam njengomzekelo.”
Ngexesha lentetho yolwamkelo lwakhe, uCoventry wachaza unyulo lwakhe “njengomzuzu ongaqhelekanga” kwaye wathembisa ukwenza amalungu e-IOC azingca ngokhetho lwabo. UCoventry uzibophelele ekuphuculeni imeko, ukukhuthaza uzinzo, ukwamkela itekhnoloji, kunye nokuxhobisa iimbaleki ngexesha lephulo lakhe lonyulo.
Ugxininise ngokukodwa ekukhuseleni imidlalo yabasetyhini. Nangona kunjalo, uyasixhasa isithintelo sokuvala isini kwabasetyhini abagqithisayo ekukhuphisaneni kwimidlalo yeOlimpiki yabasetyhini.
"Ndicinga ukuba into ecacileyo yeyokuba iimbaleki kunye namalungu abhinqileyo ngokukodwa amxhase ngamandla kumjikelo wokuqala, kwaye uyazi ukuba ezo zinto ziyenzeka kunyulo."
Ivoti yomongameli yenzeke kwihotele enqabileyo kwindawo yokuphumla elwandle malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-60 kumzantsi wedolophu yaseGrisi yase-Olympia, indawo yokuzalwa yeMidlalo yamandulo. Amalungu e-IOC kuye kwafuneka angenise iifowuni zawo phambi kokuvota okuyimfihlo kwe-elektroniki malunga ne-14:30 GMT.
Inkqubo yephulo ithintele abagqatswa ukuba benze iinkcazo-ntetho zemizuzu eli-15 kumsitho wabucala ngoJanuwari. Amajelo eendaba ayevalwa, yaye amalungu ayengakwazi ukubuza imibuzo emva koko.
Amalungu ayengavumelekanga ukuba axhase abagqatswa okanye agxeke abagqatswa abakhuphisanayo, okuthetha ukuba ukuphembelela ngasemva kwe-scenes kwadlala indima ebalulekileyo.
IRussia inethemba lokuba impumelelo kaCoventry iza kukhokelela ekubuyeni kwayo elubhacweni lwezemidlalo. Iimbaleki zaseRussia azizange zikhuphisane kwiiOlimpiki phantsi kweflegi yazo ukusukela ngo-2016, kulandela isigebenga sedoping esiqhutywa ngurhulumente emva koko imfazwe yaseUkraine.
"Sijonge phambili kwintshukumo yeOlimpiki eyomeleleyo, ezimeleyo, kunye nenempumelelo ngakumbi phantsi kwenkokeli entsha kunye neRussia ebuyela kwiqonga leOlimpiki," umphathiswa wezemidlalo waseRussia uMikhail Degtyarev, intloko yeKomiti yeOlimpiki yaseRussia, wabhala kwiakhawunti yakhe yeTelegram.
UCoventry uye wajongana nokugxekwa eZimbabwe njengomphathiswa wezemidlalo ukusukela ngo-2018, kodwa uye walukhusela unxulumano lwakhe norhulumente kamongameli owayenempikiswano u-Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Ukungenelela kukarhulumente kwibhola ekhatywayo kubangele ukuba iFIFA ivale iZimbabwe kumdlalo wamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2022, ngelixa kunyaka ophelileyo, iUnited States yabeka izohlwayo kuMnangagwa kunye namanye amagosa aphezulu ngenxa yorhwaphilizo kunye nokuxhatshazwa kwamalungelo abantu.
