UJan Thorpe utshele umphakathi isoka lakhe

Eyaziwa kumdlali wezwe lonke u-Ian (Ian) Thorpe wama ukufihla umthandi wakhe futhi wabonakala naye emphakathini eSydney. Ukuthinta okuncane kwezingane ezincane akuzange kubanjwe ngabathwebuli bezithombe, kodwa lokhu akuzange kubakhathaze nakancane.

Ukwamukela ukuma okungekho yendabuko kwakunzima

Ngo-2014, le nsizwa yavuma ukuthi yayingenandaba nabantu futhi yayifuna ukuthola umlingani wayo womphefumulo. Endabeni yakhe, uJang uthe uma engazange athole le mfihlo, kungenzeka ukuthi uzibulale ngoba bahlala nomthwalo onjalo, befihla emndenini nabangane, bengasenamandla. Emva kwalokho emva kweminyaka emibili lo mdlali wamisa futhi akazange afihle ubuhlobo bakhe nhlobo. Ngolunye usuku wabonakala eSydney Street ngesibonelo uJyan Chenning, umqhudelwano naye ayehamba ukuyothenga futhi adle esitolo sokudlela. Izenzo zikaYan ezibonisa ukuthi lezi zithandani manje zinesikhathi esiphezulu futhi ngeke zishintshe noma yini empilweni yabo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, omunye umbhangqwana wajoyina lo mbhangqwana, owahlulela ngokumomotheka ebusweni bakhe, wayazi uJan. Ngemuva kokudla ukudla, abathathu bafika emzini kaHerpe, lapho kwakuhlelwe khona iqembu ebusuku.

Funda futhi

Impumelelo kaJan Thorpe

Umnikazi wezindondo eziyisihlanu zegolide, isiliva yesi-3 ne-1-st bronze, iqhawe lomhlaba wonke lokubhukuda kanye neqhawe elidlulile kuma-freestyle angu-200, 400 no-800 wamamitha-konke lokhu kuyiziqu zikaJan Thorpe. Naphezu kwemiphumela enhle kakhulu ngo-2006, le nsizwa yashiya lo mdlalo, kodwa ngo-2011 yanquma ukubuyela emuva. UJan wanikezwa imiklomelo kahulumeni: iMedal of the Order of Australia kanye neMedal of the Century.