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I-Heaven Fitch ingowesifazane wokuqala ukunqoba ubuqhawe be-wrestling


Njengomdlali we-wrestler, i-Heaven Fitch incintisana esigabeni samaphawundi angu-106, kodwa osemusha unamandla kakhulu futhi ubusa kahle. U-Heaven, osemncane e-Uwharrie Charter High School, ube ngowesifazane wokuqala ukuwina i-North Carolina High School Athletic Association Individual Wrestling State Championship ngo-Feb. 22. Lokhu kwenzeke ngemuva kwendawo yesine ngonyaka odlule, kubika i-WRAL.com.

I-wrestling yamantombazane esikoleni esiphakeme idume kakhulu kune-gymnastics yasesikoleni esiphakeme, ngokusho kuka-a Iphephandaba laseWall Street Isihloko esijulisa ukukhula kokubamba iqhaza kwabesifazane kwezemidlalo. Intatheli uRachel Bachman, owabhala le I-WSJ isiqephu, i-USA I-Wrestling kanye nezinhlangano ezingenzi-nzuzo ezifana ne-Wrestle Like A Girl zifuna amaqembu nemiqhudelwano eyengeziwe yezinga likahulumeni. Kodwa iZulu alikho eqenjini lamantombazane: liqhudelana nabafana.

Nokho, lokhu akusho ukuthi izingane kumelwe zilalele. Muva nje ebusika obudlule, umfundi ulahlekelwe umdlalo wakhe we-Colorado State Championship ebhekene nabesifazane ababili, esho izizathu zomuntu siqu nezenkolo. Ngonyaka odlule futhi bekungokokuqala ukuthi iColorado ibambe uhlelo lokushayela oluvumela ukwesekwa kombuso ngomkhalambazo wabesifazane kuphela, kubika i-NPR. Naphezu kwalokhu, amantombazane amabili kulo mqhudelwano waseColorado anqume ukuncintisana nabafana.

“Ngivele ngalwa konke ebengingakwenza futhi ngawulawula umdlalo, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso.”

INorth Carolina ibingeke yenze amantombazane abambene njengomdlalo ogunyazwe ngokusemthethweni, ngakho-ke iZulu lathatha abafana ngqo emqhudelwaneni walo wakamuva futhi lashanela yonke imizuliswano esigabeni sakhe sesisindo. "Ngicabanga ukuthi kumnandi, ngokwami," esho engxoxweni abe nayo neFox 8 ngemuva komncintiswano. "Wonke umuntu uyazikhukhumeza uma ezolwa nentombazane, bese iyayishaya."

Izulu belizoqeda isizini ngerekhodi lika-54-4 futhi liqokwe njengomdlali ogqame kakhulu kulo mqhudelwano. “Bengingeke ngicabange,” esho ngokunqoba kwakhe, ebonga abantu abebemzungezile kulo lonke uhambo lwakhe. “Ngivele ngilwe konke ebengingakwenza futhi ngawulawula umdlalo, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso.”

Uzulu waqala ukulwa eneminyaka engu-6 ngemuva kokubona abafowabo bebhekene bodwa, wathi Isikhulu esizimele ngo-2018 ukuthi abazali bakhe babengawuthandi kakhulu lo mbono. "Ngiqinisekile ukuthi kwakungenxa yokuthi babengafuni ngilimale. Kodwa ngangimane ngithi, 'Hhayi-ke, uma bengakwenza, kufanele ngikwazi ukukwenza.' ""

Buka isikhathi i-Heaven iwine ngayo ubuqhawe bayo bombuso ngenhla. Uzuze lokhu kunqoba nge-bicep evumelana nezimo futhi akukho okunye esikucabangayo okufanelekela leli rekhodi.