UJan Thorpe wazisa uluntu kwiqabane lakhe

Eyaziwayo kumdlali wehlabathi lonke u-Ian (Ian) uTrope wayeka ukumfihla umthandi wakhe waza wabonakala naye esidlangalaleni eSydney. Ukuthintela ngokucacileyo kwabantu abatsha abazange bahoywa ngabafaki-zithombe, kodwa oku akuzange kubakhathaze.

Ukuvuma ukungena kobugcisa bendabuko kwakunzima

Ngo-2014, loo mfana wavuma ukuba wayengenandaba nabantu kwaye wayefuna ukufumana umphefumlo wakhe. Ngudliwano-ndlebe lwakhe, uYang uthe ukuba akazange ayifumane le mfihlelo, unokuzibulala ngenxa yokuba uhlala nomthwalo onjalo, ukufihla kwintsapho kunye nabahlobo, akusayi kuba namandla. Emva koko emva kweminyaka emibili umgijimi wema kwaye akazange afihle ubuhlobo bakhe nonke. Ngenye imini wabonakala kwiSydney Street kunye nomzekelo uRyan Chenning, apho umgijimi waya kuyo ukuyothenga aze adle kwivenkile yokutyela. Izenzo ezibonakaliswa nguYan zibonisa ukuba isibini esinexesha eliqhwithelayo kwaye abayi kuguqula nantoni na ebomini babo. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, esinye isibini sasijoyina isibini esitshatileyo, ngubani, ngokugweba ngobuso, wayejwayelene noJan. Emva kokudla, i-trio yafika ekhayeni likaTrope, apho kwakuhlelwe iqela ngokuhlwa.

Funda kwakhona

Impumelelo kaJan Thorpe

Umnini weemali ezi-5 zegolide, i-3 yesilivere kunye ne-1-br ye-bronze, iqhawe lehlabathi elidlulayo lokubhukuda kunye neqhawe langaphambili kwi-200, 400 ne-800 yemitha ye-freestyle-zonke ezi zizihloko zikaJan Thorpe. Nangona kukho impumelelo enhle ngo-2006, le nsizwa yashiya le midlalo, kodwa ngo-2011 yanquma ukubuyela. UJan wanikezelwa ngamabhaso ombuso: iMedal of Order yase-Australia kunye neMedal of the Century.