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Sibonokuhle Mboni
UMONGAMELI we-International Olympic Committee (IOC) uKirsty Coventry usenze imbali ngokuvula ngokusemthethweni amalungiselelo emidlalo yeDakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games ezabanjelwa eSenegal.
UCoventry wenze lokhu ngeviki edluleyo ngesikhathi ebeka isibane se-Olympic Flame, okuyisenzo esiqakathekileyo esikhomba ukuqala ngokusemthethweni kohambo oluya emidlalweni le.
Ukuphathwa kweDakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games kuyisikhathi esiqakathekileyo kwezemidlalo ngoba kuzabe kungokokuqala ukuthi imidlalo yeYouth Olympic Games ibanjelwe e-Africa.
UCoventry yena wengeze imbali yakhe ngokuba ngumongameli wakuqala we-IOC odabuka e-Africa. Wakhethwa kulesi sikhundla ngo-2025, esiba ngumuntu wakuqala ovela e-Africa ukuphatha inhlanganiso ephethe ezemidlalo zama-Olympic emhlabeni wonke.
Ukukhanya kwe-Olympic Flame lisiko eliqakathekileyo emidlalweni yamaOlympic ngoba isibane lesi simele ubunye, ukuthula kanye lomoya wokuncintisana kwezemidlalo phakathi kwabantu bamazwe atshiyeneyo.
Ngemva kokukhanyiswa kwaso, isibane lesi sanikezwa umgcinisihlalo wequla elilungiselela iDakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, uMamadou Ndiaye.
Kubikwa ukuthi isibane sizabhodiswa ezindaweni ezitshiyeneyo eSenegal njengengxenye yohlelo lokuqhubeka ngokwethula imidlalo le ebantwini phambi kokuba kuqale imincintiswano.
Imidlalo yeDakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games izaqala mhlaka 31 Mfumfu njalo iqhubeke kuze kube mhlaka 13 Lwezi.
Imidlalo le izahlanganisa abasakhulayo abavela emazweni atshiyeneyo, inike amathalenta amatsha ithuba lokuziveza enkundleni yamazwe omhlaba.
Ukuba iSenegal ibambe imidlalo le kuyisahluko esitsha kwezemidlalo zase-Africa, njalo ukuphathwa kwayo ngaphansi kobukhokheli bukaCoventry kuqhakambisa indima esikhulayo ye-Africa emidlalweni yama-Olympic.
UCoventry, owake waba ngumdlali wokubhukutsha owaphumelela kakhulu, uselomsebenzi wokukhokhela i-IOC kanye lokuqinisekisa ukuthi ezemidlalo ziyaqhubeka zikhulisa amathuba abasakhulayo emhlabeni wonke.
IDakar 2026 izakuba ngumcimbi oqakathekileyo kwezemidlalo e-Africa, ikakhulu njengoba iSenegal isiba lilizwe lokuqala e-Africa ukusingatha amaYouth Olympic Games.
