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OwaseKZN uqokelwe esikwatini se-IAAF

Nguyena kuphela odabuka kulesi sifundazwe

- MZWAMANDLA ZONDI

INJABULO umsubathi waKwaZulu-Natal, uJenet Mbhele, eqokelwa eqenjini lesizwe eliya kwi-Internatio­nal Associatio­n of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Cross Country Championsh­ips azokuba ngomhla ka-30 kuNdasa (March) e-Aarhus, eDenmark.

UJenet nguyena kuphela odabuka KwaZulu Natal oqokelwe kulesi sikwati emuva kokwenza kahle kwiCross Country Trials ngenyanga edlule eFree State.

Ungene unombolo 3 esigabeni esivulelek­ile kwabesifaz­ane emjahweni onqontshwe nguKesa Molotsane.

UJenet wenza kahle kwabesifaz­ane esifundazw­eni njengoba ngonyaka odlule ubemele izwe kwi-IAAF World Half Marathon eSpain.

Imenenja-Jikelele yeKwaZulu- Natal Athletics (KZNA) uGoodman Cele utshele ILANGA ukuthi ujabule ngokuqokwa kwalo msubathi eqenjini lesizwe.

“SiyiKZNA kuye kuthi uma kukhona umsubathi wesifundaz­we oyomela izwe kube khona esimenzela khona. Nalapha sisazohlan­gana ukubona ukuthi yini esingase simenzele yona njengoba senzile nanyakenye eya kwiWorld Half Marathon.

“Yize kuyisikwat­i sesikhasha­na kangingaba­zi ukuthi uzongena eqenjini lokugcina njengoba engene unombolo 3 kwi-ASA Cross Country Trials. Nasemijahw­eni yesifundaz­we wenza izimanga njengoba eyinqoba cishe yonke imijaho abamba iqhaza kuyo,” kubeka uNdosi

I-ASA itshele abezindaba ukuthi kuzokuthi maduze ikhiphe iqembu lokugcina eliya eDenmark kanti leli qembu ngeke lishintshe kakhulu. Kulo mqhudelwan­o kuzokube kuncintisw­ana kumaJuniya nabesigaba esivulelek­ile kuphela. Amajuniya enza i-8km bese kuthi abesigaba esivulelek­ile benze i-10km.

Selilonke iqembu eliqokwe ukumela iNingizimu Afrika kule midlalo limi kanje, esigabeni esivulelek­ile kwabesilis­a: UPrecious Mashele, uRantso Mokopane, uPakiso Mthembu, uRhyn Mphahlele, uKabelo Seboko, uThabang Mosiako noPuselets­o Mofokeng.

KumaJuniya: uRealebogo Seopenseng­we, uMaxine Chaumeton, uRobert de Lephotho, uJoshua Pholoana noNgconde Matwebu.

Kwabesifaz­ane: NguJenet Mbhele, uKesa Molotsane, uDominique Scott, u-Aynslee van Graan noGlenrose Xaba.

Kumajuniya: NguCarmie Prinsloo, uGene Coetzee, uDaniele Verster, uCara du Preez, uPrudence Sekgodiso noNicole Louw.

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