UKamaljeet Sandhu: Owasetyhini wokuqala waseIndiya ukuphumelela iGolide kwiMidlalo yaseAsia

Amagama Aphezulu Ebantwaneni


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Wazalwa ngo-1948 ePunjab, uKamaljeet Sandhu wayengowesizukulwana sokuqala seIndiya yasimahla. Waba nethamsanqa elaneleyo lokusukela umsebenzi wezemidlalo, ngexesha apho amantombazana ayesafunda ukonwabela inkululeko ngaphandle kosapho lwawo. Wayeyimbaleki yokuqala yaseIndiya ephumelele imbasa yegolide kwi-Bangkok Asian Games ngo-1970 kumdyarho weemitha ezingama-400 ngerekhodi lemizuzwana engama-57.3. Ubambe le rekhodi yesizwe kwiimitha ezingama-400 kunye neemitha ezingama-200 ngokunjalo phantse iminyaka elishumi de yaphulwa nguRita Sen waseCalcutta kwaye kamva nguP. T. Usha waseKerala. Ekubeni engowosapho olufunde kakhulu, uSandhu wayehlala ekhuthazwa nguyise ukuba alandele intliziyo yakhe ukusukela ngeentsuku zakhe zesikolo. Utata wakhe, uMohinder Singh Kora, wayengumdlali wehoki ngeentsuku zakhe zasekholejini kwaye wayekhe wadlala no-Olympian Balbir Singh ngokunjalo.

Ebutsheni beminyaka yee-1960, kwakungalindelwanga ukuba amantombazana azibhokoxe kuyo nayiphi na imisetyenzana ngaphandle nje kokusuka kwelinye isango ukuya kwelinye, nako oko ekunye neqela! USandhu wawutshintsha ngokupheleleyo loo mfanekiso uqingqiweyo wentombazana waza walwa nemiqobo ngaloo mihla ngokungathabathi nje inxaxheba kuyo yonke imidlalo kodwa nokushiya uphawu kuyo yonke. Wayengumdlali obalaseleyo phantse kuyo yonke imidlalo, nokuba yibasketball, ihoki, ukubaleka, okanye eminye imisebenzi yomzimba. Oku kwatsala umdla womntu wonke kwaye, kwakamsinyane wabaleka umdyarho wakhe wokuqala weemitha ezingama-400 kuKhuphiswano lweSizwe luka-1967, kodwa ngenxa yokungabi namava noqeqesho olufanelekileyo, akazange akwazi ukulugqiba lonke ugqatso. Wayephulukene, kodwa isantya sakhe esichukumisayo samkhokelela ekubeni aqeqeshwe phantsi kuka-Ajmer Singh, owayephumelele imbasa yegolide kwiMidlalo yaseAsia ngo-1966.

Uqeqesho lwabasetyhini lwalungekho ngaloo mihla; nakwiNational Institute of Sports (NIS) ePatiala, ePunjab, eyasekwa ngo-1963, yayingenabo nabaqeqeshi babasetyhini. Ke yayintsha naku-Ajmer Singh ukuqeqesha imbaleki yabasetyhini, kwaye uSandhu kwakufuneka alandele nantoni na eyenziwa ngumqeqeshi wakhe. Kamva, waqwalaselwa kwiMidlalo yaseAsia yowe-1970 kwaye wabizwa ukuba aye kwinkampu emfutshane ngo-1969 eNIS. Abaphathi balapho babengamthandi ngenxa yokuba nentloko eqinileyo yaye babenethemba lokuba uya kusilela. Kodwa kwakhona, wabangqina bengalunganga ngokuphumelela itumente ezimbini zokuvezwa kwezizwe ngezizwe phambi kweMidlalo yaseAsia. Ukomelela kwakhe nokuzimisela kwakhe kwamenza impumelelo kunye nodumo awayelufanele. Emva kokufumana imbasa yegolide kwiMidlalo yaseAsia yowe-1970, wawongwa ngembasa elibekekileyo lePadma Shri ngo-1971.

USandhu wayekwangowokugqibela kugqatso lweemitha ezingama-400 kwiMidlalo yeDyunivesithi yeHlabathi, eTurin, e-Italiya ngo-1971. Kamva waqwalaselwa kwii-Olimpiki zaseMunich zika-1972. Ukuze aziphucule, waqala uqeqesho lwakhe e-USA, nalapho waphumelela khona imidyarho embalwa. Nangona kunjalo, i-Indian Federation yayingonwabanga sesi senzo sakhe njengoko babefuna ukuba athathe inxaxheba kukhuphiswano lwenqanaba lesizwe nelikarhulumente. Ngoko wothuka xa wafumanisa ukuba igama lakhe alibhaliswanga kwaukubhalisela iiOlimpiki. Ekugqibeleni, wabandakanywa kwimidlalo, kodwa oku kwachaphazela isimo sakhe sengqondo kunye nomnqweno wakhe wokuphumelela kwi-Olimpiki. Kungekudala emva koku, wayeka umsebenzi wakhe wezemidlalo. Ubuyele kwezemidlalo xa wanikwa ukuqeqesha kwi-NIS ngo-1975, kwaye waba negalelo elikhulu ekutshintsheni imeko yoqeqesho lwabasetyhini kwezemidlalo. Ke eli yayilibali likaKamaljeet Sandhu, imbaleki yokuqala yaseIndiya eyaphuma phambili kumazwe ngamazwe kwaye yakhuthaza abanye abantu basetyhini ukuba balandele ukuthanda kwabo imidlalo!

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