Squash player Sobhy Says: Drawing strength from setbacks

"Zvisinei kuti hupenyu hunondinetsa sei iye zvino, ndinoziva kuti ndinogona kurarama nazvo."

Amanda Sobhy akadzokera kumakwikwi mwaka uno, achigumisa dambudziko rake rekukuvara kwenguva refu uye achivaka simba nemitambo yakawanda inoshamisa, zvichiguma nekuva chikamu chakakosha chechikwata cheUS chakasvika paWSF World Squash Team Championship kechipiri yakatevedzana.

PaWorld Squash Team Championships, mutambo wekutanga wepasi rose uko makwikwi evarume nevakadzi aiitirwa panguva imwe chete, Sobhy akataura nechikwata chenhau nezvehunhu hwake hwekuAmerica neEgypt, kuti nzira yekupora kubva mudambudziko rekudya uye mapfupa maviri eAchilles akaputika zvakamupa sei pfungwa dzisingaparare, uye kuti nei aigona kunyora nhoroondo yakawanda pa2028 Olympics muLos Angeles.

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Amanda Sobhy anotambanudza ruoko kuti atore bhora ari pabasa renyika nechikwata cheUSA.

Amanda Sobhy haana kukura achitarisira kutevera tsoka dzevatambi veSquash vane mukurumbira vekuUS. Semutambo wakasarudzika munyika, hapana waiwanikwa.

Asi, gamba rake raive gamba remutambo wetenesi Serena Williams.

"Aiva nesimba uye aityisa, uye simba raive chinhu chandaidawo," Sobhy akaudza Olympics.com pamakwikwi e2024 World Teams Championships muHong Kong, achiratidzwa paOlympics.com.

"Uye akangoita zvaaida. Aive mukwikwidzi akasimba uye ndicho chinhu chandaishuvira chaizvo kuva."

Achitevedzera mafungiro aya, Sobhy akava shasha yekutanga yeUS mumakwikwi epasi rose esquash muna 2010.

Mushure mekuva nyanzvi, akanyora nhoroondo yakawanda semutambi wekutanga wekuAmerica kusvika panhamba shanu dzepamusoro dzeProfessional Squash Association (PSA), muna 2021.

Zvisinei, Sobhy aive nemudzidzisi we squash pedyo nekwaaigara.

Baba vake vaimiririra timu yenyika yeEgypt, nyika ine mutambo we squash une mukurumbira mukuru. Nyika yekuchamhembe kweAfrica yakagadzira bhande re conveyor risingapere re squash kwemakore makumi matatu apfuura.

Hazvina kutora nguva refu Sobhy asati atanga kutamba uye kuita zvakanaka.

Kunyangwe akadzidza kutamba mumakirabhu ekumaruwa muUS, Sobhy akaberekerwa kuEgypt zvakaita kuti asatye mukurumbira wevatambi vavo.

"Baba vedu vaitiendesa kuEgypt zhizha rega rega kwemavhiki mashanu uye ndakakura ndichitamba nevekuEgypt pane imwe yemakirabhu emitambo ekutanga ainzi Heliopolis, uko kwaitamba Ali Farag wepamusoro-soro wepasi rose wevarume uye aimbove shasha Ramy Ashour. Saka ndakakura ndichivaona vachidzidzira," akaenderera mberi.

"Ini ndiri wekuIjipiti neropa uye ndiri mugari wekuIjipitiwo saka ndinonzwisisa maitiro ekutamba. Maitiro angu akafanana zvishoma nemaitiro ekuEgypt nemaitiro ekuMadokero."

Njodzi yakaitika kaviri kuna Amanda Sobhy

Maitiro aya akasiyana pamwe chete nekuzvitenda kwakasimba kwakaita kuti Sobhy afarire kukwira kwakanyanya muchikwata chevakadzi chesquash pasi rose.

Muna 2017, aitamba squash yakanakisa mubasa rake apo akarohwa zvakanyanya.

Achitamba pamutambo muColombia, akatyoka tendon yeAchilles pagumbo rake rekuruboshwe.

Mushure memwedzi gumi yekurapwa kwakaoma, akadzoka, achida kutsiva nguva yaakanga arasikirwa nayo. Mukombe wechina weUS National wakatevera gare gare gore iroro uye chinzvimbo chepamusoro-soro chevatambi vatatu pasi rose.

Sobhy akaramba achiita zvakanaka mumwaka mishoma yakatevera uye akasvika pa2023 Hong Kong Open aine chivimbo asati awirwa nedambudziko zvakare.

Mushure mekusunda madziro ekumashure kuti atore bhora mumutambo wekupedzisira, akatyoka tendon yeAchilles pagumbo rake rekurudyi.

"Ndakabva ndaziva kuti chii. Uye kushamisika kwacho pamwe ndicho chinhu chakaoma kunzwisisa. Handina kumbotarisira kuti kukuvara kwakanyanya kwakadaro kuchaitika zvakare mubasa rangu," Sobhy akabvuma.

"Pfungwa dzangu dzekutanga dzaiva: Ndakaita sei kuti ndifanirwe neizvi? Sei izvi zvichiitika kwandiri? Ndiri munhu akanaka. Ndinoshanda nesimba."

Mushure mekunge atora nguva achigadzirisa dambudziko rake idzva, Sobhy akaziva kuti nzira chete yekukunda izvi kwaive kuchinja maonero ake.

Kuzvinzwira tsitsi nehasha zvakatsiviwa nechishuwo chekudzoka semutambi we squash ari nani.

"Ndakakwanisa kuchinja chinyorwa ndokuchiona sechinhu chakanaka. Handina kukwanisa kuita rehab zvakanaka sezvandaida kekutanga, uye ikozvino ndine mukana wekuzviita zvakare. Saka ndaizodzoka zviri nani," akadaro.

"Ndinogona kuwana chinangwa kubva mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kunaka. Ndakasarudza kutora chero zvakanaka zvandaigona kubva mune zvakaitika izvi ndisingazvibvumire zvichiparadza basa rangu. Ndaida kuzviratidza kuti ndaigona kudzoka kwete kamwe chete, asi ndinogona kuzviita kaviri."

"Zvaive nyore neimwe nzira kechipiri nekuti ndaiziva zvandaitarisira uye ndaigona kutora zvidzidzo zvandakadzidza kubva kekutanga ndozvishandisa pakurapa uku. Asi panguva imwe chete, zvaive zvakaoma mupfungwa nekuti ndaiziva kuti kurapwa uku kwakaoma uye kwakareba sei. Asi ndinozvikudza nekudzoka kwangu uye kuti ndakaita sei rwendo irworwo."

Chiratidzo chekushanda nesimba kwake chiri muchimiro chakanaka chaave nacho kubvira paakadzoka kudare munaGunyana gore rino.

"Bhokisi rezvishandiso zvezviitiko zvandinogona kushandisa pese pandinenge ndiri panguva yakaoma rakakura. Hapana chakaoma kupfuura zvandasangana nazvo," akadaro.

"Zvandimanikidza kuti ndizvivimbe zvakanyanya. Zvisinei nekuti hupenyu hunondikanganisa sei iye zvino, ndinoziva kuti ndinogona kuhukunda. Zvandisimbisa zvikuru. Zvakandiita kuti ndidzidze kuzvivimba zvakanyanya, saka pandinenge ndiri panguva yakaoma mumutambo uye ndichinzwa kuneta, ndinogona kushandisa zvinhu zvandakasangana nazvo mugore rapfuura nekukuvara kwangu ndoshandisa simba iroro kundipa simba."

Squash iri kufarirwa pasi rese

Kubva pamutambo wepamusoro kusvika pamutambo weOlympic, mutambo uyu uri kukurumidza kubuda munhau dzemagariro evanhu nenyika chaiyo. Pakati pekuzorora nekuvaraidzwa muguta nemakwikwi ari mudare, pfungwa itsva dzave kutariswa pamutambo wesquash.

Kusvika pakutanga kwezana remakore rechi20, squash yaitambwa muzvikoro chete. United States haina kugadzwa kusvika muna 1907 apo yakagadzira sangano rekutanga re squash rakanongedzera uye rakaisa mitemo yaro. Mugore rimwe chete iroro, British Tennis and Racquet Sports Federation yakagadzira komiti diki ye squash, iyo yakatangira British Squash Federation, iyo yakaumbwa muna 1928. Mushure mekunge vatambi vemabhizinesi vatanga kuvaka nhandare dze racquetball dzeveruzhinji muna 1950, mutambo uyu wakakurumidza kuwana mukurumbira, uye pamwe kutanga kwema1880, huwandu hwevanhu vaitamba mutambo uyu hwakawedzera zvakanyanya. Kusvika panguva iyoyo, mutambo uyu wakakamurwa kuita mapoka evasina kudzidza uye evashandi. Boka revatambi vehunyanzvi rinowanzo kuve mutambi akadzidziswa mukirabhu yakasarudzika.

Nhasi uno, mutambo wesquash unotambwa munyika 140. Panyika idzi, 118 dzinoumba World Squash Federation. Muna 1998, mutambo wesquash wakatanga kuverengerwa mumitambo yeAsia yechi13 muBangkok. Iye zvino ndeimwe yemitambo yeWorld Sports Congress, African Games, Pan American Games neCommonwealth Games.