Iqela loMzantsi Afrika liphumelele imbasa yalo yokuqala kusuku lokuqala lweMidlalo yeOlimpiki yaseParis yowama-2024. Iqela lombhoxo lamadoda leSevens liphinde umdlalo walo we-2016 Rio Olympics, liphumelela ubhedu eStade de France.
Babethe iAustralia ngo’26-19 kumdlalo wokudlala.
I-Australia ekhokele ngo-7-5 ngexesha lekhefu, umdlali wakhutshelwa ngaphandle ukuze enze ibhola eyingozi kushiyeke imizuzu engaphantsi kwemihlanu. Kodwa iBlitzboks zisafuna itrayi ngexesha lokwenzakala ukuze zikhusele impumelelo kwaye ziphumelele imbasa yobhedu.
Ngaphambili, iSevens Rugby Team iphulukene neFrance ngo’19-5 kumdlalo owandulela owamagqibela kankqoyi.
AmaFrentshi abaleke kwiitreyi ezintathu ukuya kweyeBlitzboks kwaye aqinisekisiwe imbasa ngoMgqibelo ebusuku. Baza kudlala i-Championship Fiji kumdlalo wokugqibela.
Ibiyingxaki encinci kunye nokuqala koxinzelelo kuwo omabini amaqela e-Stade de France, kungekho cala libuza imibuzo elungileyo, okanye isoyikisa umgca wokuzama.
Babelana ngezinto zabo kunye nomhlaba, kodwa kwakhona amaFrentshi okanye abemi boMzantsi Afrika babengakwazi ukuqhawula umqobo – ukuya kwisiqingatha sexesha bengabotshwanga.
YayinguTristan Leyds othe ekugqibeleni wachaphazela iindwendwe ekuqaleni kwesiqingatha sesibini. Kodwa iFrance yaphendula ngokukhawuleza, yafumana amanqaku kwangoko emva kokwenza inqanaba lokuqala lomdlalo emva koko ikhokele.
Ababuki zindwendwe babaleke kwiinzame ezimbini ezingakumbi zokurekhoda impumelelo ye-19-5 kwaye babhale indawo yabo kumdlalo wokugqibela. Kwelinye iphulo leseshini yosuku, iqela lehoki lamadoda laseMzantsi Afrika liqhube iphulo lalo ngokuchasene neNetherlands, ngokulusizi liphulukene no’5-3. Yayingesosiqalo into yokuba bafune kumdlalo wabo wokuqala kaPool A, kodwa abemi boMzantsi Afrika banike amaDatshi akwinqanaba eliphezulu imali yawo.
Bebeqinile ekukhuseleni kwaye befumba kuxinizelelo, bahlala benxibelelana nabachasi babo ngeyona nxalenye ingcono yomdlalo.
UMustaphaa Cassiem, uTevin Kok kunye noMatthew Guise-Brown bonke bongeze amagama abo kwiphepha lamanqaku, kodwa ibe ngamaDatshi athe ahamba namanqaku amathathu.
UMzantsi Afrika uza kudlala neGreat Britain kumdlalo wabo olandelayo ngokuhlwa ngeCawe.
Ukuqubha
Ngaphambili, u-Erin Gallagher uyigcine indawo yakhe kumdlalo ophambi kwamagqibela kankqoyi we-butterfly ye-100m. Umdyarho kowokugqibela kwezine zobushushu, uGallagher wayengomnye wabaqalayo abakhawulezayo, kodwa ekugqibeleni wagqiba kwindawo yesithandathu, enexesha elingama-57 amanqaku imizuzwana esibhozo enguziro – ekufanelekela i-13 ekhawulezayo kwi-semis.