I-Boston Marathon ikhiphe isitatimende imemezela ukuthi bonke abazoba abahlanganyeli abavela eRussia naseBelarus abahlela ukuncintisana abamukelekile futhi ngeke bavunyelwe ukubamba iqhaza kulo mcimbi.
"The I-Boston Athletic Association (BAA) umemezele namuhla ukuthi amaRussia namaBelarus, abamukelwe ku-Boston Marathon ka-2022 noma i-BAA 2022K ka-5 njengengxenye yenqubo yokubhalisa evulelekile futhi njengamanje abahlala kunoma yiliphi izwe, ngeke besavunyelwa ukuncintisana kunoma yimuphi umcimbi,” kusho abahleli emcimbini. isitatimende, esikhishwe kungakapheli amasonto amabili ngaphambi kokuba umcimbi ubanjwe.
Ngokusho kokhulumela i-BAA, lesi sigwebo sizothinta abasubathi abangu-63 abebebhalisele umjaho we-marathon noma we-5km.
I-BAA, izinhlanga zayo, kanye nemicimbi ngeke ihloniphe inhlangano yezwe noma ifulegi lase-Russia noma i-Belarus kuze kube kuphinde kwaziswa. I-Boston Marathon yango-2022, i-BAA 5K, ne-BAA Invitational Mile ayifaki noma yibaphi abasubathi abaqeqeshiwe noma abamenyiwe abavela e-Russia noma e-Belarus.
Izakhamizi zase-Russian nase-Belarusian, ezamukelwe ku-Boston Marathon ka-2022 noma i-BAA 2022K yango-5 njengengxenye yenqubo yokubhalisa evulekile kodwa EZINGAbahlali banoma yiliphi izwe, zizokwazi ukuncintisana. Laba basubathi nokho ngeke bakwazi ukugijima ngaphansi kwefulegi lanoma yiliphi izwe.
“Njengabaningi emhlabeni jikelele, sithukile futhi sicasulwa yilokho esikubonile nesikufundile embikweni wase-Ukraine,” kusho uMongameli kanye no-CEO we-BAA Tom Grilk.
"Sikholelwa ukuthi ukugijima kuwumdlalo womhlaba, ngakho-ke, kufanele senze okusemandleni ethu ukukhombisa ukweseka kwethu kubantu base-Ukraine."
IBoston Marathon yalo nyaka izoba ngo-Ephreli 18 kanti kuzobe kungowe-126 kulo mcimbi. Izobandakanya ababambiqhaza ababalelwa ku-30,000.
Lo mcimbi ungeminye edume kakhulu ekhalendeni lemarathon kodwa yahlaselwa yinhlekelele ngo-2013 lapho Amaphekula aseChechen-American Dzhokhar noTamerlan Tsarnaev baqhumisa amabhomu amabili okuzenzela ngasentanjeni, kwashona abantu abathathu kwalimaza inqwaba yabanye.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) announced today that Russians and Belarusians, who were accepted into the 2022 Boston Marathon or 2022 BAA 5K as part of the open registration process and are currently residing in either country, will no longer be allowed to compete in either event,” said organizers in a statement, released less than two weeks before the event is set to be held.
- I-Boston Marathon ikhiphe isitatimende imemezela ukuthi bonke abazoba abahlanganyeli abavela eRussia naseBelarus abahlela ukuncintisana abamukelekile futhi ngeke bavunyelwe ukubamba iqhaza kulo mcimbi.
- The event is among the most famous on the marathon calendar but was hit by tragedy in 2013 when Chechen-American terrorists Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off two homemade bombs near the finish line, killing three people and injuring dozens of others.
