Mufananidzo: Twitter Akazvarwa muna 1948 muPunjab, Kamaljeet Sandhu aive wechizvarwa chekutanga cheIndia yemahara. Akaita rombo rakanaka rekuita zvemitambo, munguva iyo vasikana vachiri kudzidza kunakidzwa nerusununguko kunze kwemhuri yavo. Aive mumhanyi wechikadzi wekutanga wekuIndia kuhwina menduru yegoridhe kuBangkok Asian Games 1970 mumujaho we400 metres aine rekodhi yemasekondi 57.3. Akabata rekodhi yenyika iyi mumamita mazana mana nemamita mazana maviri zvakare kweanoda kusvika makore gumi kusvika yatyorwa naRita Sen wekuCalcutta uye gare gare naP. T. Usha wekuKerala. Semunhu wemhuri yakadzidza kwazvo, Sandhu aigara achikurudzirwa nababa vake kutevera moyo wake kubva kumazuva ake echikoro. Baba vake, Mohinder Singh Kora, aive mutambi wehockey mumazuva ake ekoreji uye akange atamba naOlympian Balbir Singh zvakare.
Mukuvamba kwama1960, vasikana vakanga vasingatarisirwi kupinda mumibato ipi neipi yomuviri kunze kwokufamba kubva pane rimwe gedhi vachienda kune rimwe, izvozvowo pamwe chete nokutandara! Sandhu akachinja zvachose mufananidzo iwoyo wemusikana uye akarwisa zvipingamupinyi mumazuva iwayo kwete kungotora chikamu mune zvese zvemitambo asiwo kusiya chiratidzo mune zvese. Aive mutambi wenyeredzi mune inenge mitambo yese, ingave basketball, hockey, kumhanya, kana zvimwe zviitiko zvemuviri. Izvi zvakabata vanhu vese uye, munguva pfupi akamhanya mujaho wake wekutanga we400 metres mu1967 National Championship, asi nekuda kwekushaya ruzivo uye kudzidziswa kwakanaka, haana kukwanisa kupedza mujaho wese. Akanga arasikirwa, asi kumhanya kwake kunokatyamadza kwakamuita kuti araidzwe ari pasi paAjmer Singh, uyo akahwinawo menduru yegoridhe paMitambo yeAsia ya1966.
Kudzidziswa kwevakadzi kwakanga kusipo mumazuva iwayo; kunyange National Institute of Sports (NIS) muPatiala, Punjab, yakatangwa muna 1963, yakanga isina varairidzi vevakadzi. Saka chaive chitsva kunyangwe kuna Ajmer Singh kudzidzisa mumhanyi wechikadzi, uye Sandhu aingofanira kutevera zvese zvaiitwa nemurairidzi wake. Gare gare, akatariswa 1970 Asia Mitambo uye akadaidzwa kuti apinde mumusasa mupfupi muna 1969 kuNIS. Vakuru vepanzvimbo iyi vaisamufarira nemhaka yeunhu hwake hwakasimba uye vaitarisira kuti aizokundikana. Asi zvakare, akavaratidza kuti vaive manyepo nekuhwina makundano maviri epasi rose ekutanga Mitambo yeAsia isati yasvika. Simba rake uye kutsunga kwakasimba zvakamuvezera budiriro pamwe chete nomukurumbira waaive akakodzera. Mushure mekuwana menduru yegoridhe paMitambo yeAsia ya1970, akaremekedzwa nemubairo unoremekedzwa wePadma Shri muna 1971.
Sandhu aivewo mukwikwidzi wemujaho we400 metres paWorld University Games, Turin, Italy muna 1971. Gare gare akatariswa kumakwikwi eMunich 1972 Olympics. Kuti azvivandudze, akatanga kudzidzira kuUSA, kwaakahwinawo mijaho mishoma. Nekudaro, iyo Indian Federation haina kufara nekuita kwake uku sezvo vaida kuti atore chikamu mumakwikwi enyika neenyika. Saka akashamiswa paakaziva kuti zita rake rakanga risina kana kunyoreswa kumutambo weOlympics. Pakupedzisira, akazobatanidzwa mumitambo, asi izvi zvakakanganisa chimiro chake chepfungwa uye chido chake chekukunda maOlympics. Nokukurumidza pashure peizvi, akarega basa rake rokumhanya. Akadzokera kumitambo paakapihwa kudzidzisa kuNIS muna 1975, uye akabatsira zvakanyanya kushandura mamiriro ekudzidziswa kwevakadzi mumitambo. Saka iyi yaive nyaya yaKamaljeet Sandhu, mukadzi wechiIndia wekutanga mumhanyi kukunda pasirese uye kukurudzira vamwe vakadzi vazhinji kutevedzera kuda kwavo mitambo!
Verenga zvimwe: Sangana naPadma Shri Geeta Zutshi, Aimbove Champion Track And Field Athlete
