Kuva ku mugezimuntu wacu mu Ile Maurice,

Athletics ya Gabon yategetse neza ngo irambe imico iy'ijambo ari rikali : kuva mu myaka icumi, wahoze yiga ikicwa muri Championnats d'Afrique. Nk'uko bivuze 2012 niwigaba Ruddy Zang-Milama ku cyiri cya 100 mètres i Porto-Novo, amahoro yaje kuva ku mukinnyi w'abagore. Ku wa kabiri mwa Juni 2022, Carine Mekam Ndong yacitse neza mu mpokela y'imbaraga (poids) yishima ikinini cya perezida kahigana kabiri ngo ikijwihe kuri 15,87 mètres, icya mbere mu Gabon. Umukinnyi wa Afurika y'epfo Ischke Senekal yahoze azina imbaraga nini (16,40 mètres) nwonse umukinnyi wa Gabon ntabwo areba ambi. « Nkunda cyane ! Nari ndi na stres, narangije gucuhura ikibazo ariko imwe ikimara... Nari ndi mutungo cyane ariko ndi mwiza neza neza! », avuza RFI nyuma y'inyamapu yigiye no kwemeza ibisigara. « Nakiriye umusebe mwinshi, aseka. Nari ndagura ariko ntayogereze gutura ».

Ubwiganze bwa Robert-Michon

Yasinjwe i Libreville, umukinnyi wa poids yagize budeeni bwirahura mu gihugu. Ku myaka 25, agira undi bagira ry'ati njira yambere mu Bufaransa ngo asigire aho, yinjiza i Dynamic Aulnay Club aho ntayikize aricyose. Ikibazo cy'icyo ni cyo ubwa mbere muri 2017 : yacitse neza mu myambaro ya Francophonie i Abidjan.

Carine Mekam Ndong irangiza babiri ubwifuzo bwe bw'ubwiganze n'ubwenge bwe bw'umwivu. Ari we umubyeyi w'abana batatu : umukobwa w'imyaka 15 n'abahungu babiri b'imyaka 6 n'inuma itinashi. « Nyuma y'ibirezi ndagize, natekereza ko nari kinini, nta mahoro y'umuntu. Ariko nagiye kugaruka kandi nayishima ikinini cya perezida nuko nagiye kugaruka. » Imbaraga z'umubiri, imbaraga z'ubwenge kandi umureza ari we yafarira. « Niyiganza ku mukinnyi w'agaciro w'umuti w'Ubwiyunge Mélina Robert-Michon [kurinda imyaka 42, umwigira w'icyo k'agahinda iva kuri Olempike airindumuke, Ndlr]. Yavuze : si imyaka ibanza, ni umubiri wanjye ugira ati mbanza niba narangije cyangwa ntac. Icyo natekereza, ndi neza, nigezeyo kugaruka guhorereza. » Mu mahoro atatu, umukinnyi wa Gabon azigira imyaka 37. « Nari ndi n'ibindi binshi bibyo. »

Imbaraga ngo iguke

Akajya kandi, Taty Anaclet Mathieu arambira mu mahoro meza agire aho azamva nk'akimenyetso cy'ubwigunge athletics ya Gabon ye yiranga kuva kuri Gicwamari 2020. Mu gihugu, iki kibazo kigize myaka ingene gitakavageshwa cyane cyane no gutituka n'imihigo y'guverinoma mu bibazo by'ubwiganze. Mu mpokela y'imbaraga zine (poids) ntitaraza mu mirongo itano cumi (16) n'ibikumi, Carine Mekam Ndong yerekanye inzira yinjira kugera.