No ke aha e lilo ana ʻo Kerri Walsh Jennings i kahi Olumepika ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi
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ʻO ka volleyball kahakai kekahi o nā hanana ʻOlumepika i manaʻo nui ʻia ma ka pale ʻana i kāna gula gula ʻekolu manawa i lanakila ai ʻo Kerri Walsh Jennings. Ua hōʻea ʻo ia i Rio me kāna hoapili hou ʻo ʻApelila Ross (Misty May-Treanor, ʻo ia ka mea i lanakila ma ka ʻaoʻao o Walsh i nā Olumepika ʻekolu i hala, a ua mākaukau hoʻi e noho aliʻi hou. Akā i ka pō nei, ʻaʻole i hele pololei nā puni kaʻa kūpono e pāʻani ai no ke gula.
Me nā helu he 22-20, 21-18-Walsh Jennings lāua ʻo Ross i nalowale i nā set ʻelua iā Agatha Bednarczuk a me Barbara Seixas o Brazil. ʻO Walsh Jennings lāua ʻo Ross e pāʻani i ke keleawe akā ua ʻike ʻia ke kaumaha o ka naʻau i ka hopena o ka pō nei. ʻOiai ʻo Walsh Jennings e hoʻomālamalama mau nei a hōʻoia i ka honua i ka lanakila ʻana ʻaʻole nā mea āpau. I ka wā e pili ana i ka ikaika, ʻo ia kou ʻano ma o nā kiʻekiʻe a nā haʻahaʻa e hoʻolilo ai iā ʻoe i hōkū.
ʻAʻole makaʻu ʻo Walsh Jennings e lawe i kāna kuleana. I ka nīnau ʻia ʻana e hōʻuluʻulu i kāna hana ma hope o ka pāʻani, ua haʻi ʻo ia iā USA I kēia lā ua "pōhaku" a ua hele a wehewehe i ke kumu. "Pono ʻoe e pāʻani i ka pōleʻa no ka lanakila ʻana i nā pāʻani. ʻAʻole au i ʻike i ka nui o nā aces [Brazil] i loaʻa-ʻehā i kēlā me kēia pāʻani, malia paha, ma luna oʻu? A hāmama ʻo ia e pili ana i kona nāwaliwali: "No ka mea ʻaʻole wau e hoʻokau i ka kinipōpō. ʻAʻole wau e hele i ka pōpō. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi nāwaliwali, e hele ʻoe ma hope o ia. . I kēia pō ua ala lākou i ka hanana. ʻAʻole au i hele, a ʻaʻohe kumu e kala ai. "
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo kēlā me kēia mea pāʻani he kanaka a hiki i ka lā hoʻomaha. He ʻāpana ia o ke ola. Akā pehea ʻoe e lawelawe ai i ia mea e ʻokoʻa ai nā mea āpau. Haʻaheo mākou i ke ʻano o Walsh Jennings i ka mālama ʻana i kona hōʻino ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻole ʻana o kāna mekala gula ʻehā, a e ʻaʻa mākou iā Walsh Jennings lāua ʻo Ross i kēia pō.