Zombo zomwe zimayenda pamtsinje kumadzulo kwa Sydney Harbor zili ndi mayina a akatswiri azamasewera padziko lonse lapansi ku Australia. Awa ndi opambana a mendulo zagolide osambira pa Olimpiki Dawn Fraser ndi Shane Gould, komanso othamanga Betty Cuthbert ndi Majorie Jackson. Pamene mukukwera, pali chithunzi cha wothamanga ali mu msinkhu wake, ndi mbiri ya zomwe wachita bwino. Iyi ndi Australia ya vintage. Kaŵirikaŵiri ngwazi zamanyazi ndi zosaneneka, zamasewera zinadyetsedwa ndi gulu limene, kale kwambiri maiko ena ambiri asanapambane, anapambana zipambano za anthu wamba: mlungu woyamba wa maola 35 ogwira ntchito, mapindu a ana, penshoni, mavoti achinsinsi ndipo, ndi New Zealand, mavoti. kwa akazi. Pofika m’zaka za m’ma 1960, anthu a ku Australia anali ndi ndalama zimene anthu amapeza padziko lonse. M'makampani amakono aku Australia, izi zayiwalika kalekale. “Ife ndife osankhidwa,” inaimba kwaya yolimbikitsa maseŵera a Olympic a Sydney a 2000.
Mmodzi mwa mabwatowa amatchulidwa ndi Evonne Goolagong, katswiri wa tennis yemwe adapambana Wimbledon mu 1971 ndi 1980. Iye ndi wa Aboriginal, monga Cathy Freeman, yemwe adapambana mendulo ya golide pa mamita 400 ku Sydney. Pa talente yawo yonse, onsewa ali m'mapangidwe opangidwa mwaluso, kumbuyo komwe mbiri yakale yachinsinsi yaku Australia ili. kuponderezedwa ndi kukanidwa.
Malemu Charlie Perkins, mtsogoleri wa Aboriginal yemwe ankasewera mpira wachigawo choyamba ku England, anandiuza kuti, "Pali kusamvana komwe kumawononga ambiri a ife. Ndinasangalala kwambiri kubwerera kunyumba, kuona kuwala kodabwitsa kumeneko, kumva mbalame, kuona anzanga, koma ndinamva tsankho kuposa kale lonse. Chifukwa chimodzi n’chakuti palibe mzungu amene anandiitanapo kunyumba kuti ndikadye nawo chakudya chilichonse. Anthu akuda sankaloledwa ngakhale m’mabwalo akuluakulu, ngakhale m’zigawo za anthu akuda okha.” M'zaka za m'ma 1960, Charlie adatsogolera "kukwera mwaufulu" kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa New South Wales, komwe "kusaka kwaufulu" sikunali kwachilendo. Atamuchitira chipongwe ndi kulavuliridwa, anaima pamalo olowera mabwalo osambiramo ndi mabwalo amasewera n'kulamula kuti achotseko bala. “Ku South Africa, mwina mumadziwa kumene munaima,” iye anatero. “Ku Australia, mutha kukhala ndi bwenzi ndi mdani onse mwa munthu mmodzi, makamaka ngati muli ngati ine, wamagazi osakanikirana. Wina adzakutchani mnzanu mphindi imodzi, ndiye musanadziwe, mumamva kusayanjanitsika, kuzizira komwe simungafotokoze. Izi n’zimene zinapangitsa kuti m’bale wanga adziphe yekha.”
Wally MacArthur anali m'modzi mwa "m'badwo wobedwa". Wozunzidwa ndi kampeni yolimbikitsidwa ndi eugenics kuti "abereke akuda", Wally adatengedwa kuchokera kwa amayi ake ali mwana ndipo adayenera kukhala wantchito m'gulu la azungu. Mphatso yake inali liwiro. Kuthamanga popanda nsapato, iye anali Usain Bolt wa tsiku lake. Wally sanasankhidwe m'boma kapena timu yadziko.
Nkhani ya Eddie Gilbert ndi yofanana. Woponya mpira wothamanga kwambiri, adapatsidwa chilolezo chapadera kuti azisewera kunja kwa "reserve" yake ya Queensland ndipo adatenga mawiketi asanu kwa 65 runs motsutsana ndi West Indies. Pambuyo pake adakumana ndi Donald Bradman, womenya wamkulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo adamuwombera bakha. Pambuyo pake, mlembi wa Bungwe la Cricket la Queensland analembera Mtetezi wa Aaborijini kuti: “Nkhani ya Eddie Gilbert inakambidwa kotheratu ndi komiti yanga yaikulu ndipo chinagamulidwa, mogwirizana ndi inu, kubwezera Gilbert kumalo omalirirako.” Kalatayo idanenanso kuti azungu ake omwe amasewera cricket "ayenera kuchapa ndikubwezedwa". Eddie anadzipereka kumalo opulumukirako kumene anazunzidwa, ndipo anamwalira.
Wankhonya wamkulu wa Aboriginal, Ron Richards, adamwalira ali mndende pa Palm Island kumphepete mwa nyanja ya Queensland. Anali atapambana maudindo ambiri a ku Australia, ndipo atakhala ngwazi ya British Empire middleweight, Chief Protector analowererapo. Iye analemba kuti: “Monga mitundu ina yambiri ya mitundu yosiyanasiyana, iye ndi wosakhazikika ndipo amakonda kuchita zinthu mopupuluma.
Pa 30 July, ku London, wa Aboriginal light-heavyweight Damien Hooper adalowa mu mphete ya masewera ake a Olympic atavala T-shirt yolembedwa ndi mbendera ya Aboriginal: mbendera yomweyi tsopano ikuvomerezedwa kuti iwuluke panyumba za anthu ku Australia. Komiti ya Olimpiki ya ku Australia idamufunsa kuti apepese pagulu - palokha ndi chipongwe chogwirizana ndi kuchititsidwa manyazi kwa anthu achiaborijini. Kuvala malaya kunanenedwa kuti kuphwanya Tchata ya Olimpiki; Coca-Cola ikanakhala yovomerezeka. Wolemba zamasewera wa Sydney Morning Herald ananyoza kuti chinali “chopunthwitsa” chochitidwa ndi katswiri wina wa mwayi. "Ndikuyimira chikhalidwe changa, osati dziko langa lokha," adatero Hooper. “Ndimanyadira zimene ndinachita.”
M'buku lake la 1995, Mpikisano Wopinga, Pulofesa Colin Tatz, yemwe adalemba mbiri yakupha anthu ku Australia, akuti mwa amuna ndi akazi a Aboriginal 1,200 omwe adaphunzira, asanu ndi mmodzi okha - 0.5% - anali ndi mwayi wopeza mwayi ndi malo ochitira masewera ngati azungu. Ndinamufunsa chimene chasintha. "Zinthu zingapo zili bwino." iye analemba kuti, “Chiwerengerocho tsopano ndi pafupifupi XNUMX peresenti.”
Patsiku lomwe Damien Hooper anakakamizika kupepesa, wosambira wa ku Australia Nick D'Arcy analephera kupita komaliza pa 200 metres butterfly. Ndi anthu ochepa chabe m’gulu la anthu amene ankadziwa kuti “wosankhika” ameneyu anali chigawenga chomwe chinaphwanya nkhope ya wosambira mnzake Simon Cowley pomumenya mopanda chifukwa mu 2008. Atalamulidwa kuti alipire chiwongoladzanja chake cha A$180,000, D’Arcy ananena kuti alibe ndalama ndipo analipira. palibe senti, kapena kusonyeza chisoni. Komabe, akuluakulu a boma osambira ku Australia anamuchotsa chiletso chake n’kumulola kukachita nawo mpikisano ku London. Kupatula apo, watero MP wa Liberal, "Nick walipira mtengo woyipa chifukwa cha kusazindikira kwake".
Josh Booth anapalasa mu zisanu ndi zitatu za Australia zomwe zidafika komaliza komaliza. Kwa Wosankhidwayo, chomaliza ndichosavomerezeka, kotero Booth adapita ku Egham ku Surrey, akuphwanya mazenera. Pambuyo pake adalongosola kuti "kuphulika kwamaganizo". The Sydney Morning Herald kukhetsa misozi chifukwa cha "kuwawa kwa mnyamata yemwe adataya pazochitika zomwe zimabwera zaka zinayi zilizonse".
Mosiyana ndi anthu a ku Australia oyambirira omwe anakakamizika kuteteza ufulu wawo wachibadwidwe ndikupepesa chifukwa cha kusiyana kwawo, D'Arcy ndi Booth adasangalala ndi mwayi uliwonse. "Kupanda nzeru" kwawo komanso kuzunzidwa kumatsagana ndi malingaliro oyenerera omwe asokoneza nthano yadziko ya "fair go", osatchulanso luso la Olimpiki lomwe tonse tinkanyadira.