USergio Oliva.

USergio Oliva wazalwa ngalo kanye usuku okwakugujwa ngalo i-Independence Day eMelika ngoJulayi 4, 1941. Kwazi bani, mhlawumbe ngezinga elithile lokhu kwaba nomthelela kumlingiswa wakusasa “Mnu. I-Olympia ”ilwela ukuzimela. Umfana wazalwa ekhulile ngokomzimba - wayenejubane elihle, ukukhuthazela, ukuguquguquka namandla. Lokhu kwamholela esinqumweni sokwenza umsebenzi wokwakha umzimba. Kepha lokhu sekudlule kancane, kepha okwamanje uphikelela kwezemidlalo ...

Kwakungu-1959 futhi uSergio wakuqonda kahle ukuthi isimo esasivelile ezweni (ukuphikisana noFidel Castro wasusa uhulumeni wezwe) kwakungeke kumnikeze inkululeko ephelele, hhayi nethuba elilodwa lokuzibona. Wayazi ukuthi okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuphuma kule nkinga umhlaba wezemidlalo omkhulu. Ngasikhathi sinye, ngenxa yethalente lakhe lemvelo nokusebenza kanzima, eneminyaka engama-20, uSergio uphakathi kwabakhi bomzimba abahamba phambili eCuba. Lokhu kwavumela umfana ukuthi avule kancane umnyango wezwe lokuzimela ayephupha ngalo kusukela ebuntwaneni.

Ngo-1961, kunethemba elincane lokuthola inkululeko okwase kuyisikhathi eside ilindelwe - uSergio ubamba iqhaza kumaPan American Games, abanjelwe eKingston. Umfana uyaqonda ukuthi uma ungawunqobi manje lo mqhudelwano, kungenzeka lingabe lisaba khona ithuba eliyingqayizivele kangaka lokuphuma eCuba. Wenza konke okusemandleni akhe nangesizathu esizwakalayo… USergio, njengengxenye yeqembu ebelibambe iqhaza kulo mncintiswano, uyawina futhi ekugcineni uthola ukukhoseliswa kwezepolitiki eMelika.

USergio Oliva uhamba wayohlala eMiami. Kodwa kamuva, ngo-1963, wathuthela eChicago, lapho kwaba khona umhlangano sibi nomuntu ethandwa emhlabeni sawo esiningi, Bob Gadzha. Lo makhi ovelele wakwazi ukubheka kubangane abasha amandla amakhulu uSergio anikezwe wona. Ngenxa yalokhu, uBob unquma ukuthatha "ukwakhiwa" komfana onesibopho esigcwele. Ukuqeqeshwa okunekhono, umsoco ofanele kuholela kulokho uSergio ngokwakhe aqala ukuzibuza - imisipha yakhe yaqala ukukhuphuka ngezinga lokuthi kwabonakala sengathi iphampu lifakwe kulo msubathi, lapho umoya wafakwa khona ngaphansi kwengcindezi ephezulu.

Ngawo lowo nyaka, uSergio oqeqeshiwe ubamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni we- "Mister Chicago" futhi abe ngumnqobi wawo omkhulu.

Ukuqeqeshwa kanzima akubanga yize, kwathi ngo-1964 u-Oliva wanqoba iMister Illinois Championship.

Ngenkathi umsubathi osanda kuqanjwa abamba iqhaza esimweni se-amateur. Kepha lokhu kwenzelwa lokhu manje… ngo-1965 “uMnu. Umqhudelwano waseMelika ”wabaluleka empilweni yomsubathi - uthatha indawo yesibili wajoyina i-International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB). Manje angacabanga ngemiqhudelwano ebucayi kakhulu engaletha udumo olukhulu negunya phakathi kwabakhi bomzimba abahlonishwayo.

USergio uyaqhubeka nokuziqeqesha kanzima kepha ngokufanele. Futhi ngo-1966 waba ngumnqobi wobuqhawe be- "Mister World", futhi kamuva ngo-1967 - wathatha isihloko esithi "Mister Universe" nesithi "Mister Olympia".

Ngo-1968, u-Oliva ubamba kalula isihloko esithi “Mnu. I-Olympia ”, engeke ishiwo ngonyaka we-1969, lapho u-Arnold Schwarzenegger, onamandla, kodwa ongakabi namava kakhulu evela enkundleni. Kwakufanele ngilwe, kodwa uSergio uyayinqoba le mpi futhi.

"Impi" phakathi kwalaba basubathi ababili yaqhubeka ngonyaka olandelayo. U-Arnold usezuze ulwazi oluncane, futhi akubanga nzima ngaye ukudlula imbangi yakhe enkulu. Ngemuva kwalokho u-Oliva uthathe isinqumo sokuthatha "iholide". Futhi ngo-1971 akazange abambe iqhaza kulo mqhudelwano. Ngokwemvelo, kungalungile ukucabanga ukuthi umgijimi uchitha isikhathi sakhe futhi akenzanga lutho - waziqeqesha kanzima, wayelungiselela ukuziphindiselela. Futhi ngo-1972 wabuya futhi ukukhombisa uSchwarzenegger ukuthi ngubani ohamba phambili. Kepha kwavela ukuthi u-Arnold nguyena owahamba phambili. Lokhu kwamzwisa ubuhlungu kakhulu uSergio, waze wafuna nokushiya ezemidlalo, kepha wabambezela ukuhamba kwakhe kwaze kwaba ngu-1985.

Ngemuva kokuphothula umsebenzi wakhe wezemidlalo, uSergio waqala ukuqeqesha.