Indaba kaChris Dickerson (Mnu. Olympia 1982).
Omunye wabantu abavelele kakhulu emhlabeni wokwakha umzimba nguChris Dickerson, owenza igama lakhe laziwa ngenqwaba yeziqu ezanqotshwa. Okubaluleke kakhulu okuvele ukuthi “Mnu. I-Olympia ”.
UChris Dickerson wazalwa ngo-Agasti 25, 1939 eMontgomery, e-Alabama, e-USA. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, umfana wayeshiseka ngomculo, okwagcina kumholele ekolishi lomculo, lapho avela khona njengomculi we-opera, okwazi ukucula i-aria ngezilimi ezahlukahlukene. Umsebenzi wekusasa “Mnu. I-Olympia ”iphoqelekile ukuthi ibe namaphaphu aqinile nokufeza le njongo uChris weqa umkhawulo wejimu. Akekho owayengaze acabange ukuthi ukuqeqeshwa okulula nje kungaphenduka injongo yokuphila komculi we-opera.
Ngo-1963 (ngemuva nje kokuphothula izifundo zakhe zasekolishi) uChris uya eLos Angeles ukuvakashela ubabekazi wakhe. Futhi kulapha lapho kwenzeka khona umhlangano obalulekile empilweni yakhe - uhlangana nomsubathi ovelele uBill Pearl, okwazile ukuthola inkanyezi yokwakha umzimba eDickerson. Ngempela, umzimba kaChris wawungubuhle kakhulu, futhi intshiseko ayebandakanyeka nayo ekuphakamiseni izinsimbi yaqinisa ukholo lukaBill Pearl ngekusasa lakhe elikhulu. Uthathe ngokungathi sína "ukwakhiwa" komfana.
Ukuqeqeshwa kwakunzima futhi emncintiswaneni wakhe wokuqala “Mnu. ILong Beach ”, eyenzeka ngo-1965, uChris wathatha indawo yesithathu. Futhi-ke, njengoba besho, ukuqhubeka nokuqhubeka… ukuphela kweminyaka yama-3s nokuqala kwama-70 kwaba yimpumelelo kakhulu futhi "kuthela" umsubathi - kusuka emncintiswaneni kuya emncintiswaneni uba ngowokuqala, bese kuba owesibili. Futhi qaphela ukuthi ubamba le bar isikhathi eside.
Kodwa, mhlawumbe, umzuzu ojabulisa kakhulu kwenzeka ngo-1984, lapho kumqhudelwano kaMnu Olympia wadlula bonke abasubathi futhi wathatha umklomelo omkhulu. Kodwa into emangalisa kakhulu ukuthi uChris ngaleso sikhathi wayeneminyaka engama-43 ubudala - emlandweni womncintiswano ohlonishwayo kwakungakaze kube nabanqobi abavuthiwe kangako.
Ngo-1994, uDickerson uzozama ukunqoba lesi sicoco futhi, kodwa uzoba ngowesine kuphela.
Lokhu bekungumqhudelwano wokugcina abambe iqhaza kuwo. Kwakungemuva kwakhe lapho lo msubathi eshiya khona imidlalo yezemidlalo.
Ngo-2000, kwenzeka umcimbi obaluleke kakhulu empilweni yomakhi womzimba owaziwayo - wamukelwa eHholo Lodumo le-International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB).
Manje uDickerson usevele weqe iminyaka engama-70, kepha usaqhubeka nokuphila impilo esebenzayo - uvakashela indawo yokuzivocavoca futhi ahlanganyele amava akhe acebile nolwazi emihlanganweni ehlukahlukene. Uhlala eFlorida.