Diana Taurasi, Umukinnyi W’ibihe Byose muri WNBA, Yatangaje Icyemezo cyo Gusezera mu Mukino wa Basketball
Ku itariki ya 25 Gashyantare 2025, Diana Taurasi, umunyabigwi mu mukino wa basketball w’abagore muri Amerika (WNBA), yatangaje ko asezeye ku mukino nyuma y’imyaka 20 y’ubuhanga n’ubwitange. Afite imyaka 42, Taurasi yamenyekanye nk’umukinnyi w’ibihe byose muri WNBA, akaba ari we uyoboye urutonde rw’abatsinze amanota menshi mu mateka y’iri rushanwa.
Ubuzima Bwe Bw’Ubuto n’Itangira ry’Urugendo rwa Basketball
Diana Taurasi yavukiye muri Chino, California, ku babyeyi b’impunzi bakomoka muri Argentine. Se, Mario, yari umunyezamu w’umupira w’amaguru wabigize umwuga, naho nyina, Liliana, akomoka muri Argentine. Kuva akiri muto, Taurasi yagaragaje impano idasanzwe mu mukino wa basketball, bituma yinjira mu ikipe y’ishuri ryisumbuye aho yatsindaga amanota menshi kandi akayobora ikipe ye kugera ku ntsinzi nyinshi.
Ibihe By’Ingenzi mu Mwuga We
- Kaminuza ya Connecticut (UConn): Taurasi yatsindiye buruse yo gukina muri kaminuza ya Connecticut, aho yafashije ikipe yaho, Huskies, gutsindira ibikombe bitatu bya NCAA (2002, 2003, na 2004). Ubuhanga bwe bwatumye yemerwa nk’umwe mu bakinnyi beza mu mateka ya kaminuza.
- Guhangana muri WNBA: Mu mwaka wa 2004, Taurasi yatoranyijwe ku mwanya wa mbere mu irushanwa rya WNBA na Phoenix Mercury. Mu gihe cy’imyaka 20 yakiniye iyi kipe, yayifashije kwegukana ibikombe bitatu bya WNBA (2007, 2009, na 2014). Yabaye kandi umukinnyi watsinze amanota menshi mu mateka ya WNBA, agera ku manota 10,646, arusha umukinnyi umukurikiye hafi amanota agera ku 3,000.
- Imikino Olempike: Taurasi yaserukiye Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu mikino Olempike inshuro esheshatu, aho yegukanye imidali ya zahabu itandatu. Ubu ni bwo bwinshi umukinnyi wese w’umugore yagezeho mu mateka y’imikino Olempike mu mukino wa basketball.
Impamvu yo Gusezera
Mu kiganiro yagiranye na Time Magazine, Taurasi yagize ati: “Mu mutwe no ku mubiri, numva nuzuye.” Yongeyeho ko yishimiye ibyo yagezeho kandi ko igihe kigeze ngo asezere ku mukino yakunze kandi wamuhaye byinshi.
Ubutumwa bw’Abandi Bakinnyi n’Abakunzi b’Umukino
Nyuma y’itangazo rye, abakunzi b’umukino n’abandi bakinnyi b’ibyamamare bagaragaje amarangamutima yabo ku mbuga nkoranyambaga. Umunyamabanga mukuru wa WNBA, Cathy Engelbert, yagize ati: “Diana ni umwe mu bakinnyi b’abagore b’ibihe byose mu mateka ya basketball.”
Umusanzu we mu Iterambere rya Basketball y’Abagore
Taurasi azwiho kuba yaragize uruhare runini mu guteza imbere umukino wa basketball w’abagore, haba mu rwego rw’igihugu ndetse no ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Ubuhanga bwe, ubwitange, n’ubushake bwo gutsinda byatumye aba icyitegererezo ku bakobwa n’abagore benshi bakina uyu mukino.
Isano ye na Kobe Bryant
Diana yari inshuti magara na Kobe Bryant, ndetse yamuhaye akabyiniriro ka “White Mamba” kubera ubuhanga bwe mu kibuga. Urupfu rwa Bryant rwamukoze ku mutima cyane, ndetse yagiye amwibuka mu buryo butandukanye mu mikino ye.
Icyerekezo cye Nyuma yo Gusezera
Nubwo asezeye ku mukino, ntibiramenyekana neza ibyo azakora mu gihe kiri imbere. Ariko, bitewe n’ubunararibonye bwe, hari amahirwe menshi ko azakomeza kugira uruhare mu iterambere rya basketball, yaba mu butoza cyangwa mu bundi buryo bwo gufasha abakiri bato.
Diana Taurasi asize izina rikomeye mu mateka ya basketball y’abagore. Ubuhanga bwe, ubwitange, n’uruhare rwe mu guteza imbere uyu mukino bizahora byibukwa iteka. Abakunzi ba basketball bazakomeza kumushimira ku bw’ibyo yakoze byose mu myaka 20 yamaze mu kibuga.
Amafoto ya Diana Taurasi mu bihe bitandukanye by’umwuga we:
