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Mathias Ntawulikura: Umunyarwanda witabiriye imikino Olempike inshuro eshanu
Mathias Ntawulikura yavukiye i Gisovu mu Ntara ya Kibuye (ubu ni mu Karere ka Karongi) ku ya 14 Kamena 1964. Yabaye umwe mu bakinnyi b’Abanyarwanda b’icyitegererezo mu mikino ngororamubiri, cyane cyane mu gusiganwa ku ntera ndende.
Ntawulikura yitabiriye imikino Olempike inshuro eshanu zikurikirana, kuva mu 1988 kugeza mu 2004. Yatangiriye mu mukino wa metero 5000 i Seoul mu 1988, akomeza mu 10,000 m i Barcelona mu 1992, no muri Atlanta mu 1996 aho yabaye ku mwanya wa 8 — ari wo mwanya mwiza kurusha abandi Banyarwanda bose mu mateka y’imikino Olempike. Nyuma yaho, yitabiriye marato i Sydney mu 2000 n’i Athens mu 2004.
Uretse imikino Olempike, Ntawulikura yitabiriye amarushanwa mpuzamahanga atandukanye, harimo IAAF World Cross Country Championships inshuro eshanu. Yitwaye neza mu marato akomeye nka London Marathon yo mu 2000 aho yabaye ku mwanya wa 7 akoresheje amasaha 2:09:55. Yakiniraga kandi ikipe yo mu Butaliyani yitwa Pro Patria Milano.
Mu buzima bwe bw’umwuga, Ntawulikura yitabiriye amarushanwa yo gusiganwa:
3000 m: 7:43.09 (1995)
5000 m: 13:11.29 (1992)
10,000 m: 27:25.48 (1996)
Half Marathon: 1:01:41 (2000)
Marathon: 2:09:55 (2000)
Ntawulikura yabaye intangarugero mu mikino y’u Rwanda, kuko yerekanye ko Abanyarwanda bashobora guhatana ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Uru rugendo rwe rwasigiye igihugu ishema, rukaba rufatwa nk’isoko y’icyizere ku bakinnyi b’iki gihe n’abazaza.
Impunzi 527 zivuye muri Congo ni zo zimaze kwakirwa i Rusizi
Tagawa wamamaye muri filime zirimo ’Mortal Kombat’ yapfuye
