Francine Niyonsaba

**Francine Niyonsaba** (an haife ta ranar 5 ga watan Mayu, 1993) 'yar wasan tseren Burundi ce, wacce ta kware a cikin mita 800 kuma ta koma nesa mai nisa a cikin shekarar 2019. Ita ce ta lashe lambar azurfa a gasar Olympics ta Rio a shekarar 2016 a tseren mita 800 na mata. Lambar azurfa da ta samu ita ce lambar yabo ta Olympics ta farko da Burundi ta samu tun 1996. Niyonsaba ta lashe azurfa a gasar a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2017.

Ita ce zakarar cikin gida na duniya sau biyu na mita 800, bayan da ta lashe tseren mita 800 a 2016 da 2018. Bayan ta matsa zuwa nesa mai nisa, Niyonsaba ta kare a matsayi na biyar a kan tseren mita 10,000 a gasar Olympics ta Tokyo ta 2020. Ita ce ke rike da tarihin duniya a tseren mita 2000, da kuma na Burundi.

A cikin shekarar 2019, Wasannin guje-guje na Duniya sun ba da sanarwar cewa Niyonsaba ba za a bar Niyonsaba ta yi gasa a ƙarƙashin rarrabuwar mata a cikin abubuwan da suka faru tsakanin mita 400 da mil ɗaya ba saboda ƙa'idodinta kan 'yan wasan XY DSD masu haɓaka matakan testosterone a zahiri.  

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Francine Niyonsaba ta yi fice cikin sauri a cikin shekarar 2012 yayin da take matashiya. A karon farko da ta kafa tarihin tseren mita 800 shi ne a karshen watan Yunin 2012, yayin da ta yi nasara da kyar a gasar wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle na Afirka ta 2012 a 1:59.11 a gasar tsere ta zo ta uku kacal. A haka, ta samu ci gaba a tarihinta na baya na 2:02.13, wanda aka kafa a zagayen share fage. A gasar zagaye na farko, dan tseren da ba shi da kwarewa ya bude tseren mita 30 ya jagoranci fakitin.  Makonni uku bayan haka, a ranar 20 ga watan Yuli, 2012, ta sake inganta rikodin zuwa 1:58.68 yayin da ta ƙare a na biyu a taron 2012 Diamond League a Herculis. 

A lokacin gasar Olympics na London 2012, Niyonsaba ta rage tarihinta na tseren mita 800 zuwa 1:58.67 a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, 2012, a zagayen kusa da na karshe. Ta kasance ci gaba na daƙiƙa 0.01 akan rikodinta na baya. Kwanaki biyu bayan haka, ta kammala a matsayi na bakwai (daga baya aka daukaka zuwa matsayi na biyar sakamakon rashin cancantar yin amfani da kwayoyin kara kuzari na 'yan wasan Rasha Elena Arzhakova da Mariya Savinova) a wasan karshe. Kasa da wata guda, ta ɗauki rikodin zuwa 1:56.59.

A cikin shekarar 2016, Niyonsaba ta lashe tseren mita 800 a gasar cikin gida ta IAAF ta 2016 a cikin 2:00.01. Ta kammala gasar da lambar yabo ta Olympics ta farko, wato azurfa a tseren mita 800 na mata a cikin 1:56.49, bayan Caster Semenya ta Afirka ta Kudu.

Niyonsaba ta gama na biyu a cikin jerin tseren mita 800 na 2016 Diamond League.  Ta inganta mafi kyawunta na sirri zuwa 1:56.24 a haduwar Herculis 2016.

A cikin  2017, Niyonsaba ta sami sabon matsayi mafi kyau na mutum da na ƙasa a Gasar Wasannin Diamond ta Monaco bayan ta lashe tseren mita 800 a wurin a lokacin 1:55.47 a ranar 21 ga watan Yuli. Da wannan lokacin, ita ce ta 1. Ta shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2017 a London.

A gasar cin kofin duniya da aka yi a Landan, ta samu lambar azurfa a tseren mita 800 na mata a cikin 1:55.92. Ita ce ta jagoranci mafi rinjayen tseren, amma Caster Semenya ta yi amfani da bugun karshe na ban mamaki ta sake tsallakewa 'yar Burundi a gida ta sake lashe zinare.

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