Nansi ingcaphuno kaMeaghan Benfeito, Phakathi kwayiphi iminyaka uBenfeito ayeqhudelana ngayo kuma-Olympics?
Context:UMeaghan Benfeito (owazalwa ngoMashi 2, 1989) ungumuntu waseCanada ongungcitshi. Wayejwayele ukuncintisana emncintiswaneni we-10m ofanayo noRoseline Filion ngaphambi kokuthi lo owedlule athathe umhlalaphansi ngoJanuwari 2017. UBenfeito noFilion bathole izindondo zethusi emncintiswaneni we-10 m platform synchro emidlalweni yama-Olimpiki yasehlobo ka-2012 nango-2016, futhi emcimbini wokugcina uBenfeito uphinde wathola indondo yethusi emcimbini ngamunye we-10 m platform.  Ukuphila kwakhe kwasekuqaleni UBenfeito wazalwa ngoMashi 2, 1989, eMontreal, eQuebec ngabazali abangamaPutukezi, u-Arthur Benfeito noMargarida Correia. Unabodadewabo abangamawele abancane, u-Alicia noChelsea.  Umsebenzi wakhe Uqale ukudilika eCanada ngo-2005 futhi udumisa u-Emilie Heymans no-Alexandre Despatie ngokumkhuthaza ukuthi athathe lo mdlalo. Wathola indondo yethusi ku-2005 World Aquatics Championships edolobheni lakubo laseMontreal, kodwa yena noFilion abakwazanga ukubuyela endaweni yokwamukela izindondo eMhlabeni kusukela lapho. Ngo-2006, bathola indondo yethusi emidlalweni yeCommonwealth Games. UBenfeito wanqoba indondo yethusi emidlalweni yePan American Games ngo-2007 emncintiswaneni we-3m Synchronized noKelly MacDonald.  UBenfeito noFilion bafanelekela ama-Olympics aseBeijing ngemuva kokushaya abalingani beqembu uHeymans noMarie-Eve Marleau okwakubhekwa njengokudumazeka okukhulu, ikakhulukazi ekunqobeni inganekwane yokuntywila yaseCanada uHeymans. Emidlalweni yama-Olympic asehlobo ka-2008, abalingani bokudilika baqeda endaweni yesi-7. Akazange ancintisane emidlalweni yeCommonwealth ngo-2010 ngenxa yokulimala kwehlombe okwakungaphulukanga ngesikhathi.  Bobabili laba besifazane bahlulekile ukuthola indondo kunoma yimiphi imicimbi eyaholela kuma-Olimpiki asehlobo ka-2012 eLondon. Emhlanganweni wango-2012 laba ababili baseCanada bakwazile ukubamba indawo yesithathu cishe kulo lonke umncintiswano emcimbini we-10 m platform synchro. Ngemuva kokuwina indondo, wathi "Senze konke esasinakho futhi saphuma nendondo yethusi. Sijabule kakhulu ngalokho". Isishoshovu sezombangazwe saseQuebec esivela eqenjini elibusayo lesifundazwe, i-Parti Québécois, saphawula ngezindondo eziwinwe nguBenfeito nabanye njengoba izindondo ezine zokuqala ezazinqobile zazivela kubadlali baseQuebec. UPauline Marois wathi "Lokhu kusho, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuthi kungesinye isibonelo sokuthi iQuebec ingakhanyisa kanjani phakathi kwabakhazimulayo... njengezwe elizimele. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi singaqhubeka nokuwina izindondo zethu". UBenfeito uphendule umbuzo ofanayo ovela kwabezindaba zaseCanada lapho ebuzwa ukuthi uyaziqhenya yini ngalolu suku njengoba bonke abadlali bezemidlalo balolu suku bevela eQuebec ngokuthi "Cha, siyiqembu elikhulu elijabule. Siyaziqhenya ngokufanayo ngomuzi wethu eQuebec njengoba siziqhenya ngomuzi wethu eCanada".  Emidlalweni ka-2014 yeCommonwealth, wanqoba indondo yegolide emqhudelwaneni we-10 m ohlanganiswe noFillion, ne-golide emqhudelwaneni we-10 m ngamunye.  Emidlalweni yama-Olympic asehlobo ka-2016 eRio de Janeiro, uBenfeito noFilion baphinde baphinda umklomelo wabo wethusi emcimbini we-10 m platform synchro, ngenkathi uBenfeito ewina indondo eyengeziwe yomuntu ngamunye emcimbini wokudilika komuntu ngamunye. UFillion wabeka indawo yesithupha emncintiswaneni wokugcina.  UBenfeito waqokwa njengomthwali wefulegi waseCanada emidlalweni yeCommonwealth Games ka-2018 eGold Coast, e-Australia.  Uqeqeshelwe ukumela iCanada kuma-Olimpiki asehlobo ka-2020. Ngemuva kokuphothula ngempumelelo iziqalo zombhoshongo wamamitha ayi-10, waqeda ngo-13 kuma-semi-finals futhi akazange aqhubekele kowamanqamu. Wamemezela ukuthi ama-Olympic akhe okugcina ayeseTokyo futhi uhlela ukuthatha umhlalaphansi ekudizeni.  Ngo-Ephreli 2022, wamemezela umhlalaphansi wakhe ekudizeni.
Phakathi kwama-Olimpiki ka-2008 no-2020, ngo-2022 wayeka ukudilika.