National & International Sports Awards

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Just now, Grassmarket said:

No major announcements in  yet.  

And who would you choose?

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13 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

Early thoughts: i will vote for one of Aleksandra Mirosław (the one and only gold in Paris), Wilfredo Leon (best player in our volleyball team in Paris), Iga Świątek (another RG win but only Bronze in the Olympics) or Natalia Bukowiecka nee Kaczmarek ( the most valuable individual medal in Paris for me) 

How about Niewadoma?  A heroic TdF win. 

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4 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

And who would you choose?

Bookies favourite at the moment is Keely Hodgkinson 800m Paris, probably mine as well.  Although there were many great  golds, I think most people know that a gold in an historic athletics event is the most difficult of all.  Also, her final was absolutely at TV prime time, and the history is that most-watched event of the year usually wins. Also, there is usually a strong regional vote, and she is VERY typical of her region. 

Edited November 15, 2024 by Grassmarket

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6 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

How about Niewadoma?  A heroic TdF win. 

But she totally failed at the Olympics . And it’s more important to me.

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4 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Bookies favourite at the moment is Keely Hodgkinson 800m Paris, probably mine as well.  Although there were many great  golds, I think most people know that a gold in an historic athletics event is the most difficult of all.  Also, her final was absolutely at TV prime time, and the history is that most-watched event of the year usually wins. Also, there is usually a strong regional vote, and she is VERY typical of her region. 

Agree. That is why Natalia Kaczmarek is top 4 for me. No olympic gold but still a medal in historic athletics running event 

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16 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

Are there any nominees in your countries yet?

That'll be in a few weeks I think.

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 SWEDEN nominations 

 

Female Athlete of the Year:

Jenny Rissveds, mountain bike

Isabelle Haak, volleyball

Fridolina Rolfö, football

Sarah Sjöström, swimming 

 

Male Athlete of the Year:

Armand Duplantis, athletics/pole vault

Viktor Gyökeres, football

Victor Lindgren, shooting

Truls Möregårdh, table tennis 

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British Sports Journalist Awards.   Man of the Year goes to Alex Yee, Woman of the Year to Keely Hodgkinson.

 

Alex Yee and Keely Hodgkinson among SJA British Sports Awards 2024 winners - Sports Journalists' Association

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World Athletics announce the World Athletes of the Year.  Big awards go to Letsile Tebogo and to Sifan Hassan. 

 

Women’s World Athlete of the Year: Sifan Hassan (NED)
Men’s World Athlete of the Year: Letsile Tebogo (BOT)

Women’s track: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
Women’s field: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
Women’s out of stadium: Sifan Hassan (NED)
Men’s track: Letsile Tebogo (BOT)
Men’s field: Mondo Duplantis (SWE)
Men’s out of stadium: Tamirat Tola (ETH)

Women’s Rising Star: Sembo Almayew (ETH)
Men’s Rising Star: Mattia Furlani (ITA)

 

 

 

Seems a bit strange to me - OK, there is a case for Tebogo over Duplantis who can basically win every year, but for me Manuchikh beating an almost 30 year old WR beats winning Olympic Marathon Gold. 

 

Hassan and Tebogo named World Athletes of the Year | World Athletics

 

 

Edited December 2, 2024 by Grassmarket

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"Out of stadium" why not just call it road events?