Published February 26,2024
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Lionel Messi, Max Verstappen, Novak Djokovic, Mikaela Shiffrin and the Germany males’s basketball group are among the many nominees for the 2024 Laureus sports activities awards.
Football famous person and 2023 award winner Messi, Formula One champion Max Verstappen and document tennis Grand Slam winner Djokovic are competing for the sportsman of the yr award.
“I have won this award four times, and each one has been very special and unforgettable in its own way. It’s an honour unlike any other,” Djokovic stated.
The class additionally contains 2023 athletics world champions Mondo Duplantis and Noah Lyles and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland.
Record alpine snowboarding race winner Shiffrin obtained a nomination for a second consecutive winner. The US star was aiming for a 3rd straight total World Cup title this season, however hasn’t competed since January on account of damage.
“Since I reset the record last season (for race wins), I’ve thought a lot about why a record is actually important to an athlete. It’s not important to merely break records or reset records. It’s important to set the tone for the next generation and inspire them,” Shiffrin stated.
She was nominated to the sportswoman of the yr award alongside tennis world primary Iga Swiatek, 2023 World Cup champion Aitana Bonmati and 2023 athletics world champion Shericka Jackson.
The Germany males’s basketball group, powered by match MVP Dennis Schröder, are in competition for world group of the yr after profitable an exhilarating World Cup semi-final over the US earlier than clinching the title towards Serbia.
Other nominees embrace F1 champions Red Bull and the Spain ladies’s soccer group.
Simone Biles, who returned to gymnastics after a two-year absence undertaken to give attention to her psychological well being and received 4 golds on the 2023 world championships was nominated to the comeback of the yr award.
The Laureus awards is an annual award ceremony honouring people and groups from the world of sports activities together with sporting achievements all year long.
Source: www.anews.com.tr