Beijing time on February 2 news, the Lawrence Award officially announced that Bayern striker Levan was nominated for the Best Male Athlete Award, and the remaining 5 candidates were Brady, Djokovic, Drexel, Kipchog, and Verstappen. Messi and C Ronaldo are not on the nomination list, in the past, Messi has won 1 award, C Ronaldo has never won.
In 2021, Levan won the World Footballer of the Year honor, although he did not win the Ballon d'Or, but in the eyes of many people, Levan is more worthy of the Ballon d'Or. This season, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have declined in form, but the 33-year-old Levan is outstanding, playing 28 times this season, scoring 34 goals and 3 assists.
Today, Levan has been recognized by the Lawrence Award, and a total of 6 sports superstars have been nominated for the Best Male Athlete Award, and Levan is listed. The remaining five are rugby superstar Brady, tennis superstar Djokovic, swimming star Drexel, Kenyan track and field legend Kipchoge, and Dutch F1 driver Verstappen!
Messi and Ronaldo were not nominated, and messi has received the award in 2020 in the past.
Djokovic is a regular, winning four awards in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019. Originally, Djokovic was a favourite at the Australian Open, but was eventually expelled from Australia, Nadal performed a miracle, won the championship, and in the final, with 0-2 behind Medvedev, Nadal won the title in three sets!
Nominees for breakthrough award of the year, last year's US Open champion, this season's Australian Open runner-up Medvedev is listed, as well as 18-year-old Chinese American Open champion Raducano, Barca rising star Pedri, Olympic champion Ariani Titemas, Indian Olympic champion Chopra and Tokyo Olympic women's triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas.
Chinese athletes have also won the award, Yao Ming was the best newcomer award in 2003, Liu Xiang won the best newcomer award in 2005, in 2009, the Chinese delegation won the best team award, and in 2015, Li Na won the special achievement award. At their peak, Yao Ming, Liu Xiang and Li Na were all world-class superstars.