A few days ago, the final winners of the 2022 Lawrence World Sports Awards have been released, and I believe many people have different views on the results. What disappointed domestic netizens the most was that the Chinese Diving Dream Team lost in the competition with the Italian football team and failed to win the Best Team of the Year Award. In this regard, some people questioned, "Seven Olympic gold medals combined is not as good as a European Championship trophy"? In terms of several other awards, the Male Athlete of the Year award was taken away by F1 World Champion Verstappen; the Female Athlete of the Year award went to The 100m Female Trapeze Artist Thompson.
The best breakthrough award of the year was the US Open women's singles champion Raducano; the outstanding achievement award was given to Lewandowski; Brady received the lifetime achievement award; and the Sports Star award went to Valentino. For this list of winners, the most controversial is the Male Athlete of the Year and the Team of the Year. In the selection of the best male athlete, the outside world is almost unanimously optimistic about djokovic Djokovic, the world number one in the men's singles of tennis. The Serbian won three consecutive Grand Slams at the Australian Open, french open and Wimbledon last year.
Although it missed the annual Grand Slam, the 20 Grand Slam titles and seven year-end world number ones also set a historical record for ATP. But in the end, the best male athlete award was taken away by the 2021 F1 champion Verstappen, which caused an uproar. Verstappen narrowly defeated seven-time world champion Hamilton in F1 Abu Dhabi last season to win his first World Championship trophy. Who should lift the 2022 Male Athlete of the Year trophy compared to Djokovic's achievements? U.S. Open women's singles champion Radukanu won the Breakthrough of the Year Award, and Chinese tennis legend Li Na specially recorded a video to send her blessings.
What most dissatisfied Chinese netizens is the selection result of the Best Team of the Year Award. The Chinese Dream Team, which won seven gold medals in eight diving events at the Tokyo Olympics, unexpectedly failed. Instead, the Italian football team won the 2022 Lawrence Team of the Year award, and under the leadership of head coach Mancini, they beat England in the final penalty shootout to win the European Championship and set a record of 34 unbeaten games. For this result, many domestic netizens said that the Laureus World Sports Award selection is a Game for Westerners, and it is expected that the Chinese diving team did not win the Best Team Award. Although it was not selected, the Chinese diving team is still the most shining champion in the world sports world in 2022.
The focus of the debate is "Seven gold medals in the Olympic Games and one European Championship, which is more important?" "The Best Team Award reflects the performance of the entire team. The Chinese diving team won seven gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, just one step away from the Grand Slam. Although the Italian men's football team reached the top of the European Cup, it cannot be compared with the World Cup winner, and the Italian men's football team cannot reach a lonely defeat situation in the world. In a way, the Team of the Year Award, which originally belonged to the Chinese diving team, was "stolen"!