Verstappen (right) wins Male Athlete of the Year.
In the early morning of April 25, Beijing time, the 2022 Lawrence World Sports Awards Online Awards Ceremony was held in Seville, Spain, and the major awards were mainly used. Verstappen and Thompson won the Best Male and Female Athletes Award, US Open champion Raducannu won the Best Breakthrough Award, while the nominated Chinese diving team failed to win the award, and the Italian men's football team won the Best Team Award.
The best is no longer "favored" tennis
As we all know, tennis players have always been the winners of the Laureus Sports Awards, and so far, the "Big Three" have won 11 awards for best male athlete, including Federer 5, Djokovic 4, and Nadal twice. However, the 2022 Laureus Sports Awards did not "favor" tennis players again, Djokovic and Barty did not win the best of both men and women, only Raducanu won the best breakthrough award. Last year's US Open champion beat the likes of Medvedev, Rojas and Titemas to win the Best Breakthrough Award.
Li Na sent blessings to Raducanu.
It is worth mentioning that Raducano's award and Grand Slam champion Li Na connected interaction, Li Na sent blessings, and Radukanu also paid tribute to Li Na, "You have always been my role model, but also my favorite tennis star, I want to thank you, but also want to see you." 」 ”
A total of six people competed for the best male athlete, namely the best quarterback in NFL history Brady, the tennis king Djokovic, the American swimming Olympic champion Drexel, the Kenyan long-distance running king Kipchoge, the football star Lewandowski and the F1 new world champion Verstappen, and finally Verstappen defeated Djokovic and other good players to laugh to the end. The Red Bull Racing driver beat seven-time world champion Hamilton at the final F1 Grand Prix of the 2021 2021 season in Abu Dhabi to win his first world title. Throughout the 2021 season, Verstappen won 10 Grand Prix titles and set a record of 18 podium finishes.
Thompson won Female Athlete of the Year.
Competing for the best female athlete is also six stars, namely tennis player Barty, American track and field star Felix, American swimming sister Ledecky, Australian swimming Olympic champion Emma McKeion, Spain women's football international Putra, and Jamaican female flying woman Thompson, who eventually won the award. Thompson won back-to-back 100m and 200m titles at last year's Tokyo Olympics and won gold in the 4×100m relay.
The Diving Dream team lost to the European Cup winner
In this year's List of Laureus Sports Awards, the Most Regrettable Team of the Year Award for Chinese Sports Fans - although the Chinese diving team won 7 gold medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, the record was very brilliant, but in the end it was still invincible to win the European Championship of the Italian men's football team.
Led by manager Mancini last year, Italy won the European Championship, beating England in a penalty shootout and extending the unbeaten record to 34 games. Speaking about winning the Best Team Award, Mancini said: "I think this award should be shared with the whole team, all the coaches and players, thanks for our excellent performance in the 2021 season, thanks to us for winning the European Championship. ”
But embarrassingly, not so long ago, Italy lost to North Macedonia in the European Preliminary Play-offs and lost the qualification for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar...
In addition, NFL superstar Tom Brady received a lifetime achievement award — in his 22 years in the NFL, Brady won the Super Bowl 7 times, the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player five times, and the NFL Most Valuable Player three times. Announcing Brady's award, David Beckham said: "It has to be said that the winner of this year's Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award is the greatest athlete of all time, the tenacity and leadership he has shown can only be found in true legends, he is a true champion, the greatest athlete of all time. ”
The Extreme Athlete of the Year award goes to Bethani Shriver, who became a double Olympic and BMX World Champion in 2021. It is worth mentioning that before the Tokyo Olympics, she crowdfunded 50,000 pounds to fund her participation in the Olympic Games.
The winner of the Best Comeback Award was Skye Brown , the 13-year-old who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and became Britain's youngest Olympic medalist, achievements she achieved after suffering a fractured skull and left hand in June 2020.
The Laureus Sports Institute Outstanding Achievement Award was won by Bayern star Levan; the Best Athlete Advocate Award was won by Asamoah and the documentary Black Eagle; the Sports Star was won by Italian motorcyclist Rossi; the winner of the Sports Society Award was the Real Madrid Foundation; and the winner of the Best Disabled Athlete was Marcel Hugh.