In the early morning of April 25th, the online award ceremony of the Lawrence World Sports Awards was held in Seville, Spain, and the results of the awards were announced! Max Verstappen won the Male Athlete of the Year award, Elaine Thompson Hera won the Female Athlete of the Year, Sani Shriver won the Extreme Athlete of the Year, Emma Raducanu won the Best Breakthrough Award, Tom Brady won the Lifetime Achievement Award, Levan Dovsky won the Outstanding Achievement Award, the Italian men's football team won the Team of the Year Award...
But unfortunately, the Chinese diving team, Quan Hongchan and Gu Ailing, who were nominated for the Best Team Award, the Best Breakthrough Award, and the Best Extreme Athlete Award, unexpectedly lost the Laureus World Sports Awards! You know, whether it is the Chinese diving team mentioned earlier, or the Quan Hongchan and Gu Ailing mentioned later, they have achieved good results, and it is really incomprehensible that they have lost the Laureus World Sports Award. The Chinese diving team won 7 gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, and Quan Hongchan broke the Olympic record of 13 years.
In addition, Gu Ailing's performance at the Beijing Winter Olympics was also good, and he successfully won 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 medals! The dazzling achievements of the Chinese diving team, Quan Hongchan and Gu Ailing, who lost the Laureus World Sports Award, can't help but make people doubt the fairness of the award selection. It is understood that the winners of the Best Team Award, the Best Breakthrough Award, and the Best Extreme Athlete Award won the European Championship, the US Open Championship, and the double champion of the Olympic Games and the BMX World Championship.
In this regard, some netizens even said: The Lawrence World Sports Award is really ironic, the CHAMPION of the US Open Tennis Championship can win, and the champions of world events such as the Champions of the Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games cannot win the prizes, is this fair? Or deliberately targeting Chinese athletes? For the doubts of some netizens, some netizens explained: It is not that Quan Hongchan and Gu Ailing are not excellent, but the influence of tennis is too great, diving, skiing is still relatively niche in the world; it is related to the strength of the athletes themselves, and it is also related to the projects that the athletes are engaged in, and the niche projects are relatively disadvantaged.
In other words, the failure of Quan Hongchan and Gu Ailing has nothing to do with nationality, and the laureus World Sports Award selection is relatively fair! In fact, tennis players have always been the "big winners" of the Lawrence World Sports Awards! According to statistics, the Laureus World Sports Award for Best Male Athlete and Best Female Athlete Award has been taken away by tennis players 18 times. However, few football and basketball projects, which are rich in sports stars, have won the best male athlete award and the best female athlete award. Why do you think the Laureus World Sports Awards "favored" tennis?