Recently, the 2023 Laureus Sports Awards announced the shortlist, and the Chinese team has 5 seats, including 4 individual seats and 1 team seat. Gu Ailing, Su Yiming, Xu Mengtao and Wang Jianan will compete for the Male and Female Athlete of the Year award, while the Chinese diving team will be a strong contender for Team of the Year. It is worth mentioning that after Gu Ailing, a Chinese-American mixed race athlete, became a naturalized in China, although she has won 2 Olympic gold medals and 1 Olympic silver medal on behalf of the Chinese team, there are still many people with bad intentions who talk about her nationality.
Some time ago, there were even rumors on the Internet that Gu Ailing withdrew from Chinese nationality and had rejoined American nationality, and this rumor was spread in a similar way, and I didn't know it and thought it was true. Lawrence, who is now quite authoritative, said very clearly in the list of sports awards that Gu Ailing is proudly written among the athletes on the Chinese team, which shows that Gu Ailing's nationality is still Chinese. Now the authoritative award has come forward to recognize and slap those skeptics in the face.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics early last year, Gu Ailing and Su Yiming became famous in a battle, and both stood on the top podium. Moreover, both athletes are less than 20 years old, which is undoubtedly a major good news for the Chinese team, which is not excellent in ice and snow sports, which means that we will be super competitive in international competitions in the next 10 years. At present, Su Yiming is still actively preparing for the game, and Gu Ailing is returning to the United States to study, but as long as the next international competition kicks off, she will continue to wear the Chinese team shirt to win gold and silver. In addition to the above 2 people, let's take a look at the other Chinese athletes on the list.
Xu Mengtao's career experience is very inspirational, she won all the gold medals in international competitions very early, but she lacked an Olympic gold medal. Finally, at last year's Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao got his wish, and his career was almost complete. Wang Jianan, a sudden emergence of athletics genius under the unexpectedness of the outside world, won the long jump gold medal at the Eugene World Championships with a score of 8.36 meters, breaking the breakthrough of the Chinese track and field team in the World Championships gold medal in this event, which is of great significance.
In addition, the Chinese diving team has been extremely dominant throughout 2022, winning 13 gold medals in the Olympic Games, World Championships and other competitions, far ahead of other participating countries. It can be said that the Chinese diving team is the best performing sports team of the year, and they are very promising to win the Laureus Award. The so-called Laureus Sports Awards can be understood as the world's best honor, and many athletes only win the highest awards in their respective fields, but they are not recognized by the entire sports world. If you can win the Laureus Award, you can leave a name in the history of world sports and become the undisputed best athlete.
Previous Laureus Award winners are basically banner figures in their respective fields, such as Schumacher's in F1, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in tennis, Usain Bolt in athletics, and Messi, the king of football. This year's Laureus Sports Awards individual award shortlist still includes Messi, Curry, Mbappe and other superstars in the big field, and the competition is very fierce. Among the team shortlist, there are teams that have created brilliant results including Argentina men's football, Morocco men's football, Real Madrid club and England women's football, and the Chinese diving team may be extremely difficult, which also shows that the award is full of gold.