Tennis News: Emma Raducanu is the most accomplished British athlete in the competition for Laureus World Sports Awards honours in 2022.
The 19-year-old US Open champion is up for the Breakthrough of the Year award, which also includes Russian men’s tennis prodigy, Daniil Medvedev.
Tom Daley has been nominated for the World Comeback of the Year award after winning Olympic gold in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving event at the Tokyo Olympics.
Daley teamed up with Matty Lee to win glory in Japan just eight weeks after knee surgery.
Sky Brown, a skateboarder, suffered several skull fractures in a training incident in May 2020 but recovered to become Britain’s youngest Olympic medalist at the age of only 13.
After recovering from depression, Mark Cavendish equalled Eddy Merckx’s Tour de France stage victory total of 34, and the 36-year-old rounds up the British interest in Laureus’ comeback win.
By winning all three of her events in Tokyo, Dame Sarah Storey became Britain’s most successful Paralympic athlete, bringing her total to 17 gold medals.
The 44-year-old plans to compete in Paris 2024, but has been nominated for the Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability title in the meanwhile.
After being the first woman to win gold at both the BMX World Championships and the Olympics, Bethany Shriever is one of the contenders for the World Action Sports Award.
In other news, after winning three Grand Slam titles in 2021, Novak Djokovic was nominated for the Sportsman of the Year award. Tom Brady, the recently retired NFL star, and Formula One world champion Max Verstappen are among the Serb’s competitors for the honour.
Ash Barty, the Australian Open champion, has been nominated for the Sportswoman of the Year award.
Barty is competing against sprinters Allyson Felix and Elaine Thompson-Herah, swimmers Katie Ledecky and Emma McKeon, and Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas for the team award, with the club, also nominated.
In April, the winners will be announced.
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