SPORT FOR GOOD
Nominees
All the Nominees from the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards.
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Lionel Messi
Another prolific goalscoring year from FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi. In November,he reached 91 goals to overtake Gerd Muller’s record of 85 in 1972.
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China Olympic Table Tennis Team
Once again China were the dominant force in table tennis in the Olympic Games, winning all the medals they possibly could.
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Anna Meares
Anna Meares' sprint success in the London Olympic velodrome was a moment of immense celebration for herself and Australia as she beat her principal rival Victoria Pendleton of Britain on home territory.
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Red Bull Formula One Team
The Red Bull Formula One team won its third straight World Constructors Championship with a strong run towards the end of the year.
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European Ryder Cup Team
The United States needed only 4½ points from 12 singles matches to win, but it was the Europeans who won eight matches and halved another to secure a historic 14½-13½ win
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Yannick Agnel
At 20, in his first ever Olympic Games, France’s Yannick Agnel won three medals.
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Julie Bresset
She won the gold medal in the London Olympics, where she led from the starting gun and appeared unstoppable with her closest competitor 33 seconds adrift - a lifetime in mountain-bike racing.
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Tirunesh Dibaba
She was out of competition for 16 months and only returned at the beginning of 2012. She announced she was back by winning the 10,000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic in June which set her up for her moment of glory in London.
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Philip Köster
Germany’s Philip Köster won his second straight PWA Wave World Championship in 2012 at the age of just 18.
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Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins became the only cyclist to win the Tour de France and an Olympic gold medal in the same year in 2012.
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2013 host city
Rio de Janeiro, a city of breathtaking vistas that moves to the sound of samba, sport and fun, hosts the 2013 and 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards.
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About the Laureus World Sports Awards
Celebrating the year’s greatest achievements in sport and promoting the groundbreaking work of the Sport for Good Foundation, find out more about the world’s most prestigious sports awards here.
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