SPORT FOR GOOD
Nominees
All the Nominees from the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards.
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Rory McIlroy
Rory Mcllroy captured his first Major Championship in June 2011, when he won the US Open at Congressional by eight shots.
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Carissa Moore
Only 19, Carissa Moore burst onto the women’s competitive surf scene in 2011 with astonishing results.
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Liu Xiang
After injury and the huge disapointment of not being able to compete fully in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Liu Xiang, to the delight of everyone in China, came back to win the silver medal in the 110 metres hurdles in the World Championships in Daegu.
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Oscar Pistorius
Known as the Blade Runner, South African Oscar Pistorius is a double amputee who runs with the aid of carbon fibre artificial limbs.
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All Blacks
New Zealand ended 24 years of misery when they beat France 8-7 in a tense final in Auckland to win the Rugby World Cup for the second time.
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Philip Köster
Philip Köster became PWA Wave World Champion in September 2011 at the age of 17.
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Cadel Evans
Won the 2011 Tour de France after dramatically taking the lead in the time trial on the penultimate day of the race.
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Lionel Messi
The greatest footballer of his generation - and still just 24 - Messi scored 53 goals in all competitions for Barcelona in the 2010/11 season.
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Jamie Bestwick
Bestwick claimed his seventh gold medal in BMX Vert at the X Games, earning the event's first-ever four-peat in the process.
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Kelly Slater
At the age of 39, Kelly Slater won a record 11th World Surfing Championship. His heat win at the Rip Curl Pro Search over talented young Brazilians Gabriel Medina, 17, and Miguel Pupo, 19, gave him the points he needed to take the title.
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About the Laureus World Sports Awards
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