Athletics stars nominated for Laureus World Sports activities Awards

Six Olympic champions and a Paralympic gold medallist from Paris 2024 have been nominated for the 2025 Laureus World Sports activities Awards.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Sifan Hassan, Religion Kipyegon are up for World Sportswoman of the 12 months, with all three starring within the French capital final yr.

After a world-record breaking run to retain her Olympic title within the 400m hurdles, McLaughlin-Levrone adopted that up by serving to the US girls’s 4x400m workforce safe gold on the State de France.

Hassan created historical past in Paris by turning into the primary ever feminine athlete to safe three medals within the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon.

Sifan Hassan (GSC)

The Dutch athlete claimed bronzes within the 5000m and 10,000m after which took gold over 26.2 miles, all within the house of simply six days.

Kipyegon gained her third Olympic consecutive 1500m title final yr – turning into the primary ever athlete to realize the feat – after golds at each Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

The Kenyan additionally added Olympic silver within the 5000m and lowered her personal world of file to three:49.04 on the Paris Diamond League.

Mondo Duplantis is nominated for Sportsman of the 12 months, whereas Letsile Tebogo and Julien Alfred may win the World Breakthrough of the 12 months Award.

Mondo Duplantis (Getty)

On the Paris Olympics, Duplantis retained his pole vault title with a world file of 6.25m, with the Swede having since raised that mark to six.27m.

Tebogo grew to become Botswana’s first ever Olympic champion with 200m gold within the French capital, clocking an African file of 19.46 – a time that positioned him fifth on the all-time record over half a lap.

The 21-year-old then adopted that up by serving to Botswana’s males’s 4x400m workforce safe an Olympic silver medal, ending behind the US.

Alfred in the meantime grew to become the Olympic 100m champion in Paris, backing that title up with silver within the 200m.

Julien Alfred (Getty)

They have been Saint Lucia’s first ever medals on the Video games and the nation then declared a nationwide vacation to commemorate Alfred.

Catherine Debrunner, after a record-breaking summer season, is up for World Sportsperson of the 12 months with a Incapacity Award.

The Swiss athlete secured 5 gold medals within the T53 400m and 800m plus T54 1500m, 5000m and marathon. She additionally claimed silver within the T53 100m.

Away from the Olympics, Debrunner gained the London, Chicago and Berlin Marathons.

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