In view of the ‘Oscars’ of the World Games, the organization of the Laureus Prize released a list of finalists for the 2021 edition of the event on Wednesday morning.
The final list does not include the presence of Brazilians. Nominees were defined in six categories: Athlete (Male), Athlete (Female), Team of the Year, Revelation of the Year, Return of the Year and Sports for Good.
Voted Robert Lewandowski, the world’s best footballer last season, as well as himself Bayern Munchen, Are among the nominees. Big names like Naomi Osaka, Current australian open champion And star NBA LeBron James is present.
See all Laureus Award candidates:
Athlete (Male)
Joshua Cheptegi (Athletics – Uganda)
Armand Duplantis (Athletics – Sweden)
Lewis Hamilton (Motorsport – United Kingdom)
Lebron James (basketball-US)
Robert Lewandowski (Soccer – Poland)
Rafael Nadal (Tennis – Spain)
Athlete (Female)
Ana van der Bregen (Ciclismo – Holland)
Federica Brigon (skiing – Italy)
Brigade Kosegi (Athletics – Kenya)
Naomi Osaka (Tennis – Japan)
Wendy Renard (Football – France)
Breanna Stewart (Basketball – USA)
Team of the year
Argentina’s men’s rugby team
Bayern Munchen
Kansas City Chief
Liverpool
Los Angeles Lakers
Mercedes (Formula 1)
Revelation of the year
Anu Fati (Football – Spain)
Patrick Mahomes (American Football – USA)
Joan Mir (Moto – Spain)
Tadej Pogakar (Cycling – Slovenia)
Inga Svotec (Tennis – Poland)
Dominic Thiem (Tennis – Austria)
Return of the year
Daniel Byrd (Baseball – USA)
Kento Momota (Badminton – Japan)
Alex Morgan (Soccer – USA)
Max Parrot (Snowboarding – Canada)
Mikela Shiffrin (Ski – USA)
Alex Smith (American Football – USA)
Sport for good
Boxgirls Kenya (Boxing – Kenya)
Colombian Foundation (General Sports – Colombia)
KickForMore (Football – Germany)
