Football King Bale

Austrian skydiver Phoenix Baumgartner was awarded the Extreme Athlete of the Year award after Ennis won the top female athlete award.

Next is another important award: the Breakthrough Award of the Year.

The competition for this award is also very fierce. The six finalists are French swimmer Angnel, who won 2 golds and 1 silver in the London Olympics, and American Douglas, the London Olympics gymnastics individual all-around and team gold medalist. Killarney James, the Olympic 400m gold medalist and the first Olympic medal for Grenada, and Andy Murray, the British tennis player who won 1 gold and 1 silver at the London Olympics and won the US Open, entered his professional career at the age of 20. Brazilian star Neymar scored his 100th goal, and Oriental swimmer Ye Shiwen won two gold medals in the 200m and 400m individual medley at the London Olympics at the age of 16.

Orientals really hope that this old-looking young athlete can defeat a lot of strong opponents and win this award, and 2012 is indeed a fruitful year for her. She won the 200m and 400m individual mixed events at the London Olympics. She won two gold medals in swimming and set a new world record in the women's 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4 minutes, 28.43 seconds. At the end of the year, she won the gold medal at the Short Course World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, setting an Asian record in the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 04.64 seconds. These medals Let her have the strength to compete for this award.

However, she ultimately failed to become the first Asian female athlete to win the Laureus World Sports Award, and the award was taken away by Murray.

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Murray has undergone transformation in the 2012 season. While constantly breaking through himself, he has also repeatedly broken through history.

In the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Murray, who plays locally, reached the final and became the first local player to reach the men's singles final in 74 years. Although he unfortunately missed the championship in the final, his performance at Wimbledon has aroused the enthusiasm for tennis in the UK.

At the subsequent London Olympics, Murray once again shouldered many expectations and stepped onto the familiar Wimbledon court. This time he made up for the regrets at Wimbledon and won a valuable gold medal for his motherland, and this was also the case for Britain. He won the men's singles gold medal in this event again after 104 years.

In Europe and the United States, where tennis has always been popular, Murray's achievement is undoubtedly very influential. The United Kingdom also issued commemorative stamps specifically for him to remember this important historical moment.

Subsequently, Murray's biography was sold all over the UK, and there was even news that Hollywood was willing to spend a lot of money to make a movie about his experience.

But Murray's breakthrough in 2012 was much more than that. At the U.S. Open at the end of the year, Murray, who had further transformed, won the Grand Slam championship trophy for the first time in his career. He also became the first 76-year-old since compatriot Fred Perry also topped the U.S. Open in 1936. The first British player to win a Grand Slam men's singles championship in 2018!

The combination of such breakthroughs made Murray the favorite for the Best Breakthrough Athlete Award long before this year's Laureus Award was awarded.

Now that he has successfully won the award, Murray has also used his outstanding performance to continue the glorious tradition of tennis in the Laureus Award, making the tennis project gainful in this annual event of the world sports for four consecutive years.

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After Neymar missed out on the Breakthrough of the Year award, hosts Brazil finally got an award with their swimmer Daniel Dias named Para-Sportsman of the Year. This is his third nomination for the award in the past five years and his second win.

Then came the Comeback of the Year award, and finally, the European Ryder Cup team, which had previously failed to compete for the Team of the Year award, successfully won it.

Subsequently, the chairman of the London Olympic Organizing Committee was awarded the Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award.

As the awards were announced one by one, tonight's award ceremony finally came to a critical moment: the Male Athlete of the Year Award!

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Those who can be selected for this award are all the top sports stars in the world today, especially Bell, Bolt and Phelps, the three well-deserved kings in their respective fields.

Football, track and field and swimming are undoubtedly the most popular mainstream sports in the world, so it is not surprising whoever wins this award, whether it is Bell, Bolt or Phelps.

Of course, after Phelps was awarded the Special Contribution Award before this, it means that he has withdrawn from the competition for this award.

The live footage kept flashing between Bell and Bolt. It was obvious that even the on-site director could not guess who would win before the final winner was announced.

Because in the past 2012, both Bell and Bolt's personal performance and results were flawless.

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As the current king of sprinting, Bolt's record in 2012 was abnormal.

Bolt won the men's 100-meter race at the IAAF Diamond League in Oslo, Norway, with a time of 9.79 seconds. In addition, he also won the first place in Rome and Brussels, with results of 9.76 seconds and 9.86 seconds respectively.

On August 6, in the men's 100-meter race at the London Olympics, Bolt won the championship with a time of 9.63 seconds, breaking his own Olympic record of 9.69 seconds.

Bolt successfully defended his title in the 100-meter race, becoming the second person after Lewis to defend his title in the men's 100-meter race. In the subsequent 200-meter final, Bolt once again performed well, with a time of 19.32 seconds. Defending the title successfully.

Bolt successfully defended his title in the men's 100m and 200m events, making him the first person in the history of Olympic Games to defend his title.

In the men's 4×100m final, Bolt led the Jamaican team with a time of 36.84 seconds, breaking his own world record of 37.04 seconds.

It can be said that even in the sprint field where there are many powerful players, Bolt has unquestionable dominance.

However, Bell's dominance in world football is even greater than that of Bolt.

In 2012, Bell created the miracle of a player scoring 100 goals in a single natural year. This allowed him to win almost all the personal honors in world football last year, including the three best players in the Premier League, the Premier League Golden Boot, and the European Golden Boot. Boots, Champions League Golden Boot, Champions League Best Player, European Cup Golden Boot, European Cup Best Player... As long as it is an event he participates in, there will be no one left behind who is the best!

Moreover, Bell not only achieved incredible personal achievements, but the team he led also won countless honors. Manchester United has unprecedentedly defended its five crowns of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup. The British Olympic team also won the Olympic men's football gold medal again after a century.

Of course, the most incredible thing is that under the leadership of Bale, the weak Wales actually went all the way, defeating powerful enemies such as Portugal, Spain and Italy, and won the Delaunay Cup!

The influence of the European Cup may not be as great as that of the World Cup, and may not even be as great as the Champions League, but the difficulty of winning the European Cup is no less than that of the World Cup.

In particular, Wales is still an underdog in European football. This is also the first time in history that they have entered the European Cup. It can be said that before the start of the European Cup, no one dared to imagine that Wales could win the championship, and no one even dared to imagine that they could reach the final.

The most optimistic people believe that Wales can make it to the knockout rounds. After all, their group is not very strong.

However, in such a situation where they were not favored all the way, Wales was upset all the way and finally won the championship. And Bale even won the Golden Boot with 7 goals, which can be said to have single-handedly put Wales on the final championship podium!

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As if to whet everyone's appetite, the presenting guest took the final list of winners but hesitated to name the winners.

This made Bell a little nervous. With Serena Williams' previous upset, he wouldn't lose, right?

It wasn't just Bale who was nervous, Bolt was even more nervous.

However, when the two people's eyes met at the same time, the tension disappeared.

At their level, it no longer matters whether they can win the award in the end, because their achievements no longer need to be proven by such a trophy.

Winning an award is the icing on the cake. If they don't win, their status will not be affected much.

At this time, the award presenter also whetted everyone's appetite and finally spoke: "The winner of the Best Male Athlete of the Year is - Gareth Bale... Usain Bolt!"

The scene fell into silence for a while, and then burst into warm applause.

This is a repeat of last year's script. When it was difficult to make a choice, the two most competitive people were awarded the prize at the same time!

In 2011, both Bell and Djokovic performed impeccably, so at last year's Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony, the organizers allowed both to lift the trophy.

Then in 2012, Bell and Bolt's performance was also impeccable. With the precedent from a year ago, it became the best choice for both of them to win the award.

Bell and Bolt stood on the podium side by side. The two are no longer strangers now. At the beginning of the season, Bolt visited Old Trafford and had communication with Bell. As a Manchester United fan, he later became Bale's little fan. Now that he is on the highest podium in sports with his idol, Bolt seems very happy and does not look like a sports king at all.

Bell also has great respect for people like Bolt who have achieved great achievements.

After the two took the stage, they hugged again and congratulated each other before taking the trophy from the presenter.

And when the two trophies were lifted high by the two people, it also announced the end of the award ceremony.