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作者: zerkchu () 看板: Tennis
标题: 劳伦斯奖得奖名单
时间: Mon Feb 18 23:13:40 2008
恭喜网坛球王球后包办最佳男女运动员奖.
Federer四连霸,Henin首度获奖.
轮椅网球的Vergeer也第二度获奖.
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
Justine Henin (Belgium)
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
Esther Vergeer (Netherlands)
Federer wins record fourth successive Laureus award
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - World tennis number one Roger Federer won the
prestigious Laureus Sportsman of the Year award for a record fourth year in a
row on Monday.
Fellow tennis number one Justine Henin was named the best Sportswoman for the
first time, ahead of last year's winner, world and Olympic pole vault
champion Yelena Isinbayeva.
Lewis Hamilton took the Breakthrough of the Year award for his remarkable
debut season in Formula One, while a fellow Briton, long-distance runner
Paula Radcliffe, was named the Comeback Athlete of the Year.
Rugby world champions South Africa won the Team of the Year award.
The winners were announced at a gala ceremony attended by Russian President
Vladimir Putin at St Petersburg's famous Mariinsky Theatre.
(Reporting by Gennady Fyodorov; editing by Trevor Huggins)