Chapter 463: Lawrence

The Laureus World Sports Awards, known as the world's largest sports awards, are judged by more than 2,000 veteran sports journalists from more than 70 countries and regions who nominate the most outstanding athlete of the year, and then voted for by the Laureus Sport Academy's 52 members.

The point is that the nominations are not important, but the 52 members are important, and the composition of these members is very complex, most of them are made up of the most outstanding retired athletes in various fields.

Like Deng Yaping, Li Na was once a member of this organization.

But will these 52 athletes be able to decide who the awards will be? Not necessarily, not publicly anyway.

When it comes to awards, it is natural that many people have to ask whether they are fair or not, and the Laureus Award is certainly no exception.

Because the Laureus Award has never been an award for fairness, there are some clues from the background of its establishment.

Can an award set up by Mercedes-Benz be biased in favor of BMW?

Mercedes-Benz invests hundreds of millions of dollars in tennis, golf, and F1 every year, so maximizing the commercial value of these sports has become the "hidden task" of the Laureus Awards.

In the past few years, the winners have all come from these events, such as Tiger Woods who played golf in the first edition, Schumacher who drove F1 in the second, Armstrong who rode a bicycle in the third, Schumacher in the fourth and Roger Federer who played tennis last year.

Roger Federer's results this year are even better than last year!

But his opponent this year is also particularly strong, and that is the yellow lightning Chen Mingliang from the east.

In 2005, Federer's record was 81-4. Federer won 11 singles titles that year, including two Grand Slam titles and four Masters Series titles.

This achievement also earned him the Laureus Award that year.

Federer reached the pinnacle of his career in 2006 and he has been even better this year. x Desktop:

In the 17 tournaments he played, he reached an astonishing 16 finals, winning a total of 12 titles, three of which were Grand Slam titles.

The overall record is a terrifying 92-5, far exceeding McEnroe's record of 82-3 in a single season.

But we can't just boost their morale and destroy their own prestige.

Chen Mingming's performance this year is not false at all. Throughout 2006, Chen Mingliang participated in all the competitions.

The Golden League won all of them, and he also became the first athlete in history to win the gold medal, and it was a grand prize in both disciplines.

Not only did they win the men's 100m, but they also remained undefeated in the men's long jump.

If winning the Gold Award alone is not enough to show his honor, these two world record breaks are a real miracle.

Chen Mingliang directly pushed the limits of human beings forward by a big step, which is a great achievement to go down in history.

And no matter how well you play tennis, it's just a win.

Federer defeated others, and Chen Mingliang defeated himself.

Then, the suspense lies in Lawrence's unfairness, otherwise Phelps' six Olympic gold medals are not enough to win the medal?

The organizing committee prefers popular sports in the West, but excludes athletics, swimming and football.

In this year's competition, it is not yet known who will die.

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and the capital of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Located on the shores of the Mediterranean, the city is not only famous for its football, but also for its pleasant climate, beautiful scenery and monuments, known as the "Pearl of the Iberian Peninsula", and is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Spain.

Of course, they are also the ones who make for independence every year.

Chen Mingliang, Ren Jing and the others were surrounded by the media as soon as they got off the plane. This time, I really didn't ask for a manuscript, I came spontaneously.

Although most of the people who came were domestic media, it can also be seen that Chen Mingming's popularity is bursting.

As our national strength rises, we urgently need to be recognized by the world.

In the past, if someone said that our Huhai was not as good as Mumbai, many people would argue with them for a long time; Later, such as 2010, such as 2020, if someone says that Huhai is not as good as Mumbai, we will hehe.

On the commuter bus, there are officials from the athletics association arranging the itinerary:

"After the on-site press conference and the awards ceremony, we had to go to the embassy to participate in the celebrations, and they organized a grand celebration of the awards."

"What if I don't get the prize?" Chen Mingliang was lying on the seat of the car and pretending to sleep, and opened his eyes when he heard these words.

These people seem to have determined that Chen Mingliang will win the award, but Chen Mingliang knows that before the Jamaican lightning came out, the Laureus Award has always been the world of tennis and other sports, and any track and field, any football has to stand aside.

It has been said that Lawrence is an award given to individuals, while football is a team sport. x :/m.x/

The most influential individual sport is not tennis, but the marathon, as the world's most participated sport, how can the best athlete not be awarded to the likes of Bekele.

In '04, Phelps won 6 gold medals, and Lawrence didn't say anything.

Could it be that these reporters are all eaten, and they don't even give a nomination for so many gold medals

Are the judges really useful?

It's not about who pays and who's the boss.

The real role of the judges is to select the contestants designated by the organizing committee through artistic means, and when they are not so natural, they must get used to being scolded - >>

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In fact, there is also the Laureus Award in China, which is a "palace-level" award in Chinese sports born from the cooperation between the "Laureus World Sports Award" and the "Top Ten Chinese Sports Athletes", and is the highest honor for China's outstanding athletes and coaches.

Chen Mingliang was nominated several times, but because he was sure that he would not attend, he did not present these awards.

Now the awards party is so realistic, you come, there may not be a prize; If you don't come, you won't be rewarded.

Chen Mingliang came all the way to this award.

Originally, I still didn't want to come, but many people persuaded him that this opportunity is so good, not for yourself, for the country, for the nation, you must come.

This has risen to the level of national pride and pride, and it is certain that you must attend.

And the CEO of Mercedes-Benz Asia Pacific also said that he has a great chance of winning the award this time.

As the organizer, everyone said that Chen Mingliang had a good chance of winning the award, and that was really big.

There is still a red carpet session at the Laureus Awards this time, Chen Mingliang and Ren Jing are looking for someone with brilliance, reporters are also surrounded by layers, and the cameras are flashing non-stop.

Many of the people who participated in the awards were famous in the track and field circles and football circles, but I don't know if anyone in these two circles can really win the award.

Of course, the consolation prize is no less.

For example, the first Lifetime Achievement Award was Pele, and the best team was Manchester United.

The committee of 52 people, there are more than a dozen football legends alone, but no one in the football circle has won the No. 1 award.

Although Xiao Luo has been nominated this year, it is even more choking. Because this is a World Cup year, this year's European Footballer of the Year and World Footballer of the Year are Italy's Cannavaro.

Although it was a party held at Barcelona's home stadium, it was very difficult for Barça's players to win awards.

The various award ceremonies are similar, they are all the leaders first Rory's rambling speeches, and then one by one the awards.

Chen Mingming's biggest gain is to get to know some players of the Barcelona club, such as Messi, who has just debuted, he has not achieved any good results yet, and the 06 season was directly reimbursed due to injury.

The first awards are, of course, insignificant, such as the World's Best Para Athlete of the Year, which was won by Virgil van Dijk of the Netherlands, whose event is wheelchair racing;

The Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year was presented to Dutch football legend Cruyff; Football can get this consolation prize, basically Xiao Luo has said goodbye to the best male athlete of the year award. x

The World Rookie of the Year award went to Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, a young tennis player who is about to grow into a tennis king, and this time the organizing committee has a very accurate vision.

At this stage, many people in Chen Mingming's team began to secretly rejoice in their hearts, stable, stable!

Since someone has already won an award in tennis, the best athlete of the year must be Chen Mingming!

Only Chen Mingliang is not confident, he knows in his heart that this is difficult.

Soon, the award went to Sportswoman of the Year.

The award was won by Croatian athlete Kostrić, who participated in alpine skiing.

This is also a rather low-profile player, and I don't know why she was given it and not Isinbayeva.

The Male Athlete of the Year award is about to begin.

On the big screen, the highlights of each athlete's career are shown in turn.

The natural thing for Federer was the moment he picked up the huge trophy, and the passion leaked out.

The shot given to Chen Mingliang is the wonderful picture of him forcibly slowing down when he broke the world record for the second time, and finally still broke the record to win the championship.

This is so easy, so domineering, people can't help but praise it, awesome!

Because I can't think of a better word.

Whether Federer will defend the title or Chen Mingliang will win the title, the answer will be revealed immediately.

The camera cuts to two people repeatedly.

Both men pretended to be calm.

However, Ren Jing knew that Chen Mingliang was still nervous, because he was wet there.

It's the palm of your hand! Sweaty palms.

The guest of honor on stage was Johnson, the world record holder in the men's 200m and 400m.

Come on!

This could really change history

Before the award was awarded, Chen Mingliang's team cheered for the first time, and the sound of crackling photos began to be heard endlessly.

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"The winner of the best male athlete of the year is bright Chen! ”

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"Congratulations, Chen, it's a nice honour and I hope you can keep up with me in the men's 200m in five years." Johnson still pretends to encourage his juniors, but in fact, he wants to highlight himself more.

"Yes, someone will follow, I promise, and it won't take 5 years, maybe it's three years, maybe it's two years"

Chen Mingliang was not modest, because even without him, Chen Mingliang had Jamaican lightning to break Johnson's men's 200m world record.

And in the near future, Johnson's 400m time will also be old, and South Africa's Van Niekerk will greatly improve the 400m world record.

Records are meant to be broken.