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Carlos Alcaraz won the Breakthrough of the Year at the Laureus Sports Awards, ahead of Tobi Amusan.
Once again, Nigeria won't have a winner at the world's most prestigious sports award as Tobi Amusan lost the Laureus Sports Award to Spanish Tennis youngster Carlos Alcaraz.
Amusan and Alcaraz were nominated in the Breakthrough of the Year category, alongside other sports personalities in Elena Rybakina (Tennis), Morocco's men's football team, Nathan Chen (Figure Skating), and Scottie Scheffler (Golf), all with an outstanding 2022 breakthrough year.
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Alcaraz ended year 2022 as the No. 1 tennis player in the world after winning the US Open title and becoming the youngest ever men's World No. 1 tennis player at 19 years. He is also the first teenager in the Open Era to top the men's rankings.
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He continued with the same record-breaking form this year, already winning four ATP titles this season - his most recent was successfully defending his Madrid Open title.
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18:53 - 23.04.2023
TENNIS Carlos Alcaraz wins Barcelona Open 2023, defeats Tsitsipas to retain title
Carlos Alcaraz won his third title of the year, successfully defending his Barcelona Open title over Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Amusan's accomplishments last year
Meanwhile, Amusan became Nigeria's first World Record (WR) holder in any track and field event after racing to an exceptional 12.12s to win her 100m Hurdles semifinal race at the World Championships in Oregon.
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Then she became Nigeria's first outdoor World Champion to win a World title in the final, clocking another massive time of 12.06s (2.6m/s). It would have been a new WR as well, but the excessive wind reading made it illegal.
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17:57 - 09.03.2023
ATHLETICS '2022 was supposed to be my quit year' - Amusan gives an emotional breakdown on breaking the WR
In an emotional and motivational interview, Tobi Amusan opened up on what it felt like running the World Record in Oregon, and how she started her Masters because of the fear of heartbreak.
Less than two weeks after Oregon, Amusan added Commonwealth and Diamond League titles, clocking record-breaking times of 12.30s (Games Record) and 12.29s (Meeting Record) to successfully defend both titles, making her the first Nigerian athlete in history to achieve such a feat.
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18:05 - 02.05.2023
Tobi Amusan and Mbappe get global recognition of Top 100 Most Influential People
Tobi Amusan honoured alongside Kylian Mbappe in MIPAD's Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent.
Amusan is Nigeria's first Sportswoman to be nominated for the Laureus Sports Award
Though Amusan won't be bringing back the Laureus Sports Award, she'll take solace in the fact she's the first Nigerian sportswoman to be nominated for the greatest sports award in the world after Vitalis Lanshima got nominated in the Sportsperson with a Disability category in 2004, which he lost to a Canadian.
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11:45 - 20.02.2023
BREAKING Tobi Amusan becomes first Nigerian woman to be nominated for Laureus Sports Awards
Another prestigious nomination for Tobi Amusan, as she becomes the first Nigerian sportswoman to be nominated for the Laureus Sports Awards.
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