Durand, the queen of Paralympic speed in the French capital after being crowned champion in the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m in the T12 category (severely visually impaired), tied in the last few hours with four votes the Olympic champion in the 400 meters and Diamond League champion in the same specialty, Paulino, by receiving the Radio Union benefit.

The Cuban radio station from the province of Matanzas also cast its vote in favor of the island’s representative team of Baseball5, world champion for the second consecutive time, valid for a tie with five votes in the Best Team of the Year category with the Argentine men’s soccer team, crowned at the Copa América.

The so-called Giant Horseshoe and legend of Greco-Roman wrestling, Mijaín López, five-time Olympic champion, was nominated by the station and continues to lead the Best Male Athlete section with 13 votes.

This Thursday, Salvadoran skater Ivonne Nóchez, gold medalist at the 2024 World Skate Games, and her compatriot tennis player Marcelo Arévalo, winner of Roland Garros in doubles and number one in the world ranking in that specialty, received their first nominations through the Digital Newspaper Voces de El Salvador.

The media outlet of that Central American country also cast its vote in favor of the Brazilian soccer club Botafogo, champion of the Copa Libertadores for the first time in its history.

It is worth remembering that the voting period will be open until December 23, and a day later, through a press conference, the results will be announced.

The media, in all its forms -radio, television, written press, agencies, digital portals- can send their selections to the email deportes@prensa-latina.cu, from where the general vote will be compiled.

All the media included in the Prensa Latina Sports Survey will vote on equal terms and can choose any athlete from Latin America and the Caribbean.

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