The poll will be open until December 23 and the winners will be announced a day later in the three categories called for: Best Male Athlete, Best Female Athlete and Best Team. The media, in all its forms – radio, television, print press, news agencies, digital portals – must send their selections to the following email address: deportes@prensa-latina.cu, from where the general vote will be compiled.
All media outlets that participate in Prensa Latina’s Sports Survey will vote on equal terms and may choose any athlete from Latin America and the Caribbean, even those not included in the partial list of proposals that we offer at the end of the article.
It is worth remembering that Prensa Latina’s first Sports Survey was launched in 1964, when Cuban sprinter Enrique Figuerola was the first winner, and since 1980 it was decided to include the category of Best Team of the Year, while male and female athletes have been chosen separately since 1988.
Here are some of the most dazzling athletes in the entire 2024 sports season:
Women:
-Julien Alfred (athletics-Saint Lucia): Olympic champion in the 100 meters, runner-up in the 200 m summer and world champion indoors at Glasgow 2024.
-Thea LaFond (athletics-Dominica): Olympic champion in Paris 2024 and world champion indoors at Glasgow 2024 in the triple jump.
-Marileidy Paulino (athletics-Dominican Republic): Olympic champion in the 400 meters. Diamond League champion in the same specialty and owner of the best time of the year (48.17 seconds).
-Omara Durand (para-athletics-Cuba): Queen of Paralympic speed at Paris 2024, she was crowned champion in the 100m, 200m and 400m in the T12 category (severely visually impaired).
-Rebeca Andrade (artistic gymnastics-Brazil): winner of four Olympic medals at Paris 2024: gold medalist in freehand exercises, silver medalist in all-around and vault, and bronze medalist by teams.
-Beatriz Souza (judo-Brazil): Olympic champion in over 78 kg and bronze medalist by teams at Paris 2024.
-Francisca Crovetto (shooting-Chile): Olympic champion in individual skeet.
-Adriana Ruano Oliva (shooting-Guatemala): Olympic champion in individual trap.
Men:
-Mijaín López (Greco-Roman wrestling-Cuba): Olympic champion for the fifth consecutive time in the super heavyweight division.
-Erislandy Alvarez (boxing-Cuba): Olympic champion in the 63.5 kg division.
-Brian Daniel Pintado (athletics-Ecuador): Olympic champion in the 20 km walk and runner-up in the mixed relay marathon walk (along with Glenda Morejón).
-Roje Stona (athletics-Jamaica): Olympic discus champion in Paris 2024.
-José Torres Gil (BMX-Argentina): Olympic champion in Paris 2024 in the freestyle event.
Team proposals:
-Football-Argentina: America’s Cup champion.
-Baseball5-Cuba: world champion in Hong Kong 2024.
-Beach volleyball-Brazil (Eduarda Santos-Ana Patricia Silva): Olympic champions in Paris 2024.
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