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Stefanidi, Vetter named European Athletes of Year
Vilinius (Lithuania), Oct 15 (IANS) Greek Olympic pole vault champion Aikaterini Stefanidi and German world javelin champion Johannes Vetter were named female and male Eruopean Athletes of the Year at the 2017 Golden Tracks award ceremony here.
At the annual gala on Saturday, Ukrainian world high jump silver metalist Yuliya Levchenko and Norwegian world 400m hurdles champion Karsten Warholm were named female and male Rising Stars respectively for impressing the most over the calendar year, reports Xinhua news agency.
The lifetime achievement prize was given to Lithuanian famous former discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna.
The winning athletes were decided by votes from the fans, media, European Athletics Member Federations as well as an expert European Athletics panel, with the results from each group of voters counting for one quarter of the athletes’ final score.
The 2016 Golden Tracks award ceremony was held in Funchal, Portugual, where Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion Mo Farah form Britain and Olympic high jump champion Ruth Beitia from Spain were crowned male and female European Athletes of the Year.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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