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Biathlete Kuzmina voted Athlete of the Year in Slovakia
Bratislava: Anastasiya Kuzmina, a Slovak biathlete of Russian origin, who won the gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February, has been voted as Athlete of the Year in Slovakia by sports journalists.
Kuzmina, who received the award at a gala event in the new Slovak National Theater Tuesday night, triumphed ahead of 2014 Stanley Cup champion and NHL playoffs top scorer Marian Gaborik and tennis player Dominika Cibulkova, who reached the final of the Australian Open in January and lost to Chinese Li Na, as per reports.
The Slovak national football team was named the Team of the Year. According to FIFA statistics, the Slovak team was the eighth best team in the world in 2014 and the best team that didn’t play at the World Cup in Brazil.
“It’s more about the players than the coach. I think that the lads had a fantastic year. There hasn’t been a similar one since Slovakia became independent in 1993. The home victory over the very strong Spain, the triumphs in Ukraine, Belarus and Macedonia and the first place in a difficult Euro qualifying group are all beautiful results,” said Slovak national football team head coach Jan Kozak.
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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