China's badminton star Lin Dan and tennis player Li Na won the Best Male and Female Athletes of the Year separately at the prestigious China's Central Television (CCTV) Sports Awards on Saturday.
After winning a back-to-back Olympic title at the London Olympics, the 30-year-old Lin took a gap year to enjoy family time. However, playing with a wildcard and remote world ranking, Lin still won men's title at last August's World Championships and went on to claim his third consecutive men's title at the Chinese National Games.
While Li became milestone in Chinese tennis history again in 2013, by finishing No. 3 in the yearend world rankings.
Apart from Li, Chinese tennis was also given highlight with Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-Wei winning the Best Pair of the Year. The close friends won titles at Wimbledon and WTA yearending Championships last year.
Li, Peng and Hsieh are all preparing for the Australian Open.
Italian coach Marcello Lippi won the Best Coach of the Year after leading Guangzhou Evergrande to the titles of the AFC Champions League and Chinese Super League. Guangzhou also won the Best Team award.
Guo Chuan, who stunned the world by finishing his nonstop circumnavigation of 138 days, received the honor of Sports Special Contribution, while long jumper Li Jinzhe, who produced a world leading 8.34m to claim the title at 2013 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai meet last May, was the winner of the Best Rookie.
The annual CCTV Sports Awards, recognized as the Chinese version of the Laureus World Sports Awards, is taken as the premier honors on the Chinese sporting calendar.
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1月11日晚,2013年度CCTV体坛风云人物评选结果揭晓,在年度最佳男运动员奖的评选中,林丹击败张继科、廖晖、丁俊晖、熊朝忠和郑智夺奖。在年度最佳女运动员奖的评选中,李娜战胜侯逸凡、李晓霞、刘子歌和王濛夺奖。
作为羽毛球大满贯得主,在伦敦奥运休战半年后,林丹以外卡身份出战2013年羽毛球世锦赛,击败李宗伟第五次获得世锦赛冠军,获得个人第18个世界冠军,并在全运会上完成三连冠。
2013年年初,李娜获得澳网女单亚军,美网打进四强,年终总决赛获得亚军,2013年年终排名世界第三,创造亚洲女单的历史。
广州恒大足球队获得了最佳团队奖。2013年度,广州恒大不仅夺得中超联赛冠军,同时还获得了亚冠联赛冠军,刷新中国足球的历史。而凭借着出色的执教成绩,广州恒大足球队主教练里皮获得2013年度最佳教练奖。
此外,斯诺克球员丁俊晖获得年度非奥项目最佳运动员奖;网球球员彭帅/谢淑薇获得年度最佳组合奖;帆船选手郭川获得体坛特别贡献奖;田径运动员李金哲获最佳新人奖;自行车选手王永海获最佳残疾人体育精神奖。
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