Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award

LONDON: Neeraj Chopra, India’s first ever winner of an Olympic athletics Gold medal, is celebrating another prestigious honour, after being selected as one of the six Nominees for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award.  

A panel of more than 1,300 of the leading sports journalists and broadcasters in the world have selected the nominees in each of seven categories for this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards. The winners will be revealed in April, following a vote by the Laureus World Sports Academy, made up of 71 of the greatest sporting legends of all time.