
Sport Express keep on pursuing last year's initiative of nominating Russia's sportsman of the year.
Just as before, we are assisted by Russian sports celebrities, serving on a special panel of experts, as well as ordinary fans.
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January |
Svetlana ZHUROVA Speed-skating |
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February |
Yevgeny DEMENTIEV Skiing |
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March |
Olesya KRASNOMOVETS Athletics |
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April |
Alexander OVECHKIN Ice hockey |
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May |
Ilya BRYZGALOV Ice hockey |
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June |
Nikolai VALUEV Boxing |
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July |
Natalia ISHCHENKO Synchronized swimming |
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August |
Arkady VYATCHANIN Swimming |
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September |
Maria SHARAPOVA Tennis |
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October |
Vladimir KRAMNIK Chess |
INTERSPORT AWARDS
Traditionally, INTERSPORT has provided awards for participants in Russia's best athlete polls. We draw lots every month to select five candidates among online voters. Alexei Avdeyev, Alexander Lugin, Marina Slukhanova, Shamil Tagirov and Andrei Fateyev turned out to be the lucky ones this month. They are going to be e-mailed for the time and place to collect their prizes in the short term.