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Four former winners among 54 nomineesTrinidad Guardian :: 23.02.2016Four-time women's award recipient Cleopatra Borel is among a quartet of former winners list in a field of 54 athletes (29 men and 25 women) nominated by their respective sporting association for the 2015 First Citizens Sports Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards. Shot Putter Borel has won the award on four previous occasions, 2002, 2007, 2010 and 2014 and is joined on the list of nominees by 2012 Olympic javelin champion Keshorn Walcott, shooter Roger Daniel, and 2004 Olympic bronze medallist, swimmer George Bovell III. The First Citizens Sports Foundation, under the Distinguished Patronage of His Excellency, President of the Republic of T&T, Dr Anthony Carmona, will host its annual sports awards on March 13, at the Queen's Hall, Port of Spain. The Foundation's selection committee, headed by Chairman Dr. Keith Clifford and aided by sporting associations (through the nominations of athletes), has worked through an exhaustive and thorough process in deciding on the various nominations. Walcott, an Olympic javelin gold medal winner at the London 2012 Games captured the men's top award in 2012, shooter Daniel won in 2010 and 2011 while Bovell was the awardee in 2004 and 2014. In addition to the top nation's top individual sporting award, the Jeffrey Stollmeyer Award for the best sporting administration and Lystra Lewis Award for the Team of the Year will also be presented on the night while the WOW moments which was first introduced in 2009 will again be among the highlights. These moments have been chosen by the media as the top performances of the year. SPORTSMAN & SPORTSWOMAN OF Sport Athlete |
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