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2004-10-23 10:54 |
华尔什(walsh)获得美国奥林匹克精神奖
The U.S. Olympic Spirit Award
The U.S. Olympic Spirit Award, sponsored by the Nu Skin and Pharmanex divisions of Nu Skin Enterprises, celebrates more than gold-medal winning performances. It recognizes athletes who have struggled to overcome adversity in their quest for an Olympic title and who best exemplify the Olympic spirit through courage, commitment, perseverance and vision. The award was created in 1968.
Winners for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Spirit Award were selected by the public via online voting at www.usolympicteam.com and NuSkin Enterprises internal voting at www.nuskinenterprises.com . More than 20,000 U.S. Olympic Team fans submitted online votes for the U.S. Olympians they believed best represented the ideals reflected in the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award.
About the Recipients/Honorees
Misty May and Kerri Walsh C Misty May and Kerri Walsh had been sitting on top of the international beach volleyball rankings prior to arriving in Athens. In June 2004, May was sidelined due to an abdominal strain, making it questionable whether or not she would play with her long-time partner Walsh in the Olympic Games. Once they were cleared to compete the duo did not lose a set in their seven matches―capped off by a dominating 21-17, 21-11 victory in the gold medal match―to earn the first-ever Olympic gold medal for the United States in women’s beach volleyball.
“Winning the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award is a huge honor for us,” Walsh explained. “We had a blast in Athens.”
Past U.S. Olympic Spirit Award Winners
First awarded in 1968 to Billy Kidd (skiing) and Bob Beamon (athletics), Hamm, May and Walsh join an impressive list of U.S. Olympic Spirit Award recipients including Scott Hamilton (1984/figure skating), Dan Jansen (1988, 1994/speedskating), Gail Devers (1992/athletics) and Kerri Strug (1996/gymnastics).
Following the 2000 Olympic Games, Olympic gold medal diver, Laura Wilkinson, and Olympic gold medal wrestler, Rulon Gardner, were honored, and after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games the award was presented to bronze medalist Chris Klug (skiing/parallel giant slalom) and the 2002 gold medal winning U.S. Women’s Bobsled Team of Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers.
Past U.S. Olympic Spirit Award winners:
1968 ― Billy Kidd, skiing // Bob Beamon, athletics
1972 ― Mike Curran, ice hockey // Dave Wottle, athletics
1976 ― Andy Mill, skiing // Margaret Murdock, shooting
1980 ― Tai Babilonia, Randy Gardner, figure skating // Tracy Caulkins, swimming
1984 ― Scott Hamilton, figure skating // Jeff Blatnick, wrestling
1988 ― Dan Jansen, speedskating // Greg Louganis, diving
1992 ― Paul Wylie, figure skating // Gail Devers, athletics
1994 ― Dan Jansen, speedskating
1996 ― Carl Lewis, athletics // Kerri Strug, gymnastics
2000 ― Rulon Gardner, wrestling // Laura Wilkinson, diving
2002 ― Chris Klug, snowboarding // Jill Bakken, Vonetta Flowers, bobsled |
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