The Athlete of the Year, voted by the Association of Sports Journalists, will be announced tonight at the Sports Gala without an audience.
Of the year athlete 2021 will be selected tonight at the Sports Gala starting at 7 p.m.
Due to the coronation situation, the sports gala will be held for the second time without an audience. HS will follow the opportunity in the follow-up below the story.
Election of the Association of Sports Journalists The athlete of the year will be elected at about 9.50 pm. Before that, the team of the year and the coach of the year will be announced. These are also chosen by sports journalists.
The strongest candidate for the Athlete of the Year is the swimmer who won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics Matti Mattsson and a boxer Mira Potkonen.
Also a golfer, for example Matilda Castren and a football player Lukas Hradecky are likely to be high in the vote.
Hradecky kicked the award a year ago. In 2020, the football player was chosen as the athlete of the year Teemu Pukki.
In addition to the awards of the Association of Sports Journalists, the Sports Gala’s own awards will be presented, which include, for example, the most shocking moment in sports and the breakthrough of the year.
Sports gala at Yle Areena from 7 pm and on TV2 from 8 pm.
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