Soccer goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky received the award last time.
Is there swimmer Matti Mattsson or some other Athlete of the Year 2021, survives Jan. 13, but without an audience.
The most stunning sports moment, deserving athletes, clubs, actors and influencers will be awarded at the annual Grand Gala, but due to the tightening coronavirus situation, the event will have to be held for the second time in a row without the audience.
The tightened audience restrictions will take effect on Tuesday and then more than a thousand people required by the Sports Gala will no longer be able to take the same space.
“Safety and responsibility are paramount to us. We also consider it important that the sport receives the prestige it deserves, ”says the Secretary General of the gala Riga Martinoja said in a statement.
The current-form Sports Gala, which will award the Athlete of the Year, will now be held for the 14th time, with the first event in January 2009. Trap’s Olympic winner Satu Mäkelä-Nummela was awarded at the first gala held at Hartwall-Arena.
The first Sports Gala was held in the summer of 2008, but it did not award the Athlete of the Year, which is a poll for sports journalists and the most shocking moment of sport is the public vote.
“Finnish sports and sports fans certainly deserve their celebration. It is a wonderful and successful year for Finnish sports. ”
Last year, a football goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky was named Athlete of the Year.
Yle will broadcast the Sports Gala live in January.
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