[CA] Laures Sports Award

Award	Winner	Country			Sport
Sportsman of the Year	Usain Bolt	Jamaica			Sprinter
Bolt who won this award in 2009, 2010 and 2013 walked away with the “Oscar of Sports” for the fourth time joining tennis legends Roger Federer and Serena Williams and surfer Kelly Slater as four – time Laureus award winner
Sportswoman of the Year	Siomen Biles		USA	Gymnast
Breakthrough of the Year	Nico Rosberg		Germany	Motor Race
Comeback of the Year	Michael Phelps		USA	Swimming
Team of the Year	Chicago Cubs		USA	Baseball
Action Sportsperson of the Year	Rachel Atherton		UK	Mountain Bike Racing
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability	Beatrice Vio		Italy	Wheelchair Fencing
Sport for Good Award	Waves for Change		South Africa	Surfing
Spirit of Sport Award	Leicester City F. C		UK	Football
Best Sporting Moment of the Year	FC Barcelona U – 12		Spain	Football
Sport for Good Award for Sporting Inspiration	Refugee Olympic Team		------

[CA/Sports] World Athletics Championships

World Athletics Championships – 2015

Held at: Beijing’s National Stadium in China

When: August 22, 2015 – August 30, 2015

Participated Countries: 206

Next to be held in: London (2017)

Kenya topped the medal table with 16 medals, Jamaica stood second with 12 medals. India could not win a single medal in the championships. 206 countries participated (Kosovo made their debut) and only 43 nations entered medals table. Next event will be held in London in 2017.

There were 18 athletes from India. The Indian athlete, O P Jaisha Orchatteri broke the national record in Women's Marathon by finishing 18th in 2:37:29. Babar was the best Indian athlete in the Championship as she became the first Indian athlete to reach the final round in track events. India had many medal contenders, though no medal came home, this year.

Top 10 countries in 2015 World Championships (Athletics) - @ Beijing
#	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	7	6	3	16
2	Jamaica	7	2	3	12
3	USA	6	6	6	18
4	Great Britain	4	1	2	7
5	Ethiopia	3	3	2	8
6	Poland	3	1	4	8
7	Canada	2	3	3	8
8	Germany	2	3	3	8
9	Russia	2	1	1	4
10	Cuba	2	1	0	3

2015 World Athletics Championships – Beijing  (Important Events)
Men
1	Usain Bolt	100m	9.79 seconds	Jamaica
2	David Rudisha	800m	45.84 seconds	Kenya
3	Nicolas Bett	400m Hurdles	47.79 seconds	Kenya
4	Greg Rutherford	Long Jump	8.41 m	Britain
5	Usain Bolt	200m	19.55 seconds	Jamaica
6	Chrisitan Taylor	Triple Jump	18.12 m	USA
Women
1	Shelly-Ann Fraser	100m	10.76 seconds	Jamaica
2	Genzebe Dibaba	1500m	4:08.09	Ethiopia
3	Denia Caballero	Discus	69.28m	Cuba
4	Allyson Feliz	400m	49.26 seconds	USA
5	Anita Wlodarczyk	Hammer	80.85 m	Poland

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