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谷爱凌、梅西获奖！

中国日报双语新闻

2023-05-10

5月8日晚，2023年劳伦斯世界体育奖颁奖典礼在巴黎举行，阿根廷足球运动员梅西成为最大赢家，他不仅第二次荣膺最佳男子运动员奖，其所在的阿根廷男足国家队还获评最佳团队奖。中国自由式滑雪运动员、北京冬奥会两金得主谷爱凌摘得最佳极限运动员奖。

Argentine and Paris Saint-Germain footballer Lionel Messi added two prestigious awards to his already illustrious list of achievements, winning the Laureus World Sportsman and the World Team of the Year at the grand ceremony on Monday.

Chinese freeskier Gu Ailing, a two-time gold medal winner at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games last year, captured the Action Sportsperson of the Year award.

经过连续两年的线上颁奖后，今年的劳伦斯世界体育奖颁奖典礼回归线下，在巴黎市中心的文华东方酒店举行。

5月8日，获得年度最佳男子运动员奖的梅西在展示奖杯。图源：新华社

当晚最受瞩目的明星是“球王”梅西，凭借着去年领衔阿根廷国家队时隔36年再次获得世界杯冠军的成就，这位35岁的阿根廷人击败俱乐部队友姆巴佩、网球运动员纳达尔、F1世界冠军维斯塔潘、以及撑杆跳高运动员杜普兰蒂斯等，继2020年后再次获得最佳男子运动员奖。与上一次和汉密尔顿“共享”该奖项不同的是，这一次梅西是单独获评该奖项。

当晚的颁奖仪式同样有中国运动员的身影，在北京冬奥会上收获2金1银的自由式滑雪运动员谷爱凌获得最佳极限运动员奖。

Gu, the first athlete to win three medals in freestyle skiing at a single Olympic Games, was awarded the Action Sportsperson, a prize given to the best athlete in extreme sports of the year.

5月8日，荣膺年度最佳极限运动员奖的谷爱凌在展示奖杯。图源：新华社

“非常荣幸能够被劳伦斯学院认可。对我来说，领奖的这一瞬间是非常短暂的荣耀，但它是对我长期以来努力付出的认可。”谷爱凌在接受采访时表示。在她之前，包括姚明、刘翔以及李娜等中国运动员也曾在劳伦斯奖的评选中获得过不同类别的奖项。

“能和这些伟大运动员联系在一起是一件非常荣耀的事情，同时，作为第一位获得这一奖项的自由式滑雪运动员也让我非常荣幸。”谷爱凌说。“重要的不仅是庆祝获得这个奖项，而是把体育教给我的一切，传递给更多人。”

"It's a huge honor to me," said the 19-year-old, who worked on her homework for eight hours on her flight to Paris since she is also pursuing academics at Stanford University.

"I don't want to simply be celebrating this beautiful trophy here today, but also to be speaking to the value that sports have brought to my life and to help contribute that love and passion, confidence and resilience, everything that sports have taught me to more people,"

据新华社，在随后颁发的最佳团队评选中，梅西所在的阿根廷男足从包括皇家马德里男足、英格兰女足、法国男子橄榄球队等候选者中脱颖而出，荣获该奖项。梅西也成为劳伦斯历史上第一位在同一年包揽这两个奖项的运动员。

“这是我第一次独享劳伦斯年度最佳男子运动员奖，在过去一年里我们在世界杯上终于赢得了追逐已久的冠军，能够拿到劳伦斯奖是一份巨大的荣耀。”梅西说，“让我感到更开心的是，世界杯上我效力的球队也得到了劳伦斯学院的认可，对于我们来说，那是一次难忘的冒险，看到赢得冠军给这个国家的人民带来的影响时的那份心情，是我永生难忘的经历。”

"It's an honour, especially since the Laureus World Sports Awards are taking place this year in Paris, the city that welcomed me and my family," Messi said. "I would like to thank all my teammates, not only those of the national team but also those of PSG. I have not accomplished anything alone and I am grateful to be able to share all this with them."

"And I'm even happier to see that the team I was part of at the World Cup was also honoured by the Laureus Academy tonight," Messi added. "For us, the World Cup was an unforgettable adventure; I cannot describe what it felt like to return to Argentina and see what our victory had brought to our people."