Olympic bronze medalist India males’s hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh is within the operating to win the celebrated World Sports Athlete of the Year award after being nominated for the honour.
The winner will likely be chosen after an internet voting course of that begins on January 10 and ends on January 31.
Selected FIH Goalkeeper of the Year for 2021, Sreejesh – a triple Olympian with over 240 worldwide appearances – has loved a rare 12 months, serving to his group declare a historic bronze on the Tokyo Games. Best kind ever.
#FIH The World Games Athlete of the Year: PR Sreejesh within the operating https://t.co/Dy9j2DOGlB
— World Hockey News (@WorldHockeyNews) 4 January 2022
If Sreejesh wins, he would be the second hockey participant within the nation after ladies’s group captain Rani Rampal to win the title.
Rani turned the primary hockey participant to win this award in 2020.
A complete of 24 athletes have been nominated for this award.
From the checklist of 24, the ten greatest, as measured on 23 January, will go to the finals, for which voting will proceed till 31 January.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
