Last Day to Vote on the IWGA Athlete/Team of the Year 2013
Life Saving and Flying Disc still in the lead
COLORADO SPRINGS (22/01/2014). Today is the last of voting for the IWGA Athlete of the Year/Team of the Year, the race is still open. Until midnight Friday, supporters can still help their favorite athlete(s) win by participating in the voting on the website: www.theworldgames.org.
Looking at the individual athletes, we see three candidates out in front. The four-time gold medal winner in Life Saving from Cali 2013, Marcel Hassemeier from Germany, is now leading with more than 16,000 votes. Second is the Mongolian Sumo wrestler Gankhuyag Naranbat (11,615). Third place currently goes to Regina Jacques from the USA (Water Skiing) with 10,119 votes. In the team ranking, the gold medalists in Flying Disc from the USA are still edged out in front with 14,854 votes. They are closely followed by the women from Chinese Taipei, gold medalists in Tug of War (13,626 votes). The mixed team in Korfball from the Netherlands is placed some considerable distance behind them (3,526 votes).
However, nothing has been decided yet, because the friends of a sport or of a specific team or athlete can still cast their vote today. Those who know how to mobilize their supporters can still come out on top. But there’s not much time left: Voting closes at midnight.st.