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Rogi連續兩年被提名，今年會有機會嗎?

http://www.laureus.com/awards/nominees/2005/index.php

WORLD SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Lance Armstrong (United States) - cycling
Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) - athletics
Roger Federer (Switzerland) - tennis
Michael Phelps (USA) - swimming
Valentino Rossi (Italy) - Motorcycling
Michael Schumacher (Germany) - Motor Racing

官網的介紹
http://www.laureus.com/awards/nominees/2005/federer.php

The year 2004 saw Roger Federer become the dominant force in world tennis. He completed arguably the most spectacular 12 months by a tennis player in the open era, becoming the first man since 1988 to win three out of four Grand Slam events in the same calendar year, winning the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. He also won Wimbledon in 2003, becoming the first Swiss to do so. Now 24, Federer established himself as indisputable World No.1, winning 11 times in 2004, the best performance in almost 20 years, and he is unbeaten in his last 15 finals, a record in the open era.

Federer began the year winning the Australian Open for the first time, defeating Marat Safin in the final. He then defended his Wimbledon crown, using his skills and finesse to overcome Andy Roddick's power game. By winning the Gstaad tournament on clay and the Toronto Masters on hardcourt shortly after the grass of Wimbledon, he completed a rare triple of consecutive tournament victories on three different surfaces. In September, he beat Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets in the most one-sided final in the 120 year history of the US Open and he finished the year taking the Tennis Masters Cup at Houston for the second time in a row.

With a win-loss record of 74-6 and 11 tournament wins, the year 2004 belonged to Federer. What makes it an even more remarkable achievement is that he did it without a coach, relying solely on his fitness trainer Pierre Paganini and physiotherapist Pavel Kovac.

Federer was also nominated in 2004 for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award, but lost out to Michael Schumacher.

勞倫斯獎入圍名單出爐　眾星角逐「體壇奧斯卡」

路透倫敦電

六次環法自行車大賽冠軍Lance Armstrong、世界網球頭號男單選手Roger Federer週二入圍勞倫斯世界體育大獎年度最佳男運動員提名名單。

組委會宣布，兩人的競爭對手將包括美國泳將Michael Phelps、摩洛哥田徑選手Hicham El Guerrouj、MotoGP世界冠軍義大利車手Valentino Rossi和F1世界冠軍Michael Schumacher。

今年四破世界紀錄的俄羅斯撐竿跳選手Yelena Isinbayeva、雅典奧運雙金得主英國Kelly Holmes和瑞典人Carolina Kluft等三位田徑名將都入圍年度最佳女運動員的角逐，其競爭對手還包括溫布頓網球錦標賽冠軍Maria Sharapova、瑞典高球天后Annika Sorenstam和荷蘭自行車手Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel。

足壇有兩支隊伍入圍最佳團隊角逐，包括以黑馬姿態奪走2004年歐洲盃冠軍的希臘，和捧走歐洲聯賽冠軍盃錦標的葡萄牙俱樂部Porto。

獲提名最佳團隊的還包括F1法拉利車隊、美國職棒世界大賽冠軍波士頓紅襪、奧運男籃冠軍阿根廷和奪走萊德盃的歐洲高球代表隊。

最終獲獎名單將於5月16日在葡萄牙首督里斯本附近的埃什托里爾(Estoril)揭曉。