Simone Biles Wins Comeback of the Year at Laureus World Sports Awards: Joining Serena Williams in Elite Status
Simone Biles has secured her fourth Laureus World Sports award by winning the Comeback of the Year category. This marks her first win in this category and comes after an impressive performance at the world gymnastics championships in October, where she took home four gold medals and one silver. Following a two-year break from competition, Biles returned to gymnastics and has been nominated for Comeback of the Year multiple times. With this win, she now holds three Sportswoman of the Year awards, making her the second most decorated athlete in history behind Serena Williams.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic has secured his fifth Sportsman of the Year award, tying the record held by tennis star Roger Federer. Djokovic was nominated alongside pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis of Sweden, soccer players Erling Haaland of Norway and Lionel Messi of Argentina, American sprinter Noah Lyles, and Formula One driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands. In the women’s category, Spain’s Aitana Bonmati was named Sportswoman of the Year, beating out Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, tennis player Iga Swiatek, and track stars Sha’Carri Richardson and Shericka Jackson.
Other notable winners included Spain’s women’s soccer team (Team of the Year), Dutch wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot (Sportsperson with a Disability), British soccer player Jude Bellingham (Breakthrough
