Worthy de Jong at Sports Gala: ‘Awareness of what happened in the summer still needs to come’
Golden 3×3 basketball player Worthy de Jong tells reporter Matthijs Weststrate that he has never actually been invited to a gala like this before. His life changed completely after his golden throw in Paris.
“We have written history,” said De Jong. “But I still haven’t fully realized how big it was. It was too busy for that afterwards. I’ll have to sit with myself for a while. Maybe I’ll have time for that in the new year.”
Worthy de Jong and his teammates have a chance to win the Sports Team of the Year award.
Worthy de Jong at Sports Gala: ‘Awareness of what happened in the summer still needs to come’
Previous winners of the Fanny Blankers-Koen Career Prize
The Fanny Blankers-Koen Career Prize was awarded for the first time in 2005. It is an award for extraordinary services to Dutch sport. No nominations will be announced.
These were the athletes who were awarded the FBK Career Award in the past ten years:
2023: Ada Kok (swimming)
2022: Jan Janssen (cycling)
2021: Bibian Mentel (snowboarden)
2021: Hennie Kuiper (cycling)
2019: Richard Krajicek (tennis)
2018: Marianne Timmer (skating)
2017: Yvonne van Gennip (long track skater)
2016: Esther Vergeer (wheelchair tennis)
2015: Joop Zoetemelk (cycling)
2014: Rintje Ritsma (skating)
Who chooses the sports awards of the year?
The shortlists with all nominees were drawn up last month by sports umbrella organization NOC*NSF, the NOS and the chairman of the professional jury, Bas van de Goor. The professional jury then selected the nominees.
In addition to the chairman, the professional jury consists of Ellen van Langen, Arjen Robben, Femke Heemskerk, Bettine Vriesekoop, Jelmar Bos, Toon Gerbrands, Marcel Geestman and Lisette van der Geest.
Top athletes chose their favorites via a digital vote on December 9 and 10. That vote counts for 50 percent of the result, the votes of the professional jury determine the other 50 percent.
Welcome to our live blog about the NOC*NSF Sports Gala 2024, where the best Dutch sports performances of this year are honored and where the best athletes win prizes.
From 8:40 PM we will stream the election of the (Para)sports team of the Year, Coach of the Year and the announcement of the winner of the FBK lifetime achievement award. The Sports Year 2024 program starts at 9:30 PM on NPO 1, in which (just like on the stream) the election of (Para)athletes of the Year can be seen.
The livestream ends around 10 p.m. On NPO 1, guests will then discuss the past sports year further with guests.
Cheering for sports achievements in 2024, who will raise their hands in the air tonight?
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