Il-plejers tal-futbol Lionel Messi tal-Arġentina u l-Ispanjola Alexia Putellas ġew ivvotati bħala l-atleti tas-sena 2022 tal-AIPS l-Assoċjazzjoni Internazzjonali tal-Media Sportiva.

F’kommmunikat ilbieraħ l-AIPS qalet li għall-dawn l-unuri vvutaw 420 ġurnalist minn 113-il pajjiż differenti fosthom Malta.

Messi rebaħ dan l-unur meta kiseb 25% tal-voti bit-tieni post f’din il-kategorija tal-atleta tas-sena maskili jmur għand l-atleta Żvediż tal-Pole Vault Armand Duplantis. Fit-Tielet post spiċċa’ l-plejer tal-futbol Franċiż Kylian Mbappe. Is-sewieq tal-F1 Max Verstappen spiċċa fil-ħames post filwaqt li t-Tennista Raffael Nadal temm fl-għaxar post tal-klassifika.

Fil-Kategorija Atleta Femminili tas-Sena wara r-rebbieħa Putellas li ġabet 12% tal-voti, temmet bħala runner up l-għawwiema Amerikana Katie Ledecky u fit-tielet post l-Atleta mill-Venezuela Yulimar Rojas. It-tennista Ons Jaubeur li kellha sena mill-aqwa spiċċat fl-għaxar post ta’ din il-kategorija.

AIPS Best Female Athlete of 2022:

  1. PUTELLAS ALEXIA(Football, Spain – 452 votes (11,96%)
  2. LEDECKY KATIE (Swimming, USA) – 295 votes (7,80%)
  3. ROJAS YULIMAR(Athletics, Venezuela) – 243 votes (6,43%)
  4. MCLAUGHLIN SYDNEY(Athletics, USA) – 238 votes (6,30%)
  5. FRASER-PRYCE SHELLY-ANN(Track and Field, Jamaica) – 217 votes (5,74%)
  6. SHIFFRIN MIKAELA(Alpine Skiing, USA) – 200 votes (5,29%)
  7. OSAKA NAOMI(Tennis, Japan) – 172 votes (4,55%)
  8. WILLIAMS SERENA(Tennis, USA) – 170 votes (4,50%)
  9. KIPYEGON FAITH(Athletics, Kenya) – 162 votes (4,29%)
  10. JABEUR ONS(Tennis, Tunisia) – 154 votes (4,07%)
  11. BRIGNONE FEDERICA(Alpine Skiing, Italy) – 151 votes (3,99%)
  12. MEAD BETHANY(Football, UK) – 150 votes (3,97%)
  13. SCHOUTEN IRENE(Speed Skating, The Netherlands) – 122 votes (3,23%)
  14. AILING GU(Skiing, China) – 111 votes (2,94%)
  15. GASSER ANNA(Snowboarding, Austria) – 109 votes (2,88%)
  16. QUADARELLA SIMONA (Swimming, Italy) – 89 votes (2,35%)
  17. MCCOLGAN EILISH(Athletics, UK) – 77 votes (2,04%)
  18. JOHAUG THERESE(Skiing, Norway) – 75 votes (1,98%)
  19. ANDRADE REBECA(Gymnastics, Brazil) – 73 votes (1,93%)
  20. BILES SIMONE(Gymnastics, USA) – 68 votes (1,80%)
  21. AMUSAN TOBI(Track and Field, Nigeria) – 61 votes (1,61%)
  22. DE ROZARIO MADISON(Paralympics, Australia) – 58 votes (1,53%)
  23. GARCIA KIMBERLY(Athletics, Perù) – 55 votes (1,46%)
  24. MIN-JEONG CHOI(Ice Skating, South Korea) – 52 votes (1,38%)
  25. FOX JESSICA(Canoeing, Australia) – 49 votes (1,30%)
  26. WALKDEN BIANCA(Taekwondo, UK) – 49 votes (1,30%)
  27. PATTERSON ELEANOR(Track and Field, Australia) – 42 votes (1,11%)
  28. WESTVOLD HANSEN GYDA(Nordic Combined, Norway) – 33 votes (0,87%)
  29. MENGTAO XU(Aerial Skiing, China) – 30 votes (0,79%)
  30. ZONGSHI LUO(Taekwondo, China) – 23 votes (0,61%)

AIPS Best Male Athlete of 2022:

  1. MESSI LIONEL(Football, Argentina) – 962 votes (25,45%)
  2. DUPLANTIS ARMAND(Athletics, Sweden) – 373 votes (9,87%)
  3. MBAPPE’ KYLIAN(Football, France) – 366 votes (9,68%)
  4. BENZEMA KARIM(Football, France) – 298 votes (7,88%)
  5. MILÁK KRISTÓF(Swimming, Hungary) – 189 votes (5,00%)
  6. VERSTAPPEN MAX(Formula 1, The Netherlands) – 189 votes (5,00%)
  7. KIPCHOGE ELIUD(Athletics, Kenya) – 155 votes (4,10%)
  8. KOPASZ BÁLINT(Canoeing, Hungary) – 135 votes (3,57%)
  9. FEDERER ROGER(Tennis, Switzerland) – 124 votes (3,28%)
  10. NADAL RAFAEL(Tennis, Spain) – 118 votes (3,12%)
  11. POPOVICI DAVID(Swimming, Romania) – 113 votes (2,99%)
  12. THINGNES BOE JOHANNES (Biathlon, Norway) – 84 votes (2,22%)
  13. ANTETOKOUNMPO GIANNIS(Basketball, Greece) – 77 votes (2,04%)
  14. AMRABAT SOFYAN(Football, Morocco) – 76 votes (2,01%)
  15. PALTRINIERI GREGORIO(Swimming, Italy) – 75 votes (1,98%)
  16. MANÉ SADIO(Football, Senegal) – 72 votes (1,90%)
  17. DOS SANTOS ALISON (Athletics, Brazil) – 61 votes (1,61%)
  18. JACOBS MARCELL(Athletics, Italy)- 59 votes (1,56%)
  19. TAMBERI GIANMARCO(Athletics, Italy) – 55 votes (1,46%)
  20. LEWANDOWSKI ROBERT(Football, Poland) – 50 votes (1,32%)
  21. INGEBRIGTSEN JAKOB(Athletics, Norway) – 46 votes (1,22%)
  22. PEREZ SERGIO(Formula 1, Mexico) – 26 votes (0,69%)
  23. YIMING SU(Snowboarding, China) – 25 votes (0,66%)
  24. VON ECKERMANN HENRIK(Horse Riding, Sweden) – 22 votes (0,58%)
  25. LYLES NOAH(Track and Field, USA) – 16 votes (0,42%)
  26. GUANGPU QI(Aerial Skiing, China) – 11 votes (0,29%)
  27. DAJING WU(Short Track Speed Skating, China) – 3 votes (0,08%)