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After achieving the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month for October, the young weightlifter Tenishia Thornton has now been awarded with the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year Award 2024. For Tenishia Thornton it’s the third time after she has won the first edition of this award, which took place in 2020 and the 2022’s edition. She won this prestigious award after a combined vote by a panel of three sports journalists and a public vote which was held online over the past weeks. Runners up are the Blackball duo Jake Castaldi and Dielyn Edwards followed by the young sailor Katrina Micallef. Tenishia Thornton, aged 19, was crowned as the new European Champion at the European Junior Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Thornton kicked off the Snatch portion with an impressive 86 kilogrammes lift and finally made a successful attempt at 89 kilogrammes. In the Clean and Jerk, Thornton started strongly at [...]

The Executive Committee of the Malta Sport Journalists Association (MSJA) is pleased to announce that the public voting for the People's Choice Award category of the 65th edition of the Għażliet Sportivi Nazzjonali is now officially open. The general public has now 15 days to vote for this Award with votes being accepted until 1st March 2025 at noon. Once again, the People’s Choice Award will be chosen by 100% SMS voting on the following SMS numbers: NEIL AGIUS (OPEN WATER SWIMMING) 5061 5031 SAM CASSAR (BADMINTON) 5061 5032 JAKE CASTALDI (POOL) - 5061 5033 GIANLUCA CHETCUTI (TRAP SHOOTING) - 5061 5034 BRIAN CINI (SNOOKER) - 5061 5035 BRYAN CORLETT (RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION) - 5061 5036 RODNEY GATT (HORSE RACING) - 5061 5037 KAYDEN LAGANÀ (BOWLING) - 5061 5038 FABIO SPITERI (TRIATHLON) - 5061 5039 TENISHIA THORNTON (WEIGHTLIFTING) - 5061 5040 The public can send multiple SMSs. Each SMS [...]