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4 01, 2023

Nick Mercieca wins the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for December

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Nick Mercieca has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of December 2022. Nick Mercieca is a paralympic rower representing Siggiewi Rowing Club. Together with Kurt Farrugia, he set a world record for the 500-meter event at the 2022 Malta National Indoor Rowing Championships. Nick Mercieca competed in the adaptive category Men 15-16 PR1 500 metre race, which he completed in 3 minutes 9.6 seconds. This was the first ever world record recorded for this event. This is the first time that World Records were set in Malta during the National Indoor Rowing Championships by either an abled body athlete or a para-athlete. During the month of December, Nick had two more world records, which are still under review by the World Para Athletics. Despite having spina bifida, which restricts him from using his legs, Nick Mercieca also trains calisthenics, weight training and karate. The trophy [...]

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4 01, 2023

Nick Mercieca jirbaħ l-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Diċembru

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Nick Mercieca ngħata l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Diċembru. Nick Mercieca flimkien ma’ Kurt Farrugia, iż-żewġ para qaddiefa tas-Siġġiewi Rowing Club, stabbilixxew rekords dinjija ġodda fl-Indoor Rowing għall-500m fil-kategoriji rispettivi tagħhom, waqt il-Kampjonati Nazzjonali ta’ Qdif Indoor ta’ Malta. Nick Mercieca kkompeta fil-kategorija tal-irġiel fl-età ta’ bejn il-15 u s-16-il sena PR1, fejn spiċċa l-500m fi 3 minuti 9.6 sekondi, l-ewwel rekord dinji li qatt ġie rreġistrat għal din it-tellieqa. Din hija l-ewwel darba li Rekords Dinjija ġew stabbiliti f’Malta waqt il-Kampjonati Nazzjonali tal-Qdif fuq ġewwa jew minn atleti Maltin. Fix-xahar ta’ Diċembru, Nick kiseb żewġ rekords dinjija oħra, li għadhom qed jiġu verifikati mill-World Para Athletics. Minkejja li għandu spina bifida, kundizzjoni li ma tħallihx juża riġlejh, Nick Mercieca jipprattika wkoll il-calisthenics, il-weight training u l-karate. It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Diċembru 2022 kif ukoll il-voucher ta’ abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma’ dan il-premju ġew ippreżentati lil [...]

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3 01, 2023

Duplantis and Putellas chosen as Best European Athletes by AIPS Europe

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For the first time in his career, athletics leading pole-vault figure for 2022, Swedish ARMAND DUPLANTIS - was chosen as the European Sportsman of the Year by journalists from 43 AIPS Europe national associations. ALEXIA PUTELLAS , the Spanish football player , for the second time in her career was chosen as the 2022 European Sportswoman of the Year. This was the second consecutive time for Putellas on winning the title from AIPS Europe. Armand Duplantis was followed by the two French football players Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema. Alexia Putellas was followed by Italian Alpine skier Federica Brignone and British football player Mead Bethany. It was the 40th annual poll conducted by AIPS – EUROPE through the world wide poll held by AIPS. As the biggest continental section of AIPS established in 1977 at the AIPS Congress in Milano Marittima and since 2003, the annual poll was named [...]

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3 01, 2023

Armand Duplantis u Alexia Putellas magħżula bħala l-Atleti Ewropej tas-Sena mill-AIPS Europe

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Għall-ewwel darba fil-karriera tiegħu, l-atleta Żvediż tal-pole-vault, li kiseb suċċess kbir fl-2022, ARMAND DUPLANTIS, ġie magħżul mit-43 assoċjazzjoni nazzjonali affiljata mal-AIPS Europe, bħala l-Atleta Ewropew tas-Sena. Il-plejer tal-futbol Spanjola ALEXIA PUTELLAS, għat-tieni darba fil-karriera tagħha u għat-tieni sena konsekuttiva, ġiet magħżula bħala L-Atleta Ewropea tas-Sena mill-AIPS Europe. Armand Duplantis kien segwit miż-żewġ plejers tal-futbol Franċiżi Kylian Mbappe u Karim Benzema. Alexia Putellas ġiet quddiem Federica Brignone (Apline Skier) u Mead Bethany (Football). Din hija l-40 darba li l-AIPS Europe qed tagħmel din il-votazzjoni annwali. L-AIPS Europe hija l-ikbar fergħa kontinentali tal-AIPS, imwaqqfa fil-Kungress tal-AIPS li kien sar f'Milano Marittima fl-1977. Sa mill-2003, il-premju mogħti lill-atleti rġiel hu msemmi għall-Frank Taylor li kien president tal-AIPS u l-UEPS. Min-naħa l-oħra l-premju mogħti lill-atleti nisa hu msemmi għall-Evgen Bergant li kienet uffiċjal għoli mal-UEPS.   EUROPEAN SPORTSMEN and SPORTSWOMEN of the YEAR MEN - Frank Taylor Trophy 2022 Armand Duplantis (Sweden), Athletics [...]

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