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Duplantis and Biles bag Laureus World Sports Awards

April 23, 2025

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Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and American gymnast Simone Biles shared the top honours on Monday at the annual Laureus World Sport Awards ceremony in Madrid.

Double Olympic champion and world record holder Duplantis was voted Sportsman of the Year at the ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the awards, while Biles was named Sportswoman of the Year.

Duplantis, 25, took the award ahead of tennis great Novak Djokovic, Formula One world champion Max Verstappen and French swimmer Leon Marchand.

"The Laureus Awards are the ultimate awards that we athletes want to win," he said.

"I know because this is the fourth time I have been nominated - and that proves it's harder to win a Laureus than an Olympic gold medal."

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