Marit Bjrgen nominated for an Oscar for Sport

Marit Bj & oslash; rgen, returned from & rsquo; yet another triumphant season of his career, & egrave; one of the six women nominated in the category & ldquo; Women's World & rdquo; Oscars of Sport.

Wednesday 8 April 2015 2 minutes reading time

The award ceremony of what officially & egrave; named Laureus World Sports Award, but better known as Oscar Sports, will be held & agrave; in Shanghai on April 15. However, the pi & ugrave; great distance runner of all time not recher & agrave; on the spot, as he explains his manager Guri Hetland: & ldquo; Marit chose not to travel to Shanghai, gave priority & agrave; other commitments gi & agrave; long-established. However & egrave; very proud of this nomination & rdquo ;. Bj & oslash; rgen fact sar & agrave; committed Sunday, April 12th in the race dedicated to her that disputer & agrave; to Hauka; Saturday 18 instead take & agrave; part to Skarverennet, 38 Km race that takes place between Finse and Ustaoset and representing a sort of official closing of the season of cross country skiing in Norway. To contend for recognition will be six champions of the sports world: in addition to Bj & oslash; rgen, Serena Williams (tennis), Tina Maze (alpine skiing), Valerie Adams (athletics), Genzebe Dibaba (athletics) and Li Na (tennis). & Ldquo; To be nominated along with the names pi & ugrave; big in the world of sports & egrave; Extraordinary & rdquo; said the 35 year-old to NRK once learned of this nomination. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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