Monthly Archives: January 2019

Sports History Chronicle World Sportsman of the Year 2018: Eliud Kipchoge

Posted on January 10, 2019 by rob23notts42

My shortlist is: Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) became the first boxer in history to hold all four major world championships—the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF and WBO titles—at cruiserweight Martin Fourcade (France – Biathlon) – won all four world cup titles plus … Continue reading →

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Sports History Chronicle World Sports Team of the Year 2018: The Netherlands Women’s Hockey Team

Posted on January 8, 2019 by rob23notts42

The shortlist The Netherlands women’s hockey team – won the World Cup and the Champions Trophy, thrashing nearly all opponents and winning every match. They were only taken to penalties once and have now won 42 and drawn 1 match … Continue reading →

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Sports History Chronicle World Sportswoman of the Year 2018: Simone Biles

Posted on January 7, 2019 by rob23notts42

My shortlist for world sportswoman of 2018 is: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas – Athletics) – Unbeaten across five events in 15 races (13 finals and 2 preliminaries) – World lead and three wins at 400m with the world’s fastest time since … Continue reading →

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Sports History Chronicle British Sportsman of the Year 2018: Tai Woffinden

Posted on January 5, 2019 by rob23notts42

Some of the names I considered were: Jack Laugher (Diving)- won three golds at the Commonwealth Games and two at the European Championships. Adam Peaty – the swimmer broke the world record for the 100m breaststroke Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas … Continue reading →

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Sports History Chronicle British Sports Team of the Year 2018: The Great Britain Women’s C1 canoe slalom team (Mallory Franklin, Kimberley Woods and Bethan Forrow)

Posted on January 3, 2019 by rob23notts42

The teams I considered were England men’s football team – reached the semi-final of the World Cup for the first time since 1990 England netball team – won the Commonwealth Games gold for the first time ever, defeating world champions … Continue reading →

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Sports History Chronicle British Sportswoman of the Year 2018: Dina Asher-Smith

Posted on January 2, 2019 by rob23notts42

As I have done for the previous six years I have decided on my choices as the outstanding British and world sportsman, sportswoman and team in the year 2018. Firstly my choice as the British sportswoman of the year. Some … Continue reading →

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