Spanish Olympians win National Sports Awards
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 @ 11:56 AM
OLYMPIC gold medallists who put Spain on the map in Rio 2016 have won National Sports Awards, according to the honours listing released yesterday (Monday).
The prizegiving ceremony, as yet sine die, will be hosted by the Royal family who will give out the awards that bear their names.
Nearly all of them are medal-winners or outstanding competitors from last year's Olympics, although other sports personalities and institutions will get prizes for their exceptional contributions.
Lydia Valentín won the bronze for weight-lifting last year in Brazil, which at the time was her first Olympic medal – but doping tests on medallists from London 2012 and Peking 2008 a year ago led to their being disqualified and Lydia being awarded the gold for the former and the silver for the latter.
Maialén Chourraut (pictured, centre) won the individual women's gold and Saúl Craviotto took the individual men's bronze and the doubles gold with Cristián Toro in kayaking.
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