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Erfurt (dpa) - After the election for "Sportsman of the Year", which was canceled due to the corona pandemic, several Thuringian athletes are still being honored.

Skeleton world champion Christopher Grotheer, cycle sprint world champion Pauline Grabosch, the relay world champions in luge (Johannes Ludwig, Julia Taubitz, Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken) and the wheelchair basketball players of the RSB Thuringia Bulls in the "Disabled athletes" category receive the award "Special athletic Achievement of the year 2020 ».

With this honor, the State Sports Association, the Thuringian Sports Aid Foundation and the Thuringian Sports Journalists Club are taking on the election that was canceled for the first time in its 30-year history.

The organizers announced the winners on Friday.

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