Craig Alexander - Sports Performer of the Year 2009
The 2009 Sports Performer of the Year Award winners were announced at a Gala Function in
The Ballroom, Star City.
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 FEW things are harder than comparing great athletes from different sports. Tiger or Roger? Tyson or Jordan? What sustains the endless pub talk is the impossibility of ever getting a result: of ever being right or wrong.
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 THERE is often one problem with the Oscars, Emmys, or Grammys - there always seems to be more than one nominee who deserves to take home the trophy.
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 A record 100,000 plus votes have been recorded so far for the 2009 Sports Performer of the Year, presented by Colonial First State, with voting closing at 5pm on Friday.
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 CONSIDER a marathon swim, say 3.8 kilometres of choppy warm water, being pummelled by rivals' thrashing elbows and legs. No wetsuits for buoyancy. Exhausting? Yes.
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 TO BE recognised as the best performer in a field dominated by sports people whose pursuit is individual, despite plying their trade within the confines of a team, could only occur on the back of a season of epic proportions.
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Fearnley in a class of his own
 NOT SO long ago and more or less unexpectedly, Australia’s Kurt Fearnley came to the realisation that he was the greatest.
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 Watch the video interviews of nominees Cadel Evans, Steve Hooker, Emma Moffatt and Dani Samuels talk about their nominations...
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