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The Polish Iga Swiatek, leader of the world tennis ranking, was this Monday elected European sportswoman of the year, succeeding the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, by the 26 news agencies in Europe that participated in the choice promoted by the Polish PAP.
According to the results of the poll, in which the Lusa agency participated, Swiatek, 21 years old, added 12 more points than the Swedish Armand Duplantis, champion and world record holder in pole vaulting, who was second, immediately ahead of the pilot. of Formula 1, Max Verstappen.
French forward Kylian Mbappé, in sixth place, is the only player in the top-10, in the 65th edition of the award, which the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo won in 2016 and 2017.
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