Azizulhasni, Zii Jia frontrunners for Athlete of the Year award

PETALING JAYA, Aug 24 — Track cycling ace Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang and top men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia are among the contenders for the Sportswriters Association of Malaysia -100PLUS Unity 2020/2021 Athlete of the Year award.

Four 2020 Tokyo Paralympic athletes — gold medallists Bonnie Bunyau Gustin , Datuk Abdul Latif Romly and Cheah Liek Hou as well silver medallist Chew Wei Lun — are in the running for the Para Athlete of the Year award. He said about 200 entries had been received, including from portals, for the 17 sports journalism awards this time, involving eight categories each for 2020 and 2021 as well as the Siebel Award for the best overall winner.

“The unity award category, which is a collaboration between SAM and National Unity Ministry, was created as it could indirectly help Malaysians realise that the element of unity is very clear and obvious in sports,” he said.

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