Vote for Lindsey Vonn, Kelly Clark to win ESPY Awards

By Published On: July 6th, 2015Comments Off on Vote for Lindsey Vonn, Kelly Clark to win ESPY Awards

The U.S. Ski Team’s Lindsey Vonn is a candidate for two 2015 ESPY (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly) Awards: Best Comeback Athlete and Best Female Athlete.

The ESPYS commemorate the past year in sports by “recognizing major sports achievements, reliving unforgettable moments and saluting the leading performers and performances.” The awards will be handed out by ESPN in a ceremony on July 15.

Vonn was nominated for Best Comeback Athlete for her return to ski racing this season after missing the Sochi Olympics due to knee injuries. In 2015, she brought her World Cup win total to 67, breaking the previously held record. She also took home her 19th World Cup title, tying Ingemar Stenmark’s record. She is up against Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots, New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez and Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls.

In the Best Female Athlete category, Vonn is competing against MMA fighter Ronda Rousey, Breanna Stewart of the UConn basketball team and tennis player Serena Williams. She is nominated for her outstanding achievements this season, like breaking Austria’s Annemarie Moser-Proell record of 62 World Cup wins. Vonn has won two previous ESPYS – in 2010 and 2011.

U.S. Snowboarding athlete Kelly Clark was nominated for Best Female Action Sports Athlete due to her stellar performance this season, which included a silver medal at X Games, her eighth win at the Burton US Open, sixth U.S. Grand Prix tour title and fifth World Snowboarding Tour title.

Clark is up against surfers Paige Alms and Stephanie Gilmore and motorcyclist Laia Sanz. Clark has been nominated before, but has never won an ESPY.

Winners are determined by votes, so Vonn and Clark need your help. Vote daily on ESPYS.com through July 15 at 8 p.m. ET.

Release courtesy of USSA

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