The Paris Olympics were logically preponderant in the choice of the Gold Spikes. The marathon silver medalist and the heptathlon gold medalist were named the best athletes of the Olympic year.
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Journalist at the Sports department
By Philippe Vande WeyerPublished on 11/30/2024 at 6:25 p.m.
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After having had to abandon her throne to her friend Cynthia Bolingo last year, Nafi Thiam, who had triumphed uninterruptedly from 2013 to 2022 during the election of the Golden Spike rewarding the best female athlete of the year, has regained its first place, this Saturday, during the 41e edition of this trophy. The Namuroise, inevitably unbeatable after winning her third consecutive Olympic and European titles in the heptathlon, could no longer be beaten and it was with a comfortable lead that she overtook, with 79 points, Noor Vidts (56), his second runner-up in Paris, and Paulien Couckuyt (12), returned from hell after a cruciate ligament tear two years ago.
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