The Piotr Nurowski Prize will be awarded in a few days at best young european athlete of the year 2024. The Association of European Olympic Committees (EOC) has unveiled the list of five finalists, selected by a panel of experts of the EOC and by the 49 European national committees. The table tennis player Félix Lebrun (18 years old), darling of the French public at the Paris 2024 Games, has a good card to play with his two Olympic medals, bronze in singles and in team. Italian gymnast Manila Esposito (18 years old) She also stood on the podium twice in Paris, winning silver in the team all-around and bronze on the balance beam. The German Helen Kevric, for her part, burst onto the scene at the age of 16. only by placing fourth at the European Championships on uneven bars, then finishing eighth in the all-around and sixth on uneven bars at the Games. The Lithuanian Dominika Banevič (17 years old), Olympic breakdancing vice-champion, and the Hungarian Viviana Márton (19), Olympic taekwondo champion in the under 67 kilos category, are also in the running for the prize. The winner will be chosen by a vote on February 28, at the 54th EOC General Assembly in Frankfurt. The elected official will succeed German gymnast Darja Varfolomeev and Turkish swimmer Kuzey Tuncelli.
