Prensa Latina Sports Poll 2014 Opens

The 51st sports carried out every year by Cuban news agency PRENSA LATINA, to select the best athletes of the year in Latin America and the Caribbean, has opened to press media and specialists this Monday, and now all press media and experts may send their votes to define winners. For the third time, only five best athletes will be selected, besides the Best Female, Male Athlete of the Year and Best Team of the Year will be selected.

In the 2013 edition, female sprinter Shelly Ann Fraser got to win as Best Female Athlete, and Usain Bolt, both from Jamaica, was the Best Male Athlete. The baseball team of the Dominican Republic having taken part and winning the 2013 World Baseball Classic, was the winner of the award for the Best Team of the Year.

Votes coming from communication media, such as radio, television, websites and written press, may send their votes to: deportes@prensa-latina.cu

Prensa Latina left some proposals as winners, but any communication media may vote for any athlete who may not be on its list, if it thinks the athlete can opt for the award.

In the Prensa Latina list, there are stars such as Caterine Ibargüen (triple jump, Colombia), Fabiana Murer (jumping, Brazil), Marta Vieira da Silva (female soccer, Brazil), Mayra Aguiar (judo, Brazil), Idalys Ortiz (judo, Cuba), María del Rosario Espinoza (taekwondo, Mexico), Glennis Hernandez (taekwondo, Cuba) and others, for Best Female Athlete.

The names of Eugene Williams Mills (track and field, Jamaica), Alonso Edwards (track and field, Panama), Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili (basketball, Argentina), Leinier Domínguez (chess, Cuba), Yosbany Veitía (boxing, Cuba), Erislandy Savon (boxing, Cuba) Pablo Sandoval (Baseball, Venezuela) Angel di Maria, (soccer, Argentina), Lionel Messi (soccer, Argentina), James Rodriguez (soccer, Colombia) and others are in the PL list for Best Male Athlete.

For Best Male Team of the Year, there are the Argentinean and the Colombian soccer team, together with the Peruvian soccer national team and the Cuban male boxing team.

For Best Female Team, there are the national Brazilian and the Dominican national volleyball teams.