Veddriq Leonardo Is On The Nomine List Of The Best Athletes In 2024 IWGA

Veddriq Leonardo is included in the IWGA list of the Best Athletes in 2024 after winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics (doc. NOC Indonesia).

JAKARTA Indonesian rock climbing athlete, Veddriq Leonardo, is included in the list of nominees for the 2024 Best Athlete for the International World Games Association (IWGA) version.

Veddriq is one of the 22 athletes, spouses, and teams included in the list. This series was just released by IWGA on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

"Each candidate is nominated by each International Federation (IF) for their extraordinary achievements and contributions to the sport by 2024," reads the IWGA statement on their official website.

Veddriq is the only Indonesian athlete to be included in the nominee list. He was recommended by the International Rock Climbing Federation (International Federation of Sport Climbing).

The 27-year-old athlete passed 2024 with his best achievement in defeating Wu Peng from China to win the men's speed number gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The voting period for this prestigious award will officially open on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 12.00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) or 19.00 WIB.

All sports fans from all over the world can participate in choosing their favorite athletes. This vote will open until January 31, 2025 at 12.00 GMT.

Voting can be done on The World Games website. Each voting session must include votes for two candidates: two votes for the first and one vote for the second choice.

The votes given for just one candidate will not be counted. Voting is limited to one session every 24 hours per person. Voice counting will appear in real time during the campaign.

Then on January 22, 2025 at 01:00 GMT, as many as 10 candidates with the highest rankings will continue to the final stages of voting. At that stage all vote count will be reset to zero.