The Laureus World Sports Awards made its debut in Russia in 2008, with St. Petersburg as the host city, and the audience was treated to a ballet performance, accompanied by a live orchestra.
A young Lewis Hamilton was awarded Breakthrough of the Year and Sergey Bubka was honoured with the Laurues Lifetime Achievement Award.
See all of the winners and nominees below.
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