Cycle News Staff | June 22, 2021
Cooper Webb Nominated For ESPY Award. Two-time (2019 and 2021) Monster Energy AMA Supercross Champion Cooper Webb has been nominated for the prestigious ESPY Award in the Best Athlete, Men’s Action Sports Category. The ESPY Awards, which was created by ESPN in 1993, are given for Excellence in Sports Performance.
Webb joins an elite few motorcycle racers who have been nominated in the past: Chad Reed, Ricky Carmichael, Travis Pastrana, James Stewart, Ryan Dungey, Ryan Villopoto and now Webb. Of these, only Pastrana and Dungey have won the award. Dungey won it two years in a row in 2015 and 2016.
Cooper Webb has been nominated for an ESPY Award. Fan voting is through July 9. (Link below)
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ESPN recently announced the 2021 ESPY Award nominations and two-time Monster Energy Supercross Champion Cooper Webb is nominated for his first ESPY Award in the Best Athlete, Men’s Action Sports Category.
The Red Bull KTM athlete had an amazing Supercross season winning 8 of 17 races including the final race of the season in decided fashion while claiming his second Supercross championship. Webb visited the podium 13 times during the season and now sits 11th on the All-Time wins list with 19 career victories. Remarkably, all those wins were captured in the last three seasons where Webb has won the title twice in three years.
Webb is competing in the Best Athlete, Men’s Action Sports category against Japanese snowboarder, Yuto Totsuka, Norwegian snowboarder Marcus Kleveland and two-time World Surfing League champion Gabriel Medina.
This year marks the 29th iteration of the ESPY Awards which will be broadcast live on Saturday, July 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC from The Rooftop at Pier 17 at the Seaport in New York City. Sports fans can vote across 32 different categories for their favorite athletes, plays and sports moments from this past year.
Fan Voting Taking Place Now Through Friday, July 9 at
ESPYS.com.
