Novak Djokovic has been at the forefront of European news agencies, including the best European athletes in the 2018 MTI.
The winning Serbian tennis player winning this year's Wimbledon and US Open, who won the third time in 2011 and 2015, was preceded by Croatian gold ball football player Luka Modric, and third in the Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton.
Five of the best of the Phangonghang Winter Olympics can be found in the top ten, but they did not have the chance to get into the top three.
In the vote since 1958, which was attended by 23 news agencies this year, the top runner is the top five tennis player Roger Federer.
Europe's best athletes in 2018 according to European news agencies:
1. Novak Djokovic (Serbian, Tennis) 145 points
2. Luka Modric (Croatian, football) 132
3. Lewis Hamilton (British, Formula 1) 114
4. Ester Ledecka (Czech, alpine ski / snowboard) 74
5. Martin Fourcade (French, ski shooting) 69
6. Marcel Hirscher (Austrian, alpine skiing) 67
7. Marit Björgen (Norwegian, cross-country skiing) 59
8. Antoine Griezmann (French, football) 43
9. Kevin Mayer (French, Athletics) 40
10. Simona Halep (Romanian, tennis) and
Kamil Stoch (Polish, ski jumping) 39-39
(Source: sportrajongo.hu, m4sport, mti / Photo: pixabay)