Del Potro’s opposition for Laureus World Breakthrough award

Question

Juan Martin del Potro has been nominated for the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award for his US Open victory. But who is the Argentine competing against?

Answer 1

The other nominees are Jenson Button, winner of the Formula One World Championship after 169 Grand Prix;  Mark Cavendish, winner of six stages of the Tour de France, a record for a British cyclist; Tom Daley, for winning the 10m platform gold medal at the World Championships, at age 15; Ji Yai Shin, the rookie of the year on the US LPGA Tour, winning three events; and VFL Wolfsburg (Germany), a small football club from Lower Saxony that won their first Bundesliga title.