Kai Azzopardi wins the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for March

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Kai Azzopardi has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of March. At the age of 15, he became the youngest male athlete to win a multi-sport championship title when he won the National Duathlon Championships, hosted in Gozo.

The race was marked by adverse weather conditions, which made the course even more challenging. Racing against a field of experienced athletes, Azzopardi showed he was able to race in a tactical manner beyond his young age. Azzopardi's coach, Danica Bonello Spiteri, remarked that his result was all about his ability to learn and listen to guidance, as well as his regular commitment to training. It all augurs well for the future.

Kai Azzopardi trains with the Malta Youth Triathlon Academy and in the last five years, he has always won the Triathlon Athlete of the Year awarded by the same academy. He also forms part of the Malta Youth Olympic Programme. He was the only Maltese athlete out of 20 European athletes who were selected to attend the fully funded Pho3nix Futures Programme training camp in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The year 2021 was also a very fruitful year for Azzopardi after placing first overall out of 140 athletes at the Trumer Super Sprint Triathlon (open to all ages) held in Obertrum am See, Austria in July.

The trophy for the March 2022 Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month, together with the sports apparel voucher, were presented to Kai Azzopardi by Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer and David Cassar Business Development & Marketing Manager of Atlas Insurance. The Malta Sports Journalists Association was represented by Vice President Clinton Buhagiar and Administrator Stephen Azzopardi for this presentation.

This award is a joint initiative of the Malta Sports Journalists Association and Atlas Insurance. The adjudicating panel of this award takes note of all the youths' achievements during the month under review and at the same time invites local sports associations and federations to send in their nominations for consideration if they feel that any of their under-21 athletes have distinguished themselves during that month.

Nominations for this award may be sent via email to info@maltasportsjournalists.com. The rules and regulations of the award can be viewed on the website www.maltasportsjournalists.com.

Photo caption: From left: Stephen Azzopardi, Administrator (MSJA); Clinton Buhagiar, Vice President (MSJA); Kai Azzopardi; Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer (Atlas Insurance); and David Cassar, Business Development & Marketing Manager (Atlas Insurance).

Kai Azzopardi jirbaħ l-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Marzu

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Kai Azzopardi ingħata l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Marzu.

Ta’ 15-il sena, huwa l-iżgħar atleta maskili li rebaħ it-titlu tal-kampjonat meta rebaħ il-Kampjonati Nazzjonali tad-Duathlon, li kienu saru f’Għawdex. It-tiġrija kienet immarkata b’kundizzjonijiet xejn faċli tat-temp li għamlu l-perkors wieħed ferm missielet. Barra minn hekk Azzopardi wera l-ħila tiegħu li jikkompeti kontra atleti tal-esperjenza b’imġieba tattika li tmur lil hemm mill-età żgħira tiegħu. Danica Bonello Spiteri, li hija l-kowċ ta’ Azzopardi irrimarkat li r-riżultat li kiseb wera l-abiltà li għandu biex jitgħallem u jisma’ t-tmexxija tagħha u kif ukoll l-impenn regolari tiegħu għat-taħriġ. Dan kollu jawgura ferm tajjeb għall-futur.

Kai Azzopardi kien l-uniku rappreżentant ta’ pajjiżna li ħa sehem f’kamp ta’ taħriġ organizzat mill-Fondazzjoni Pho3nix li sar f’Lausanne, l-Iżvizzera, fejn b’kollox ħadu sehem għoxrin żagħżugħ u żagħżugħa. Azzopardi huwa wieħed mit-triatleti li jitħarrġu mal-Akkademja Maltija taż-Żgħażagħ tat-Triathlon u f’dawn  l-aħħar ħames snin dejjem kien ir-rebbieħ tat-titlu tat-Triatleta tas-Sena, mogħti mill-istess akkademja. Huwa wkoll jifforma parti mill-Malta Youth Olympic Programme. Barra minn hekk, f’Lulju li għadda, Kai ħa sehem fit-Trumer Super Sprint Distance Triathlon li saret f’Obertrum Am See fl-Awstrija, fejn temm fl-ewwel post inġenerali u fil-kategorija tiegħu.

It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Marzu 2022 flimkien mal-vawċer t’abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma' dan il-premju ġew ippreżentati lil Kai Azzopardi minn Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer u David Cassar Business Development & Marketing Manager ta' Atlas Insurance. F’isem l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kien hemm preżenti il-Viċi President Clinton Buhagiar u l-Amministratur Stephen Azzopardi.

Dan il-premju ta' kull xahar jingħata b'inizjattiva konġunta tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports flimkien ma' Atlas Insurance. Il-panel li jiġġudika r-rebbieħa ta' dan il-premju jieħu nota tas-suċċessi miksuba matul dak ix-xahar u fl-istess ħin jistieden lill-assoċjazzjonijiet u federazzjonijiet sportivi sabiex jibagħtu n-nomini tagħhom. In-nominati li jiġu evalwati jridu jkunu taħt il-21 sena.

In-nominazzjonijiet għandhom jaslu b’imejl lil info@maltasportsjournalists.com. Ir-regolamenti ta’ dan l-unur jinsabu fuq is-sit elettroniku tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports li hu www.maltasportsjournalists.com.

Ritratt: Mix-xellug: Stephen Azzopardi, Amministratur (MSJA); Clinton Buhagiar, Viċi President (MSJA); Kai Azzopardi; Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer (Atlas Insurance); u David Cassar, Business Development & Marketing Manager (Atlas Insurance).

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