MOSCOW, Jul 25 American fans were dissatisfied with the results of the ESPY award. ESPN's Best Moments of the Year award went to US soccer player Megan Rapinoe. Fans consider 18-year-old one-armed basketball player Hansel Emmanuel Donato Dominguez unfairly left out.
" #34;best game/moment of the year", but ESPN declined to award it. He lost to a goal from a corner kick by Megan Rapinoe, who then used her stage time to talk about Brittney Griner. Instead of singling out an athlete who has overcome adversity but doesn't consider herself a victim, ESPN decided that the eternal "victim queen" more deserving of the award", writes the outkick.com columnist.
Some bloggers and social media users have suggested that the young athlete was deprived of a well-deserved award due to Rapinoe's active struggle for minority rights.
" How a corner goal beat a 60m shot, a poster and a guy with one arm doing "mill"?" Powercordz69 wonders on Twitter.
«I'm not saying it's unimpressive, but a kid with one arm doing a windmill, the farthest shot in NFL history, and the Brown poster are a lot more impressive,» eg0lite shared his opinion.
"As a child, I looked forward to watching the ESPY awards. Now I doubt that I will continue to do this", said JimboFig.