Big recognition for Nordic Combined World Champion Bernhard Gruber. Sports Media Austria, the Austrian union of sports journalists has picked him as one of five nominees in the category „Male Athlete of the Year“. In the past winter, Gruber had become the first Austrian World Champion in the history of Nordic Combined.

Gruber's competition, though, is steep: Fellow nominees are soccer player David Alaba, alpine superstar Marcel Hirscher, Tennis player Dominik Thiem and golfer Bern Wiesberger. The decision will be announced at the „Nacht des Sports“ gala event on the 29th of October and can be watched live on ORF1.