View from Europe: 2017’s best moments

Published 24/12/2017 at 14:20 GMT

We asked our colleagues across Europe to pick their best sporting moment from 2017…

Nadal Contador Bosse

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Ivan Castello – Eurosport Spain

It’s a tight call between Nadal awesome record of a tenth title at Roland Garros and the amazing victory of Alberto Contador in the hardest stage (L’Angliru, Vuelta).

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Alessandro Brunetti – Eurosport Italy

Pellegrini winning the gold in the 200m at the Swimming World Championships.

Federica Pellegrini 2017

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Siavoush Fallahi – Eurosport Sweden

When Sweden made it to the World Cup knocking Italy out in the play-offs.

Gianluigi Buffon of Italy cries after loosing at the end of the FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifier Play-Off: Second Leg between Italy and Sweden at San Siro Stadium on November 13, 2017 in Milan, Sweden.

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Laurent Vergne and Maxime Dupuis – Eurosport France

Pierre-Ambroise Bosse winning the 800m in London. From a pure performance point standpoint, it may not be the best (Fourcade in biathlon, or Teddy Riner with 10 World Cup titles is more impressive) but it was the biggest emotional moment for France in sport this year. The way Bosse shocked everyone during the last 250m was incredible.

Pierre-Ambroise Bosse

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Piotr Onami – Eurosport Poland

Kamil Stoch winning the Four Hills Tournament, becoming the first Polish ski jumper to achieve that since 2001.

Luis Holuch – Eurosport Germany

Johannes Rydzek winning four gold medals at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Lahti 2017.

Maxim Akmantsev – Eurosport Russia

2017 was a big year for Russia. Big but not happy. We didn’t have many victories so every successful participation of a Russian athlete can combine as a best moment of 2017. But the most important of them was the victory of Maria Lasitskene in London.