Kenworthy Nominated for ESPY Award

Olympic silver medalist Gus Kenworthy (Telluride, CO) has received a nomination for the 2016 ESPY Awards after a stellar 2015-16 season. Kenworthy is nominated in the Best Male Action Sports Athlete category.

MORE: Kenworthy Silver Again at 2016 X Games

This season, Kenworthy won two X Games medals in Aspen—a silver in SuperPipe and a silver in Slopestyle—making him the first athlete to medal in each event at the same X Games since 2005. Plus, he added two more X Games medals to his collection in Oslo, won the European Freeski Open and led a halfpipe sweep at the U.S. Grand Prix in Mammoth.

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Gus Kenworthy – Best Male Action Sports Athlete

HIGHLIGHTS

• Gus Kenworthy is nominated for an ESPY Award in the Best Male Action Sports Athlete category.
• U.S. Snowboarding’s Jamie Anderson and Chloe Kim are nominated in the Best Female Action Sports Athlete category. Kim is also nominated for Best Breakthrough Athlete.