2018 Olympic gold medalists Jamie Anderson of Tahoe, Reno's David Wise nominated for ESPYs
Olympic Gold Medalist Jamie Anderson from South Lake Tahoe and David Wise of Reno have been nominated for ESPY awards in a year dominated by snowboarders and freestyle skiers, at least in the Olympic and action sport categories.
Anderson is up against fellow Olympian Chloe Kim for Best Female Action Sports Athlete, an award Anderson won in 2012, 2014 and 2016, and nominated for in 2007.
Anderson is also nominated for Best U.S. Female Olympian, an award she previously won in 2014. She is up against Kim for this award as well. Anderson took the Olympic gold in the 2018 slopestyle at PyeongChang and Sochi 2014.
ESPY stands for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly.
Best Male Action Sports Athlete has two-time gold medalist freestyle skier Wise of Reno in the mix with Swedish skier Henrik Harlaut, skateboarder Kelvin Hoefler, and snowboarder Marcus Kleveland of Norway.
Best Male Olympian is a four-way race with Wise, snowboarders Shaun White and Red Gerard, and curling team skip John Shuster.
Sports enthusiasts have a say who wins in 2018, and everyone is invited to vote on line daily:
http://www.espn.com/espys/story/_/page/voting52/vote-best-sports
The awards show airs on ABC, July 18 at 8 p.m.