COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong, Olympic gold-medal figure skater Sarah Hughes and the U.S. women's bobsled team were voted the U.S. Olympic Committee's sportsman, sportswoman and team of the year for 2002, Olympic officials announced Monday.

The USOC has awarded the sportsman and sportswoman awards annually since 1974 to the top overall male and female athlete from USOC member organizations. The team award was added in 1996.

Winners are chosen by journalists, the USOC Board of Directors, and the USOC Athletes Advisory Council.

Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, won his fourth consecutive Tour de France last year, the first American to accomplish the feat. He joins speedskater Eric Heiden and sprinter Michael Johnson as a three-time USOC sportsman of the year winner.

Hughes, of Great Neck, N.Y., was the Olympic gold medalist in ladies figure skating at the 2002 Olympic Games at Salt Lake City.

Bobsled team members Jill Bakken, of Park City, Utah, and Vonetta Flowers, of Helena, Ala., won the first Olympic gold medal in women's bobsled at the games last year.

Finalists in the sportsman category included speedskater Derek Parra, of San Bernardino, Calif., skier Bode Miller, of Franconia, N.H., bobsledder Brian Shimer, of Naples, Fla., and track and field's Tim Montgomery, of Cary, N.C.

Female finalists included tennis champion Serena Williams, of Palm Springs Gardens, Fla., speedskater Chris Witty, of West Allis, Wis., swimmer Natalie Coughlin, of Concord, Calif., who tied for third place, and snowboarder Kelly Clark, of Mount Snow, Vt.

Finalists in the team category included the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team; the USA Basketball Women's World Championship Team; the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team; and the USA Softball's Women's National Team.