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So here's an idea.

Readers of this forum nominate your stars of 2018.

 

Male sportsman of the year,

Female sportsman of the year.

Team of the year

Junior sportsman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2018)

Junior  sportswoman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2018)

Greatest moment of the year

Biggest idiot of the year

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Male: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo

Female: Simone Biles

Team: France Men’s National Football Team (Summer), German National Ice Hockey Team (Winter)

Junior Males: Kliment Kolesnikov and Andrei Minakov

Junior Female: Taylor Ruck

Moment: Ester Leduka (spelled wrong) double gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Idiot: the squirrel that ran onto the parallel GS course at the Olympics

 

 

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“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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-Martin Fourcade (biathlon)

-Simone Biles (gymnastics)

-Netherlands national women's field hockey team

-Red Gerard (snowboard)

-Daria Bilodid (judo) 

-Ester Ledecka winning in ski and snowboard  

-that russian guy that doped in curling.

 

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Male sportsman of the year: Miakel Kingsbury, complete dominance in moguls

Female sportsman of the year: Esther Ledecka, is there really any choice? Only person to win 2 Olympic gold in two different sports at the Olympics.

Team of the year: Belgium Field hockey team/ French men's soccer team

Junior sportsman of the year: Taylor Ruck, 8 medals at the Commonwealth Games

Junior sportswoman of the year: Goh Jin Wei (Malaysia) Youth Olympics and World Junior Champion in badminton

Greatest moment of the year: Too many too choose from

Biggest idiot of the year: Jr Smith in the NBA Finals or Neymar in the World Cup

 

(Bit biased here ofc...)

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- Artur Dalaloyan :RUS (Artistic Gymnastics) 

- Simone Biles :USA (Artistic Gymnastics)

- USA Women's National Artistic Gymnastics Team :USA

Kliment Kolesnikov and Andrei Minakov :RUS (Swimming)

- Giorgia Villa :ITA (Artistic Gymnastics) 

- Alexa Moreno :MEX   made history  in Qatar as the first woman to win a medal for Mexico in artistic gymnastics.

-0 idiots hahahahha. 

 

 

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Also, another contender for my idiot of the year vote is Ryan Lochte for posting a photo of himself that got him a 14 month doping suspension :d 

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/nzaccardi/status/1021441665414950912/photo/1

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  On 12/24/2018 at 11:54 PM, Dragon said:

So here's an idea.

Readers of this forum nominate your stars of 2018.

 

Male sportsman of the year,

Female sportsman of the year.

Team of the year

Junior sportsman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2018)

Junior  sportswoman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2018)

Greatest moment of the year

Biggest idiot of the year :roflmao:

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well, I think it's too difficult to answer those questions...there's really too much to choose from (maybe Ledecka as the sportswoman of the year is a slightly easier choice than the other categories)...

 

but the last one...well, this is the best category ever proposed...:lol:

so, I try to choose a name at least for this one...

and actually, also here we have a lot of people where to choose from...but I'd go with that former Argentinian boxer with diabetis who died because he took part into a croissant eating contest...:evil:

I just can't imagine anybody more idiot than that...:facepalm:

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Team of the year is a tie for me: Sweden's male biathlon team and Belarus' female biathlon team

 

Disappointment of the year: Justin Kripps and Francesco Friedrich sharing the 2-man bobsleigh Olympic gold

 

Moment of the year: Ester Ledecka's super-G gold, and the combination of the German commentary and Ledecka's reaction after the finish / the snowboard gold was kinda expected, I found that much less interesting even though she made history

 

LOL-moment of the year: Marit Bjoergen at the 30km classic at the Olympics

 

Biggest idiot of the year 1: Without any doubt, Romano Fenati and his actions in Moto2, he has no place whatsoever in the sport because one day, someone's going to get killed because of him

Biggest idiot of the year 2: Neymar at the World Cup (or in general). Everyone knew he is an insane crybaby, but at the World Cup it went to new and terrible standards, children all over the world will imitate that crap 'because Neymar does it'

Biggest idiot of the year 3: Serena Williams in the US Open final, where even after winning a gazillian Grand Slam titles she just had to steal the thunder of a young first-time winner by acting like a spoiled brat when she lost

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