Jinzha 559 Posted December 30, 2022 #111 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone else nominate Eliud Kipchoge. For me he is one of the absolute greatest in global sports right now, with another world record in the marathon just last september. You may also notice that I interpreted the Youth Athlete competition as actual juniors competing in youth competitions, leaving the juniors that broke through at senior level for the Breakthrough category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 747 Posted December 30, 2022 #112 Share Posted December 30, 2022 22 minutes ago, Jinzha said: I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone else nominate Eliud Kipchoge. For me he is one of the absolute greatest in global sports right now, with another world record in the marathon just last september. You may also notice that I interpreted the Youth Athlete competition as actual juniors competing in youth competitions, leaving the juniors that broke through at senior level for the Breakthrough category. Actually I considered him but my problem is that he dropped the World Championships for Berlin. For me I prefer athletes that competes in the big events. Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,081 Posted December 30, 2022 Author #113 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I see some votes for the swedish Equestrian team jumping being placed in Men's Team, even though there's a woman on the team. As we don't have a category for best mixed team (we will discuss this next year) and voting is already ongoing, I will leave this question here: Loading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,663 Posted December 30, 2022 #114 Share Posted December 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, Belle said: Actually I considered him but my problem is that he dropped the World Championships for Berlin. For me I prefer athletes that competes in the big events. To be fair, in marathon, races like Berlin are the big events, certainly not world championships But yeah, Kipchoge. Another of those athletes that makes me think "Right, that's true!" Jinzha 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 747 Posted December 30, 2022 #115 Share Posted December 30, 2022 55 minutes ago, heywoodu said: To be fair, in marathon, races like Berlin are the big events, certainly not world championships But yeah, Kipchoge. Another of those athletes that makes me think "Right, that's true!" But how many people watch Berlin Marathon? Feels like World Championships is bigger worldwide. It’s easier to vote for athletes that you can follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,663 Posted December 30, 2022 #116 Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Belle said: But how many people watch Berlin Marathon? Feels like World Championships is bigger worldwide. It’s easier to vote for athletes that you can follow. Even as an avid athletics follower, I have to kind of force myself to watch the marathon at the world championships, whereas Berlin, London etc are simply the much bigger events and easier to follow. I honestly think you are underestimating how big the large city marathons are Marathon = city marathons, basically. The rest is a nice aside, even the Olympics aren't that much bigger (if they even are bigger). Edited December 30, 2022 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,578 Posted December 31, 2022 #117 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Here’s what I have so far: BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Paralympic sports #1: Jesper Pedersen #2: Diede de Groot #3: Brian McKeever #4: Marcel Hug #5: Brenna Huckaby #6: Cécile Hernandez BEST MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM for men's teams, pairs or groups (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports) #1: Football #2: Ice Hockey #3: Floorball #4: Beach Handball #5: Curling #6: Goalball BEST WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM for women's teams, pairs or groups (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports) #1: Ice Hockey #2: Rugby 7s #3: Flag Football #4: T20 Cricket #5: Beach Handball #6: Softball “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,081 Posted December 31, 2022 Author #118 Share Posted December 31, 2022 While we've reached the voting deadline for the first stage, I'll be accepting votes until this Saturday for those who still want to vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,511 Posted December 31, 2022 #119 Share Posted December 31, 2022 BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Sandra Näslund #2: Eileen Gu #3: Marte Olsbu Røiseland #4: Irene Schouten #5: Katie Ledecky #6: Sydney McLaughlin BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Johannes Thingnes Bø #2: Quentin Fillon Maillet #3: Armand Duplantis #4: Nils van der Poel #5: Alexander Bolshunov #6: BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Paralympic sports #1: Jesper Pedersen #2: Oksana Masters #3: Brian McKeever #4: Vitaliy Lukyanenko #5: Stefano Raimondi #6: Petrúcio Ferreira BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports #1: #2: #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST YOUTH ATHLETE for any athlete up to 18 years old (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports) #1: Summer McIntosh #2: Su Yiming #3: Mollie O'Callaghan #4: Erriyon Knighton #5: #6: BEST MEN'S TEAM for men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports) #1: Hockey #2: Soccer #3: Tennis #4: curling #5: sledge hockey #6: BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports) #1: Canada Hockey #2: Water polo #3: rugby #4: curling #5: soccer #6: BEST DOUBLES OR PAIR for doubles or pairs (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports) #1: Stefania Constantini/Amos Mosaner #2: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron #3: Francesco Friedrich/Thorsten Margis #4: Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik #5: #6: BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR for the most improved athlete or team (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports) #1: David Popovici swimming #2: Morocco soccer #3: Tobi Amusan athletics #4: U-20 soccer team #5: Joshua Liendo swimming #6: Carlos Alcaraz Tenns SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2022 (including Olympic, Paralympic and Non-Olympic sports) #1: #2: #3: #4: #5: #6: OLYMPIC SPIRIT AWARD for any athlete or team that took part in the 2022 Winter Olympics or Paralympics #1: Iivo Niskanen for waiting for the last place finisher #2: Brittany Bowe for giving her spot up in the 500m to allow her teammate to compete #3: ski jumping mixed team (surprise medal) #4: Brenna Huckaby (paralympic snowboarder) #5: #6: vinipereira and Olympian1010 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,401 Posted December 31, 2022 #120 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) Maybe next season additional category, sth like: the biggest sensation, the biggest surprise, an underdog wins... sth like that? This is a little bit different than "breakthrough" and not a king of "biggest fluke"... Anyway, I am waiting for the final voting, could be very interesting! Edited December 31, 2022 by rafalgorka vinipereira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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