Totallympics Awards 2022

[Jinzha 702]

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.

[Belle 975]

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. 

[vinipereira 3,240]

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:

 

[heywoodu 15,141]

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!"  

[Belle 975]

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. 

[heywoodu 15,141]

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

[Olympian1010 7,976]

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

[vinipereira 3,240]

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

[intoronto 5,641]

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  
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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

 

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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  
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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)

 

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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)
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[rafalgorka 1,530]

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