Totallympics Awards 2022

[vinipereira 3,419]

  On 12/21/2022 at 10:01 PM, Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo said:

I think that "pairs"can be a new category. All mixed teams are "pairs", couple of skating, mixed curling, some sailing classes. Not all pairs are mixed, of course. But a pair is not a team, and is not an individual.

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I have added the best Doubles/Pair category. Some contenders include:

 

Matthew Ebden/Max Purcell (Tennis)

Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios (Tennis)

Duda/Ana Patrícia (Beach Volleyball)

Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (Diving)

Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (Badminton)

Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (Badminton)

Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure Skating)

Xu Shixiao/Sun Mengya (Canoeing)

Barbora Krejčíková/Kateřina Siniaková (Tennis)

Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (Tennis)

Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (Figure Skating)

Hugo Boucheron/Matthieu Androdias (Rowing)

Francesco Friedrich/Thorsten Margis (Bobsleigh)

Laura Nolte/Deborah Levi (Bobsleigh)

Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (Luge)

Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid (Wheelchair Tennis

Bence Nádas/Bálint Kopasz (Canoeing)

Stefania Constantini/Amos Mosaner (Curling)

Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Badminton)

Diede de Groot/Aniek van Koot (Wheelchair Tennis)

Anders Mol/Christian Sørum (Beach Volleyball)

Karolina Naja/Anna Puławska (Canoeing)

Ancuța Bodnar/Simona Radiș (Rowing)

Marius Cozmiuc/Sergiu Bejan (Rowing)

Cayetano García/Pablo Martínez (Canoeing)

Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury (Tennis)

[OlympicIRL 5,534]

  On 12/22/2022 at 12:17 AM, vinipereira said:

I have added the best Doubles/Pair category. Some contenders include:

 

Matthew Ebden/Max Purcell (Tennis)

Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios (Tennis)

Duda/Ana Patrícia (Beach Volleyball)

Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (Diving)

Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (Badminton)

Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (Badminton)

Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure Skating)

Xu Shixiao/Sun Mengya (Canoeing)

Barbora Krejčíková/Kateřina Siniaková (Tennis)

Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (Tennis)

Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (Figure Skating)

Hugo Boucheron/Matthieu Androdias (Rowing)

Francesco Friedrich/Thorsten Margis (Bobsleigh)

Laura Nolte/Deborah Levi (Bobsleigh)

Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (Luge)

Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid (Wheelchair Tennis

Bence Nádas/Bálint Kopasz (Canoeing)

Stefania Constantini/Amos Mosaner (Curling)

Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Badminton)

Diede de Groot/Aniek van Koot (Wheelchair Tennis)

Anders Mol/Christian Sørum (Beach Volleyball)

Karolina Naja/Anna Puławska (Canoeing)

Ancuța Bodnar/Simona Radiș (Rowing)

Marius Cozmiuc/Sergiu Bejan (Rowing)

Cayetano García/Pablo Martínez (Canoeing)

Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury (Tennis)

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I can think of one other very worthy candidate in rowing too  

 

 O’Donovan / McCarthy who just happen to be unbeaten since 2019!

Edited December 22, 2022 by OlympicIRL

[Dragon 1,892]

Question - are professional boxers and rugby players who only play 15 player rugby eligible for the non-Olympic award?

[vinipereira 3,419]

  On 12/22/2022 at 11:01 AM, Dragon said:

Question - are professional boxers and rugby players who only play 15 player rugby eligible for the non-Olympic award?

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For rugby players, yes (non-Olympic). For boxers it's a little tricky since professionals can compete at the Olympics, even though most of them won't. Since it's allowed, I think they should be up for the main category.

[phelps 7,797]

  On 12/22/2022 at 11:42 AM, vinipereira said:

For rugby players, yes (non-Olympic). For boxers it's a little tricky since professionals can compete at the Olympics, even though most of them won't. Since it's allowed, I think they should be up for the main category.

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actually, the best pro boxers can't take part into the Olympics, so if someone wants to name people like Usik or Fury or Canelo and all the giants of the sport, it shouldn't happen in the Olympic categories...just my 2 cents.

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 12/22/2022 at 1:05 PM, phelps said:

actually, the best pro boxers can't take part into the Olympics, so if someone wants to name people like Usik or Fury or Canelo and all the giants of the sport, it shouldn't happen in the Olympic categories...just my 2 cents.

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Why are the best not allowed to try and qualify for the Olympics?

[phelps 7,797]

  On 12/22/2022 at 2:03 PM, heywoodu said:

Why are the best not allowed to try and qualify for the Olympics?

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if I remember well, the boxers must have a limited number of pro fights under their belt to enter the Olympic pathway.

 

I'm sure it was between 10 and 15 max (with no title fights) when they opened to the pros in 2016, but tbh I don't know if the limitation is still in place or it's been removed. 

[vinipereira 3,419]

  On 12/22/2022 at 1:05 PM, phelps said:

actually, the best pro boxers can't take part into the Olympics, so if someone wants to name people like Usik or Fury or Canelo and all the giants of the sport, it shouldn't happen in the Olympic categories...just my 2 cents.

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I don't know much about the Boxing situation, but if an athlete can't compete at the Olympics, he can be considered for the non-Olympic category. This also should include athletes that exclusively compete in events that aren't part of the Olympic programme, like those who can compete only at the World Games etc.

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 12/22/2022 at 2:54 PM, vinipereira said:

I don't know much about the Boxing situation, but if an athlete can't compete at the Olympics, he can be considered for the non-Olympic category. This also should include athletes that exclusively compete in events that aren't part of the Olympic programme, like those who can compete only at the World Games etc.

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So if i want to nominate someone like Kliment Kolesnikov, i should do it in the non-olympic category?

[Dragon 1,892]

  On 12/22/2022 at 11:42 AM, vinipereira said:

For rugby players, yes (non-Olympic). For boxers it's a little tricky since professionals can compete at the Olympics, even though most of them won't. Since it's allowed, I think they should be up for the main category.

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Similar question - baseball players who play in the US major leagues? Olympic or non-Olympic?