Totallympics Sports Review of 2019

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  On 12/23/2019 at 11:51 PM, Olympian1010 said:

Who’s this Daria Bilodid chick, and why do y’all love her?

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Maybe if she wins the Olympic Gold in Tokyo you'll get to know her better

 

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  On 12/24/2019 at 12:03 AM, Monzanator said:

 

Maybe if she wins the Olympic Gold in Tokyo you'll get to know her better

 

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Pretty sure I reported on her 2019 European Games medal, and I still couldn’t remember who she was 

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  On 12/24/2019 at 12:39 AM, Olympian1010 said:

Pretty sure I reported on her 2019 European Games medal, and I still couldn’t remember who she was 

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Americans don't care about judo so it's not a surprise

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1. Male sportsperson of the year:   Rafael Nadal (runner up   Caeleb Dressel )
2. Female sportsperson of the year:  Simon Biles
3. Team of the year:  Men's Basketball Team (runner up  Women's Volleyball Team)
4. Junior sportsman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2019): I don't know
5. Junior sportswoman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2019):  Bianca Andreescu
6. Greatest moment of the year: Novak Djokovic vs Roger Federer in Wimbledon Final
7. Biggest idiot of the year: a little offensive and disrespectful, Roger Federer missed two match points and lost the Wimbledon Final

[Olympian1010 8,073]

  On 12/24/2019 at 12:42 AM, Monzanator said:

 

Americans don't care about judo so it's not a surprise

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If you’ve followed any of my reporting, you’d know I appreciate a good judo bout. I’m just not good with names, and I feel like we’ve already established this. It’s also hard for me to remember the names of younger athletes, who I haven’t seen as often. It still is quite shocking her name didn’t ring bell after how dominant she’s been this year. I just can’t believe the world’s top skateboarders aren’t getting any acknowledgement. They’ve achieved much more in longer careers (even though they’re 13-17)

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  On 12/24/2019 at 6:07 AM, Olympian1010 said:

If you’ve followed any of my reporting, you’d know I appreciate a good judo bout. I’m just not good with names, and I feel like we’ve already established this. It’s also hard for me to remember the names of younger athletes, who I haven’t seen as often. It still is quite shocking her name didn’t ring bell after how dominant she’s been this year. I just can’t believe the world’s top skateboarders aren’t getting any acknowledgement. They’ve achieved much more in longer careers (even though they’re 13-17)

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Right. You're a judo fan but not good with names like Bilodid? It's like saying someone is a basketball fan but hasn't heard about James Harden

 

I don't watch skateboarding and probably never will

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  On 12/24/2019 at 6:22 AM, Monzanator said:

 

Right. You're a judo fan but not good with names like Bilodid? It's like saying someone is a basketball fan but hasn't heard about James Harden

 

I don't watch skateboarding and probably never will

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I focus on flags more than names . I should honestly know more names, but I just don’t. I don’t actually watch a lot of sport outside multi-sports games or world championships. I don’t really have one overall passion. I have a bunch of subjects/hobbies that I’m rather knowledgeable about. There’s also like 150 sports to follow, so it can be a lot. I really do need to get better at watching sports though. 

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Organization of the Year: World Taekwondo 

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  On 12/24/2019 at 6:31 AM, Olympian1010 said:

I focus on flags more than names . I should honestly know more names, but I just don’t. I don’t actually watch a lot of sport outside multi-sports games or world championships. I don’t really have one overall passion. I have a bunch of subjects/hobbies that I’m rather knowledgeable about. There’s also like 150 sports to follow, so it can be a lot. I really do need to get better at watching sports though. 

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Reminds me of this: (Hint #1 everyone in Europe knows how Michael Jordan looks like ). All these LeBron vs Jordan debates you have in USA are moot, Europe votes for Jordan all the time. Hint #2 nobody over here knows a damn thing about baseball, even a guy wearing a Yankee cap can't recognize Jeter  

 

 

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  On 12/23/2019 at 10:44 PM, hckosice said:

Junior sportsman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2019): Chaurabh Saudary

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I think you mean Saurabh Chaudhary