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Oh no:facepalm:

 

Well… a lot. 
 

In curling, :SWE Team Edin, :SUI Team Schwaller and  :SWE Team Hasselborg (and to a lesser extent :JPN Team Fujisawa)

 

In freestyle skiing, :NOR Birk Ruud

 

In hockey, :SWE Elias Petterson, :USA JT Miller, :USA Thatcher Demko (all three of my favourite Canucks)

 

In volleyball, :POL Poland’s men’s team (and to a lesser extent :BUL Bulgaria’s men’s team :p ), along with :JPN Yuki Ishikawa, :USA TJ Defalco, :GER György Grozer, :SWE Isabella Haak, :SRB Tijana Boskovic. As for Polish players, favourites would have to be Sliwka and Leon (Kaczmarek and Bednorz in 3rd and 4th probably).   

 

In badminton, :DEN Viktor Axelsen and :IND P.V Sindu

 

In volleyball, :NOR Mol/Sørum, :POL Bryl/Łosiak, :SUI Hüberli/Brunner, :GER Ehlers/Wickler, :BRA Duda (Not a big fan of AP though), :SUI Mader/Verge Depre, :NED Brouwer/Meeuwsen, :QAT Cherif/Ahmed

 

In athletics, :SWE Mondo Duplantis, :NED Femke Bol, :NGR Tobi Amusan, :GRE Miltiadis Tentoglou, :USA Anna Hall, :AUS Nicola Olyslagers, :NOR Jakob Ingebrigtsen, :QAT Mutaz Essa Barshim, :NOR Karsten Warholm, :USA Athing Mu, :CZE Jakub Vadlejch

 

In swimming, :USA Thomas Heilman, :FRA Leon Marchand, :RSA Chad Le Clos, :USA Ryan Murphy, :USA Nic Fink, :AUS Lani Pallister, :USA Caleb Dressel, :USA Michael Andrew, :FRA Florent Manaudou, :LTU Ruta Meilutyte

 

In alpine skiing, :NOR Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, :AND Joan Verdu, and :GRE AJ Ginnis

 

In cross country skiing, :NOR Johannes Hosflot Klaebo 

 

In surfing, :BRA Gabriel Medina, :BRA Joao Chianca, :BRA Filipe Toledo

 

In soccer/football, :ARG Lionel Messi, :BEL Thibaut Courtois

 

In tennis, :NOR Casper Ruud, :ESP Rafa Nadal, :POL Hubi Hurkacz, :SRB Novak Djokovic, :RUS Daniil Medvedev, :AUT Dominic Thiem, :BUL Grigor Dimitrov, :SUI Roger Federer, :ESP Paula Badosa, :EST Anett Kontaveit

 

In judo, :ISR Peter Paltchik

 

Obviously Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and the rest (2021-22 roster, hate Chris Paul) of the Golden State Warriors (NBA). Along with :GRE Giannis Antetokounmpo, :SLO Luka Doncic, and :LTU Domantas Sabonis and that’s pretty much it. 
 

What about you?

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My Top 10:

 

Ran Takahashi :JPN (Volleyball)

Yuki Ishikawa :JPN (Volleyball)

Micah Christenson :USA (Volleyball)

Brayelin Martinez :DOM (Volleyball)

Luciano De Cecco :ARG (Volleyball)

Chloe Covell :AUS (Skateboard)

Nora Mork :NOR (Handball)

Gustavo Ribeiro :POR (Skateboard)

Humana-Paredes & Brandie :CAN (Beach Volleyball)

Fiji Rugby Team :FIJ

 

 

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Shorttrack speedskating - Kim Boutin :CAN 

Tennis - Stan Wawrinka :SUI 

Tennis - Aryna Sabalenka :BLR 

Athletics - Miltiadis Tentoglou :GRE 

Athletics - Natalia Kaczmarek :POL 

Road cycling - Wout van Aert :BEL 

Gymnastics - Rebeca Andrade :BRA 

Judo - Lukas Krpalek :CZE 

Speedskating - Isabelle Weidemann :CAN 

 

 

 

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most of the athletes I used to support are no longer competing...:rolleyes: :cry: :old:

 

however, I still admire all the champions in each sport I follow, so, there are way too many to be named

 

so, among those still in activity I love watching play "pound for pound" there are:

 

Baseball: :JPN Shoei Ohtani, :JPN Roki Sasaki, :USA Clayton Kershaw, :USA Mookie Betts

 

Hockey: :SLO Anze Kopitar, :RUS Alexander Ovechkin, :GER Leon Draisaitl, :SUI Roman Josi

 

Alpine Skiing: :USA Mikaela Shiffrin, :SUI Marco Odermatt

 

Speedskating: :NED Jutta Leerdam (well, maybe that's not because of her -however great- skills :rolleyes: :p)

 

Short Track Speedskating: :BEL Hanne Desmet

 

Athletics: :SWE Mondo Duplantis, :VEN Yulimar Rojas, :BAH Shaunae Miller-Uibo, :KEN Faith Kipyegon, :NZL Tom Walsh

 

Swimming: :AUS Ariarne Titmus

 

Judo: :JPN Uta Abe

 

Wrestling: the :KGZ and :IRI athletes in general

 

Boxing: :UKR Vasyl Lomachenko, :UKR Oleksandr Usyk and :JPN Naoya Inoue

 

Basketball: :SLO Luka Doncic

 

Shooting: :SMR Alessandra Perilli (and the :SMR team in general)

 

and many, many more...

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10 hours ago, Josh said:

Oh no:facepalm:

 

Well… a lot. 
 

In curling, :SWE Team Edin and :SWE Team Hasselborg

 

In freestyle skiing, :NOR Birk Ruud

 

In volleyball, :POL Poland’s men’s team (and to a lesser extent :BUL Bulgaria’s men’s team :p ), along with :JPN Yuki Ishikawa, :USA TJ Defalco, :GER György Grozer, :SWE Isabella Haak. As for Polish players, favourites would have to be Sliwka and Leon (Kaczmarek in 3rd probably).  

 

In badminton, :DEN Viktor Axelsen and :IND P.V Sindu

 

In volleyball, :NOR Mol/Sørum, :POL Bryl/Łosiak, :SUI Hüberli/Brunner, :GER Ehlers/Wickler, :BRA Duda (Not a big fan of AP though), :SUI Mader/Verge Depre, :NED Brouwer/Meeuwsen

 

In athletics, :SWE Mondo Duplantis, :NED Femke Bol, :NGR Tobi Amusan, :GRE Miltiadis Tentoglou, :USA Anna Hall, :AUS Nicola Olyslagers, :NOR Jakob Ingebrigtsen, :QAT Mutaz Essa Barshim, :NOR Karsten Warholm, :USA Athing Mu

 

In swimming, :USA Thomas Heilman, :FRA Leon Marchand, :RSA Chad Le Clos, :USA Ryan Murphy, :USA Nic Fink, :AUS Lani Pallister, :USA Caleb Dressel, :USA Michael Andrew, :FRA Florent Manaudou

 

In alpine skiing, :NOR Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

 

In surfing, :BRA Gabriel Medina, :BRA Joao Chianca, :BRA Filipe Toledo

 

In soccer/football, :ARG Lionel Messi, :BEL Thibaut Courtois

 

In tennis, :NOR Casper Ruud, :ESP Rafa Nadal, :POL Hubi Hurkacz, :SRB Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, :AUT Dominic Thiem, :BUL Grigor Dimitrov, :SUI Roger Federer, :ESP Paula Badosa, :EST Anett Kontaveit

 

In judo, :ISR Peter Paltchik

 

Obviously Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and the rest (2021-22 roster, hate Chris Paul) of the Golden State Warriors (NBA). Along with :GRE Giannis Antetokounmpo, :SLO Luka Doncic and that’s pretty much it. 
 

What about you?

Forgot about :GER Alicia Schmidt, however it may not be for the reason you think it is… :p

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Not a big list like the others, but I have a few athletes I grew fond of because I watched them live at events in the Netherlands. In Paris I will cheer for:

 

:POL Volleybal Men team and Bartosz Kurek.

 

:GRN Javelin thrower Anderson Peters

 

Other than that I am a big fan of :BEL Nafi Thiam and :FRA Kevin Mayer in the athletics multi events.

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