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Speaking of Gymnastics (Simone Biles comes to mind), what you guys think about adding the "Comeback of the Year" category? Do we have enough athletes/national teams that have made a comeback performance this year?

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35 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

Yeah, I thought about her too because that's really incredible, but I didn't think others would notice (i.e. non-brazilians).

If I remember correctly, we set our alarms to watch Aline's races in those championships :d 

 

Irrelevant yet fun fact: next month we'll be keeping some of her equipment safe in our garage while they're off to compete in Slovenia, so they don't need to haul everything everywhere :p 

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50 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

Speaking of Gymnastics (Simone Biles comes to mind), what you guys think about adding the "Comeback of the Year" category? Do we have enough athletes/national teams that have made a comeback performance this year?

Probably, although I might be a bit biased because I always find comebacks cool and inspiring and in some cases the essence of sports :p 

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4 hours ago, vinipereira said:

Some suggestions for the Best Paralympic Athlete category:

 

:BRA Aline Rocha (Cross-Country Skiing) - 3 medals at WCs, first Latin American to win gold in winter Worlds

:BRA Elizabeth Rodrigues (Athletics) - 2 gold medals at WCs, WR in Discus, Javelin and Shot Put

:BRA Maria Carolina Santiago (Swimming) - 8 medals (5 gold) at WCs

:CAN Mark Arendz (Biathlon/Cross-Country Skiing) - 4 medals (3 gold) at WCs

:CAN Natalie Wilkie (Biathlon/Cross-Country Skiing) - 5 medals (3 gold) at WCs

:CHN Wu Chunyan (Archery) - 3 gold medals at WCs

:COL Karen Palomeque (Athletics) - 3 gold medals at WCs, WR in 100m and 200m

:CUB Omara Durand (Athletics) - 3 gold medals at WCs

:FRA Alexandre Léauté (Cycling) - 6 medals (5 gold) at WCs

:FRA Arthur Bauchet (Alpine Skiing) - 4 medals (3 gold) at WCs

:FRA Kévin Le Cunff (Cycling) - 4 gold medals at WCs

:FRA Tanguy De La Forest (Shooting) - 6 medals (5 gold) at WCs, 3 WR

:GER Anna-Lena Forster (Alpine Skiing) - 5 medals (4 gold) at WCs

:GER Linn Kazmaier (Biathlon/Cross-Country Skiing) - 6 medals (4 gold) at WCs

:GBR Alfie Hewett (Wheelchair Tennis) - World #1, won 2 Grand Slam titles

:GBR Frances Brown (Cycling) - 4 medals (3 gold) at WCs

:GBR Hannah Cockroft (Athletics) - 2 gold medals at WCs, WR in 200m, 400m and 800m

:GBR Jaco van Gass (Cycling) - 5 medals (3 gold) at WCs

:HUN Luca Ekler (Athletics) - 4 medals (3 gold) at WCs, WR in 200m and 400m

:ITA Chiara Mazzel (Alpine Skiing) - 4 gold medals at WCs
:ITA Simone Barlaam (Swimming) - 6 gold medals at WCs
:ITA Stefano Raimondi (Swimming) - 7 medals (5 gold) at WCs

:JPN Tokito Oda (Wheelchair Tennis) - World #2, won 2 Grand Slam titles (youngest GS winner ever)

:NED Diede de Groot (Wheelchair Tennis) - World #1, won all 4 Grand Slam titles

:NED Lisa Bunschoten (Snowboard) - 2 gold medals at WCs

:NED Tristan Bangma (Cycling) - 3 gold medals at WCs

:NOR Jesper Pedersen (Alpine Skiing) - 5 medals (4 gold) at WCs

:POL Monika Kotzian (Snowboard) - 3 medals (2 gold) at WCs

:ESP Ricardo Ten Argilés (Cycling) - 5 medals (3 gold) at WCs

:SWE Ebba Årsjö (Alpine Skiing) - 4 gold medals at WCs

:SUI Catherine Debrunner (Athletics) - 5 medals (4 gold) at WCs, WR in 100m, 400m, 800m and 1500m, won 3/6 of the World Marathon Majors

:SUI Marcel Hug (Athletics) - 3 gold medals at WCs, WR in 800m, 1500m and 5000m, won all 6 World Marathon Majors

:THA Chaiwat Rattana (Athletics) - 2 gold medals at WCs, WR in 400m and 800m

:UKR Oleksandr Kazik (Biathlon/Cross-Country Skiing) - 5 medals (3 gold) at WCs

:USA Ezra Frech (Athletics) - Gold medal at WCs, WR in High Jump

:USA Kendall Gretsch (Biathlon/Cross-Country Skiing) - 7 medals (6 gold) at WCs

 

Eligible for Best Men's Team:

 

:ARG Argentina (Blind Football)

:USA United States (Ice Hockey)

Good list, I’d add :GER Markus Rehm (athletics- men’s T64 long jump), :IRI Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (men’s sitting volleyball), and :AUT Veronika Aigner (women’s visually impaired alpine skiing)

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1 hour ago, vinipereira said:

Same here, but I probably don't watch as much stuff as you do. I mostly remember some moments from Gymnastics and the Pan American Games, none of which will have a chance to actually be nominated :p

I only watch major championships and multi-sports games, so my votes might be off the beaten path a bit as well.

“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

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7 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I only watch major championships and multi-sports games, so my votes might be off the beaten path a bit as well.

Isn't that what makes things like this fun though? :d 

 

Like TISC, it's fun to realize tons of people actually experience music (or sports, in this case) in many entirely different ways than we do ourselves.

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Just a few updates. I accepted @OlympicIRL suggestion and now we will have the Best Doubles/Pair or Mixed Team category. If we have more mixed events in the future, perhaps we can create a separate category. We'll be also moving forward with the Comeback of the Year category, and I would deeply appreciate any suggestions for this award.

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Femke Bol maybe? For winning a world title after her fall in the relay. 
 

It’s the only thing that pops into my head without reading any old threads or looking at results.

“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

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7 hours ago, vinipereira said:

Just a few updates. I accepted @OlympicIRL suggestion and now we will have the Best Doubles/Pair or Mixed Team category. If we have more mixed events in the future, perhaps we can create a separate category. We'll be also moving forward with the Comeback of the Year category, and I would deeply appreciate any suggestions for this award.

:UKR Elina Svitolina (tennis) maybe? 

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Compiling a list of contenders for Best Youth Athlete (born after January 1, 2005). Included world medalists and a few others, but I'm sure there are many more (didn't even searched in non-Olympic sports/events).

 

:ALG Kaylia Nemour (Artistic Gymnastics)
:AUS Chloe Covell (Skateboarding)
:AUS Valentino Guseli (Snowboard)

:BRA João Fonseca (Tennis)
:BRA Rayssa Leal (Skateboarding)
:CAN Summer McIntosh (Swimming)
:CHN Chen Yuxi (Diving)
:CHN Quan Hongchan (Diving)
:CHN Qiu Qiyuan (Artistic Gymnastics)
:CHN Wang Zisai (Trampoline Gymnastics)
:CHN Yu Yiting (Swimming)
:CHN Zhou Yaqin (Artistic Gymnastics)

:FRA Felix Lebrun (Table Tennis)
:FRA Sya Dembélé [Syssy] (Breaking)

:FRA Warren Zaïre-Emery (Football)
:GER Darja Varfolomeev (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
:GBR Mia Brookes (Snowboard)

:GBR Sky Brown (Skateboarding)
:HUN Luana Márton (Taekwondo)
:IRI Matin Rezaei (Taekwondo)
:ISR Daria Atamanov (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
:ITA Benedetta Pilato (Swimming)
:JPN Ginwoo Onodera (Skateboarding)
:JPN Hinano Kusaki (Skateboarding)
:JPN Kokona Hiraki (Skateboarding)
:JPN Momiji Nishiya (Skateboarding)
:JPN Ruka Okamoto (Taekwondo)
:JPN Taiga Hasegawa (Snowboard)
:LTU Dominika Banevič [B-Girl Nicka] (Breaking)

:NED Niels Laros (Athletics)

:RUS Alina Korneeva (Tennis)

:RUS Mirra Andreeva (Tennis)

:SGP Maximilian Maeder (Sailing)

:KOR Kim Chae-yeon (Figure Skating)
:KOR Lee Chae-un (Snowboard)
:KOR Lee Hae-in (Figure Skating)
:THA Banlung Tubtimdang (Taekwondo)
:UKR Kirill Boliukh (Diving)
:UKR Oleksiy Sereda (Diving)
:USA Gavin Bottger (Skateboarding)

:USA Isabeau Levito (Figure Skating)
:USA Minna Stess (Skateboarding)
:USA Tate Carew (Skateboarding)

 

:AUS Alex Saffy (Para Swimming)
:AUS Angus Hincksman (Para Athletics)
:AUT Barbara Aigner (Para Alpine Skiing)
:AUT Johannes Aigner (Para Alpine Skiing)
:BRA Vinicius Marques (Para Athletics)
:COL Sara Vargas Blanco (Para Swimming)
:FRA Hector Denayer (Para Swimming)
:GER Linn Kazmaier (Para Biathlon/Cross-Country Skiing)
:GBR Poppy Maskill (Para Swimming)
:GBR Rhys Darbey (Para Swimming)
:GBR Sam Downie (Para Swimming)
:HKG Ng Cheuk Yan (Para Swimming)
:HUN Evelin Száraz (Para Swimming)

:IND Rudransh Khandelwal (Shooting Para Sport)

:IND Sheetal Devi (Para Archery)
:IRL Róisín Ní Ríain (Para Swimming)
:SVK Alexandra Rexová (Para Alpine Skiing)
:RSA Simoné Kruger (Para Athletics)
:ESP Anastasiya Dmytriv (Para Swimming)
:ESP Judith Tortosa Vila (Para Athletics)
:UKR Ivan Tetiukhin (Para Athletics)
:USA Ezra Frech (Para Athletics)
:USA Samantha Heyison (Para Athletics)

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