Olympian1010 7,490 Posted December 16, 2023 #41 Share Posted December 16, 2023 36 minutes ago, vinipereira said: "No" won 13-10. The color swap isn't very helpful on StrawPoll. Definitely something they should fix in an update. Josh 1 “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,818 Posted December 16, 2023 #42 Share Posted December 16, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, vinipereira said: "No" won 13-10. Poll result was wrong for me before Edited December 16, 2023 by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 783 Posted December 20, 2023 #43 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Not a fan of some of the categories. Would like to see categories like "best athlete over 40" or "best athlete by continent". Nominations: Male: 1st choice: Djokovic 2nd choice: Marchand 3rd choice: Boe 4th choice: Odermatt 5th choice: Stolz 6th choice: Vingegaard Female: 1st choice: Kipyegon 2nd choice: O'Callaghan 3rd choice: Biles 4th choice: Shiffrin 5th coice: Vu Youth: 1st choice: McIntosh 2nd choice: Lebrun 3th choice: Zaire-Emery 4th choice: Lee Chae-un 5th choice: Brookes 6th choice: Qiyuan Breakthrough: 1st choice: Haiyang 2nd choice: Stolz 3rd choice: Gauff 4th choice: Malinin 5th choice: Loutitt 6th choice: Tebogo Comeback: 1st choice: Biles 2nd choice: Meilutyte 3rd choice: McEvoy 4th choice: Johnson-Thompson Men's team: 1st choice: Germany basketball 2nd choice: Denmark handball 3rd choice: South Africa rugby Women's team: 1st choice: Spain football 2nd choice: Australia women's 4 x 100 m free relay 3rd choice: Australia women's 4 x 200 m free relay 4th choice: France handball Jinzha, vinipereira and maestro 3 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,490 Posted December 20, 2023 #44 Share Posted December 20, 2023 We should recognize some of the athletic achievements of members during these awards at some point. We've got people chasing Olympic qualification, running half marathons, setting PRs in the pool, etc. It might be fun to have a more inward category/honor at some point (maybe not even voted on, but just some acknowledgment during the ceremony for those bothering to turn off the livestreams and go do something) phelps, Josh and maestro 3 “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,915 Posted December 20, 2023 #45 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) I must admit it wasn't easy... in some categories I had even too many names/events in mind that I found extremely difficult to choose only 6 (some times 7, thanks to a couple of ex-aequo) meanwhile in a few other categories I had the opposite problem, had to dig deep to find 6 really good options I also tried not to be so "obvious" when possible, but without being "extravagant" however, this is my effort for this year... BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Lèon Marchand (Swimming) #2: Marco Odermatt (Alpine Skiing) #3: Noah Lyles (Athletics) #4: Johannes Thingnes Boe (Biathlon) #5: Hifumi Abe (Judo) #6: Karlos May Nasar (Weightlifting) BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Molly O'Callaghan (Swimming) #2: Faith Kipyegon (Athletics) #3: Femke Bol (Athletics) #4: Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine Skiing) #5: Rebeca Andrade (Artistic Gymnastics) #6: Yui Susaki (Wrestling) & Uta Abe (Judo) BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Shohei Ohtani (Baseball) #2: Christian McCaffrey (American Football) #3: Naoya Inoue (Boxing) #4: Islam Makhachev (MMA) #5: Virat Kohli (Cricket) #6: Bart Swings (Inline Speedskating) BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: Marcel Hug (Athletics) #2: Simone Barlaam (Swimming) #3: Jesper Pedersen (Alpine Skiing) #4: Alexandre Lèautè (Cycling) #5: Karen Palomeque (Athletics) #6: Diede De Groot (Tennis) BEST YOUTH ATHLETE for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Connor Bedard (Ice Hockey) #2: Summer McIntosh (Swimming) #3: Darja Varfolomeev (Rhythmic Gymnastics) #4: Qiu Qiyuan (Artistic Gymanstics) #5: Luana Marton (Taekwondo) #6: Maximilian Maeder (Sailing, Kitesurfing) BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Baseball NT #2: Basketball NT #3: Rugby (Union) NT #4: Rugby (Union) NT #5: Waterpolo NT #6: Cricket NT BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Volleyball NT #2: Swimming Freestyle Relays 4*100m & 4*200m #3: Waterpolo NT #4: Football NT #5: Biathlon Relay 4*6km #6: Handball NT BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (Sailing, Nacra 17 Class) #2: Ana Patrícia Ramos & Eduarda Lisboa (women's Beach Volleyball) #3: Show Jumping Team (Equestrian Sports) #4: Ondřej Perušič & David Schweiner (men's Beach Volleyball) #5: Melvin Twellaar & Stef Broenink (Rowing) #6: Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken (Luge) BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Qin Haiyang (Swimming) #2: Akhmed Tazhudinov (Wrestling) #3: Matt Temple (Swimming) #4: Karoline Knotten & Juni Arnekleiv (Biathlon) #5: Puck Pieterse (Mountain bike) #6: Ilia Malinin (Figure Skating) COMEBACK OF THE YEAR for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Simone Biles (Artistic Gymnastics) #2: Cameron McEvoy (Swimming) #3: Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Athletics) #4: Sha'carri Richardson (Athletics) #5: Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (Biathlon) #6: Antonella Palmisano (Athletics) SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: Shohei Ohtani striking out (at that time) club teammate Mike Trout to close the men's Baseball WBC #2: Glenn Maxwell scoring 201/not out to lead an amazing comeback by his team vs at the Cricket World Cup #3: Team Europe winning the Ryder Cup in style (Golf) #4: Femke Bol losing a Relay Gold already in the pocket after a dramatic fall just before the finish line at the World Champs (Athletics) #5: Molly O'Callaghan breaking the women's oldest rubber suit World Record in Swimming (ITA icon Federica Pellegrini's women's 200m Freestyle) #6: the 4 most important Baseball Leagues all having the most unexpected new champions in the same season (MLB, Texas Rangers, 1st title in history; NPB, Hanshin Tigers, 1st title in 38 years; KBO, LG Twins Seoul, 1st title in 29 years; CPBL, Wei Chuan Dragons, 1st title in 24 years) [#7: Italy winning the Davis Cup (Tennis) after a 47-year drought, with Sinner's matches breaking all the TV viewership records] (personal bias I couldn't resist to) Edited December 22, 2023 by phelps rafalgorka, maestro, Topicmaster1010 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,055 Posted December 21, 2023 Author #46 Share Posted December 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: We should recognize some of the athletic achievements of members during these awards at some point. We've got people chasing Olympic qualification, running half marathons, setting PRs in the pool, etc. It might be fun to have a more inward category/honor at some point (maybe not even voted on, but just some acknowledgment during the ceremony for those bothering to turn off the livestreams and go do something) That's a good idea, I didn't know we had athletes here apart from @brunamoura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,490 Posted December 21, 2023 #47 Share Posted December 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, vinipereira said: That's a good idea, I didn't know we had athletes here apart from @brunamoura. @Swewi is competitive on the Swedish curling circuit. I believe they have played in the Olympic trials before. @Vojthas (who hasn’t been active for a while ) competes in the Polish club league for curling. @John Foyne won a medal in American Football at The World Games 2017. He’s active in flag football at present (I believe). @IoNuTzZ is/was a competitive 400m runner I believe (not sure about the level). There may be a few more people active at the national/club level, but I’m not sure. @Agger @heywoodu have both done half marathons in the past if memory serves. @Josh is a swimmer, but I don’t have any idea about the level (I’d assume local/youth). Josh, heywoodu, vinipereira and 3 others 6 “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted December 21, 2023 #48 Share Posted December 21, 2023 @Sergio Vez and his team defeated my clubmates last weekend in Łódź. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano 457 Posted December 21, 2023 #49 Share Posted December 21, 2023 BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Leo Marchand - France - Swimming #2: Noah Lyles - US - Athletics #3: Johannes Thingnes Bo - Norway - Biathlon #4: Matthias Gidsel - Denmark - Handball #5: Joseph Clarke - Canoe Slalom - UK #6: Alvaro Martin - athetics - Spain2 BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Kaylee McKeown - Swimming - Australia #2: Mollie O'Callaghan - Australia - swimming #3: Iga Świątek - Poland - tennis #4: Hanna Oberg - Sweden - Biathlon #5: Maria Perez - Spain - Athletics #6: Lotte Kopecky - Belgium - Cycling BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: Stefano Raimondi - Italy - Swimming #2: Catherine Debrunner - Switzerland - Athletics #3: Alfie Hewett - UK - Tennis #4: Jesper Pedersen - Norway #5: Kendall Gretsch - US - Biathlon/ Cross Country Skiing #6: Luca Ekler - Hungary - athetics BEST YOUTH ATHLETE for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Dominika Banevic - Lithuania - breaking #2: Ezra Freich - Para Athetics - US #3: Kaylia Nemour - Algieria - Gymnastic #4: Sommer Mcintosh - Canada - swimming #5: Daria Varfolomeev - Germany - rhythmic gymnastic #6: Maximilian Maeder - Sailing - Singapur BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Denmark - men's handball #2: Germany men's basketball #3: Poland - men's volleyball #4: Canada - mens ice hockey #5: Hungary - men's waterpolo #6: UK - men's eight - rowing BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Spain - Football #2: Italy - Biathlon 4x6 #3: Handball - French #4: Basketball - Belgium #5: Netherlands - women's waterpolo - gold world championships #6: Israel - women's gymnastic rhythmic - gold world championships BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Perusic/Schneider- Czech - beach voleyball #2: Ana Patricia Ramos/ Eduarda Lisboa - Beach voleyball - Brasil #3: Flores van de Werken / Bart Lambriex - sailing 49er - Netherlands #4: Ancuta Bodnar / Simona Radis- Romania - Rowing #5: Fin McCarthy/Paul O'Donovan - Ireland - Rowing #6: Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung - Korea - badminton BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Cassino Rousseau - Australia - Diving #2: Ethan Katzberg -Canada - athetics #3: **** #4: **** #5: **** #6: **** COMEBACK OF THE YEAR for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Simone Biles - U.S Gymnastic #2: Ruta Meilutyte - Lithuania - Gymnastic #3: Katarina Johnson-Thompson - UK - athletics #4: Danielle Williams - Athetics - Jamaica #5: Caroline Marin - Badminton - Spain #6: Nino Salukvadze- shooting - Georgia (winning olympic spot) SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: Cassiel Rousseau - Australia - Diving - winning gold in Diving at WC #2: Belgium winning basketball gold at EC #3: Spain winning world champs 2023 #4: Femke Bol falling near finish at World Champs #5: Italy winning gold in Biathlon relay #6: U.S basketball lost at World Champs vinipereira and maestro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,818 Posted December 21, 2023 #50 Share Posted December 21, 2023 @phelps great picks overall but I’m not sure Camryn Rogers is a great pick in the “most improved” category, she won a bronze medal at Worlds last year and had a PB of 77.67m (now 78.62) Instead, I’d switch her with the other Canadian hammer thrower World Champion Ethan Katzberg, who wasn’t even in the medal conversation before this year (much less gold) intoronto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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