National & International Sports Awards

[Dragon 2,030]

 Sportsperson of the year is world athletics 1500m champion Jake Wightman

[phelps 8,293]

On 12/6/2022 at 4:46 PM, Dragon said:

In the USA basketball's Stephen Curry has won Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsperson of the Year award

I'm a bit surprised that they didn't go with the mainstream Aaron Judge...

 

or maybe they're already aware of all the sh*tstorm coming soon because of the "juiced" and "goldilock" balls used in many games played by the Yankees 

 

https://www.insider.com/mlb-used-two-balls-again-this-year-and-evidence-points-to-a-third-2022-12

 

https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/news/mlb-multiple-baseballs-2022-season-impact-new-york-yankees-aaron-judge-home-run-chase

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On 11/18/2022 at 4:48 PM, Monzanator said:

Nominations for the Sports Personality of the Year 2022 in Poland (aka 88th Przeglad Sportowy Plebiscite).

 

1. Fabian Barański, Mirosław Ziętarski, Mateusz Biskup, Dominik Czaja, rowing
2. Paweł Fajdek, athletics
3. Hubert Hurkacz, tennis
4. Natalia Kaczmarek, athletics
5. Kajetan Kajetanowicz, rallying
6. Anna Kiełbasińska, athletics
7. Małgorzata Kołdej, rugby seven
8. Dawid Kubacki, ski jumping
9. Bartosz Kurek, volleyball
10. Robert Lewandowski, association football
11. Aleksandra Lisowska, athletics
12. Adrian Meronk, golf
13. Piotr Michalski, speed skating
14. Aleksandra Mirosław, sport climbing
15. Karolina Naja, Anna Puławska, Adrianna Kąkol, Dominika Putto, K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m, sprint canoe
16. Wojciech Nowicki, athletics
17. Mateusz Ponitka, basketball
18. Kamil Semeniuk, volleyball
19. Pia Skrzyszowska, athletics
20. Magdalena Stysiak, volleyball
21. Adrianna Sułek, athletics
22. Iga Świątek, tennis
23. Katarzyna Wasick, swimming
24. Katarzyna Ździebło, athletics
25. Bartosz Zmarzlik, speedway

 

Final results will be in the first week of January. The winner should be either Świątek or Lewandowski. My money is on Świątek

Wojciech Szczęsny is added to candidates of being Polish Athlete of the Year.

[Dragon 2,030]

 The SJA (Sports Journalists Association) awards for 2022 have been given out. The second most important awards in the UK after the BBC Sports Personality Awards.

 

results  are:

 

Women

1 Beth Mead (football)

2 Eilish McColgan (athletics)

3 Laura Muir (athletics)

 

Men

1 Jake Wightman (athletics)

2 Ben Stokes (cricket)

3 Jonny Bairstow (cricket)

 

Team

1 England women's football

2 England men's cricket

3 GB women's curling

 

Paralympic awards

Men - Alfie Hewitt (tennis)

Women - Maisie Summers-Newton (swimming)

Team - England wheelchair rugby league

 

Special award - Kevin Sinfield (rugby league) for raising 2 and a half million pounds for charity for running an ultra-marathon a day for a week

Edited December 9, 2022 by Dragon

[Grassmarket 4,058]

Nominations for British Junior Sports Personality (ie under 18) is loaded with many juniors winning at senior level this year.

 

1. Sky Brown, skateboarder - XGames & Dew Tour Golds

2 Jessica Gardirova, gymnast - World & European Gold & many other medals

3. Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, diver - Commonwealth & European gold & many others.

 

Should think Gardirova is the favourite.

[Jinzha 702]

The shortlist for the Dutch awards:

 

Men:

Max Verstappen (Formula 1)

Harry Lavreysen (Track cycling)

Thomas Krol (Speed skating)

 

Women:

Ireen Schouten (Speed skating)

Suzanne Schulting (Short track)

Annemiek van Vleuten (Road cycling)

 

Team:

Women relay team (Short track)

4x400m women relay team (Athletics)

Team Jumbo Visma (Road Cycling)

 

Paralympian:

Diede de Groot (Tennis)

Jetze Plat (Triathlon)

Sanne Voets (Equestrian)

 

Coach:

Sarina Wiegman (Football)

Eelco Meenhorst (Rowing)

Jeroen Otter (Short track)

 

 

The jury admitted they really struggled to reach a shortlist of three in the women category, where they had to leave out Femke Bol and Ireen Wust among others.

[phelps 8,293]

56 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

The shortlist for the Dutch awards:

 

Men:

Max Verstappen (Formula 1)

Harry Lavreysen (Track cycling)

Thomas Krol (Speed skating)

 

Women:

Ireen Schouten (Speed skating)

Suzanne Schulting (Short track)

Annemiek van Vleuten (Road cycling)

 

Team:

Women relay team (Short track)

4x400m women relay team (Athletics)

Team Jumbo Visma (Road Cycling)

 

Paralympian:

Diede de Groot (Tennis)

Jetze Plat (Triathlon)

Sanne Voets (Equestrian)

 

Coach:

Sarina Wiegman (Football)

Eelco Meenhorst (Rowing)

Jeroen Otter (Short track)

 

 

The jury admitted they really struggled to reach a shortlist of three in the women category, where they had to leave out Femke Bol and Ireen Wust among others.

my pick would be Lavreysen (men*) and the Short Track Relay team (teams).

among the women is too close to call...I'd give it to all 3 because they are simply amazing in their respective discipline.

 

*F1 is not (only) a men's affair, technology is too decisive, therefore I consider motorsports ineligible (moreover, I don't like Verstappen and even less the Red Bull team).

[Vektor 3,326]

The Hungarian shortlists:

 

Men

Bence Halász (athletics)

Norbert Kiss (motorsports)

Bálint Kopasz (canoe sprint)

Hubert Kós (swimming)

Liu Shaoang (short track)

Kristóf Milák (swimming)

Iszmail Muszukajev (wrestling)

Omar Salim (taekwondo)

Áron Szilágyi (fencing)

Attila Valter (cycling)

 

Women

Zsófia Fegyverneky (basketball)

Michelle Gulyás (pentathlon)

Rita Keszthelyi-Nagy (water polo)

Zsófia Kovács (gymnastics)

Luca Kozák (athletics)

Emese Kőhalmi (canoe sprint)

Viktória Madarász (athletics)

Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas (swimming)

Petra Senánszky (swimming)

Blanka Vas Kata (cycling)

 

Team

Ferencváros (men's football)

Hungary (men's ice hockey)

Hungary (men's football)

Hungary (men's water polo)

Ferencváros (men's water polo)

Győri ETO (women's handball)

Hungary (women's ice hockey)

Hungary (women's volleyball)

Hungary (women's water polo)

Sopron Basket (women's basketball)

[Jinzha 702]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

my pick would be Lavreysen (men*) and the Short Track Relay team (teams).

among the women is too close to call...I'd give it to all 3 because they are simply amazing in their respective discipline.

 

*F1 is not (only) a men's affair, technology is too decisive, therefore I consider motorsports ineligible (moreover, I don't like Verstappen and even less the Red Bull team).

Exactly my picks really, including the indecision on the womens award.

 

I'd personally give the womens award to Femke Bol, because I feel like her achievements and media presence this year have simply been more memorable and achieved in a far more competitive sport than speed skating, short track or women's road cycling. Though I completely understand the jury had to go for multiple Olympic gold and grand tour winners over a global silver medal and multiple European winner.

[heywoodu 16,014]

10 hours ago, Jinzha said:

The shortlist for the Dutch awards:

 

Men:

Max Verstappen (Formula 1)

Harry Lavreysen (Track cycling)

Thomas Krol (Speed skating)

 

Women:

Ireen Schouten (Speed skating)

Suzanne Schulting (Short track)

Annemiek van Vleuten (Road cycling)

 

Team:

Women relay team (Short track)

4x400m women relay team (Athletics)

Team Jumbo Visma (Road Cycling)

 

Paralympian:

Diede de Groot (Tennis)

Jetze Plat (Triathlon)

Sanne Voets (Equestrian)

 

Coach:

Sarina Wiegman (Football)

Eelco Meenhorst (Rowing)

Jeroen Otter (Short track)

 

 

The jury admitted they really struggled to reach a shortlist of three in the women category, where they had to leave out Femke Bol and Ireen Wust among others.

Schouten, shorttrack team, De Groot and Otter.

 

As for the men, I'm doubting between Verstappen and Lavreysen. Verstappen's performances without a doubt have way more impact, but Lavreysen is better for the medal counter, so hard to make a choice there.