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Here’s my votes: I’m still thinking, so this will probably get edited soon, just not right now. BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Johannes Høsflot Klaebo (cross-country skiing) #2: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (athletics) #3: Leon Marchand (swimming) #4: Novak Djokovic (tennis) #5: Luka Doncic (basketball) #6: Mondo Duplantis (athletics) Marco Odermatt (alpine skiing), Johannes Tinges Bo (biathlon), Taiga Hasegawa (snowboarding), Eliud Kipchoge (athletics), Noah Lyles (athletics), and Marcus Kleveland (snowboarding) all miss out. BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Sandra Naeslund (freestyle skiing) #2: Faith Kipyegon (athletics) #3: Melissa Vargas (volleyball) #4: Ariarne Titmus (swimming) #5: Mikaela Shiffrin (alpine skiing) #6: Janja Garnbret (sport climbing) Katie Ledecky (swimming), Lotte Kopecky (track/road cycling), and Femke Bol (athletics) all miss out. BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Max Verstappen (formula 1) #2: Ali Farag (squash) #3: Nour El Sherbini (squash) #4: Emily Harrop (ski mountaineering) #5: Rhiannan Iffland (high diving) #6: Apor Gyorgydeak (teqball) Jyothi Vennam (compound archery) and Veronika Windisch (ice cross) miss out. BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: Marcel Hug (athletics) #2: Stefano Raimondi (swimming) #3: Jesper Pedersen (alpine skiing) #4: Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (sitting volleyball) #5: Ebba Arsjo (alpine skiing) #6: Markus Rehm (athletics) Karen Palomeque (athletics) and Victoria Feige (surfing) would be my next two picks. 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: Darja Varfolomeev (rhythmic gymnastics) #3: Quan Hongchan (diving) #4: Dominika Banevič (“breaking”) #5: Rayssa Leal (skateboarding) #6: Kaylia Nemour (artistic gymnastics) Summer McIntosh (swimming) would be on here at #2, but I can only nominate one Canadian. BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: 4x7.5km relay (biathlon) #2: volleyball team #3: show jumping team #4: 3x3 basketball team #5: rugby sevens team #6: Team Edin (curling) BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: field hockey team #2: freestyle relays (swimming) #3: rugby sevens team #4: Team Tirinzoni (curling) #5: volleyball team #6: 3x3 basketball team Spain’s football team, and United States’s ice hockey team would be my next picks. BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (diving) #2: Duda/Ana Patricia (beach volleyball) #3: Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti (sailing) #4: Lim Si-Hyeon/Kim Woo-Jin (archery) #5: Sam Schroeder/Niels Vink (wheelchair tennis) #6: Mol/Sørum (beach volleyball) 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: Xandra Velzeboer (short-track speed skating) #3: Emma Finucane (track cycling) #4: Jordan Stolz (speed skating) #5: Ethan Katzberg (athletics) #6: Anna Hall (athletics) If it was including teams, Kloth/Nuss (beach volleyball) would be up there. 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 (gymnastics) #2: Ruta Meilutyte (swimming) #3: Katerina Johnson-Thompson (athletics) #4: Cam McEvoy (swimming) #5: Elina Svitolina (tennis) #6: Jamal Murray (basketball) SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: win over United States in women’s waterpolo at the World Aquatics Championships #2: Femke Bol rebounding from a late race fall in the mixed 4x400m to win gold in the women’s 4x400m at the World Athletics Championships! #3: Adriana Diaz and Bruna Takahashi’s embrace after the gold medal match in women’s singles table tennis at the Pan American Games #4: Canada booking their ticket to the Olympics in men’s basketball at the FIBA World Cup for the first time since 2000 #5: Novak Djokovic winning three grand slam titles this year, while extending his overall total to 24, winning the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and US Open. #6: Connor Bedard and Trevor Zegras scoring Michigan goals on the same day (December 23) #7: Miltiadis Tentoglou winning gold in men’s long jump at the World Athletics Championships with his round six attempt. But also, Canada qualifying for Paris in men’s volleyball, which marks their third consecutive appearance. Really impressive considering we’ve never really been near the top of the World Rankings.

I wasn't entirely sure, because she is taking it event after event, not committing to everything. She had multiple interviews saying that she hasn't decided if she's taking part and that's why the journalists asked her yesterday to confirm. There was also a good chance she was not participating if Russia was at the Olympics, since she is a huge activist for Ukraine and had a viral video of her swimming in "blood" where they dyed a lake red for a day. I believe she is attending Doha though, that's why she skipped the short-course Euros.

Moguls WC Bakuriani, Georgia Men Gold- Ikuma Horishima (77.11) Silver- Filip Gravenfors (75.85) Bronze- Mikael Kingsbury (75.21) Mikael looked visibly disappointed after that run, hopefully he can redeem himself tomorrow in dual moguls. Women Gold- Jakara Anthony (79.09) Silver- Rino Yanagimoto (77.10) Bronze- Hannah Soar (71.18) Full Results

Stage 15 in Madonna di Campiglio (ITA) Men´s Slalom: 1. Marco Schwarz 1:40.51 2. Clement Noel 1:40.76 3. Dave Ryding 1:40.90 Full Final Results HERE

Wahoo! Bronze for Dave Ryding!

The Brits aren't messing around getting that 4x100 relay qualified. The roster is strong enough that they might not just get it qualified but also win both the men's freestyle relays. Freya Colbert Lauren Cox Kathleen Dawson Tom Dean Luke Greenbank Medi Harris Lucy Hope Anna Hopkin Joe Litchfield Max Litchfield Jack McMillan Adam Peaty Ben Proud Matthew Richards Duncan Scott Laura Stephens Jacob Whittle James Wilby Brodie Williams Abbie Wood

Thanks for extending the deadline, I will vote during the weekend

Ski Cross WC Innichen, Italy Men Gold- Terence Tchiknavorian Silver- Tim Hronek Bronze- Florian Wilmsmann Women Gold- Sixtine Cousin Silver- Marielle Berger Sabbatel Bronze- Sandra Naeslund Full Results

@vinipereiraif is possible, i would complete here my choices. I sent you a mail but i need more time for all categories. I edit each time. BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Novak DJOKOVIC #2: Noah LYLES #3: Nikola JOKIC #4: Leon MARCHAND #5: Qin HAYANG #6: Mathieu VAN DER POEL BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Michaela SHIFFRIN #2: Katie LEDECKY #3: Elena MICHELI #4: Iga SWIATEK #5: Mollie O'CALLAGHAN #6: Kaori SAKAMOTO BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Pieter DU TOIT #2: Steven DA COSTA #3: Shohhoei ONTANI #4: Bauden BARRETT #5: Bart SWINGS #6: Mike SHLOSSERS BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: #2: #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST YOUTH ATHLETE for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Max MAEDER #2: Daria VARTOLOMEEV #3: Kayla NEMUR #4: Felix LeBRUN #5: Summer McINTOSH #6: Dota ARAI BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Germany, basketball #2: South Africa, rugby #3: Italy, fencing epee #4: Hungary, waterpolo #5: Netherlands, track cycling, team sprint #6: USA, athletics, 4x100 relay BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Netherlands, 4x400 relay #2: Australia, 4x100 freestyle relay #3: France, handball #4: Turkye, volleyball #5: New Zealand, rugby7 #6: Netherlands, water polo BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: AnaPatricia/Duda #2: Tita/BAnti #3: Sweden equestrian jumping team #4: McCarthy/O'Donovan #5: Chen/Quan #6: Bodnar/Radis BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: #2: #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 #2: Cameron McEVOY #3: Ruta Meilyute #4: Katarina JOHNSON-THOMPSON #5: Antonella PALMISANO #6: Justine BRAISAZ SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: #2: #3: #4: #5: #6:

Here are my votes BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Neeraj Chopra (athletics) #2: Noah Lyles (athletics) #3: Zaurbek Sidakov (wrestling) #4: Novak Djokovic (tennis) #5: #6: BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: An Se-young (badminton) #2: Sun Yingsha (table tennis) #3: Sifan Hassan (athletics) #4: #5: #6: BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Jyothi Vennam (compound archery) #2: Max Verstappen (motorsports) #3: Nour El-Sherbini (squash) #4: #5: #6: BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: Sheetal Devi (para archery) #2: Diede de Groot (tennis) #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST YOUTH ATHLETE for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Summer McIntosh (swimming) #2: Felix Lebrun (table tennis) #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Cricket #2: Baseball #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Football #2: Cricket #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (badminton) #2: Chen Yiwen/Chang Yani (Diving) #3: #4: #5: #6: BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Akhmed Tazhudinov (wrestling) #2: Kishore Jena (athletics) #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 (gymnastics) #2: Hsieh Su-wei (tennis) #3: Cameron McEvoy (swimming) #4: #5: #6: SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: Abhay Singh saving 2 championship points to win Team Squash gold against in 2022 Asian Games #2: An injured Glenn Maxwell scoring 201 runs not out to help his team win against in 2023 Cricket World Cup #3: #4: #5: #6:

James Guy has said all along he won't go but it's a shame Peters didn't take up the offer so they can field a men's medley relay. Will be most interesting to see if Peaty is moving towards his best form again.

Interesting inclusions Adam Peaty Max Litchfield Interesting omissions - including in relay terms: James Guy Jacob Peters Freya Anderson Katie Shanahan

Albert with a fantastic 4th place after the first run, but in Madonna this doesn't mean much, since the gaps are so small. There is going to be some drama. I love skiing at night

NBC posted a write-up about Daniela Moroz, which our Czech/Slovak users might find interesting: https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/daniela-moroz-sailing-kite-olympics

Cross-posting this from the biathlon thread. Watching biathlon from Belarus today & would you believe that this was the only time since the Chur Big Air in October that I have seen any winter sport on a brownfield track? It’s incredible really, everywhere has snow! Not just artificial or stored snow, but actual snow! I go back over 20 years where we had three consecutive pre-Xmas biathlon races in Pokljuka because none of the other tracks had anything!

Šport awards. Main Slovak newspaper awards have been handed out last night The Top 3 this year was clearly dominated by women our women occupied all the podium positions: From left the world hockey new 15 years old phenom Nela Lopušanová (Silver), Petra Vlhová the uncontested queen of Slovak sport of last years (Gold) and Danka Barteková our IOC member and this year World and European Champion and absolute World Cup winner in W Skeet (Bronze) Athlete of the Year 2023 1. Petra Vlhová (Alpine Skiing) 2. Nela Lopušanová (Ice Hockey) - Also the Youth Athlete of the Year & Breakthrough of the Year 3. Danka Barteková (Shooting - Skeet) Top 15 Remaining nominations in Alphabetical order: Matej Beňuš (Canoe Slalom) Monika Chochlíková (Muay Thai) Martin Dúbravka (Football) Viktória Forster (athletics) Adam Gajan (Ice Hockey) Dávid Hancko (Football) Marián Kovačócy (Shooting - Trap) Stanislav Lobotka (Football) Eliška Mintálová (Canoe Slalom) Ronald Paradeiser (MMA) Tajmuraz Salkazanov (Wrestling Freestyle) Martin Vaculík (Speedway) Team of the Year 2023 1. Men´s Football National Team 2. Men´s Under 18 Ice Hockey National Team - Also the Youth Team of the Year 3. Slovan Bratislava Football Club Paralympic Athlete of the Year 2023 1. Jozef Metelka (Track Cycling, Road Cycling) 2. Alexandra Rexová (Alpine Skiing) 3. Veronika Vadovičová (Shooting)

yeah, you're right...she might not have been a perfect fit in that category, so I changed my choice (I don't know how I could leave Pieterse out of my initial list ) to me, Katzberg is still in the category of the one-hit wonders rather in the established, consistent newcomers in the elite of the discipline actually, if there was a category named "upset/surprise of the Year", he'd be very high in that ranking

yes, of course... I already fixed that in the PM I sent you a few days ago, now I'm gonna do it also in this public thread

I meant Karoline, of course I don't know how I came up with the name Guri...most likely, I was "under influence" you know, this almost Holiday period, you always have to see people you normally don't see very often, friends, relatives...there's always a chance to party

Brazil should go with 17 athletes which would be our biggest team ever in a Winter competition.

Yes, you are correct. Just edited.

The last day of voting was scheduled for today, but we extended the deadline until Sunday. For those interested, follow the instructions in this post. Would love to see more members from Latin America, Africa and Asia voting, as well as people who didn't participate last year.

Good nominations, in a non olympic year is not so easy to choose

@vinipereiraI think it’s need to be clearer where the Swedish show jumping team should be put. Now they are both in men’s category and the mixed category. Where should I put this fabulous team?

I will vote before Sunday if that's still the new deadline. Had a busy month so far

Gran Torino (the e-racing inspired movie) recently came out on Netflix in the US. Race (the Jesse Owens film) is on Netflix (at least in the US). Rush (Nikki Lauda story) is available too. Unbroken is also on Netflix (in the US) at the moment. The Grizzlies (it's about lacrosse in a remote village) is another option. The Redeem Team (2008 USA basketball team documentary) is also available. Field of Dreams (baseball themed drama) is also on there. The Swimmers (Mardini bio-pic) was good enough in my opinion. It's another option.

I just already assumed that she is going to Paris. She is at this stage the favourite as reigning world champion. Is she skipping 2024 Doha Worlds?

Sure, anybody can vote If everybody agrees I can extend the deadline until Sunday and reveal the nominees on Monday.

Look forward to lots of cancelled stages this summer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/67795045

Guri who? I mean, I watch every World Cup, most of the IBU Cups and check all the results up to Junior Cup and even Alpen Cups, but I don't think I've ever heard of Guri Knotten

So Israel is officially rejected for hosting of UOQT1. Instead, FIBA 3x3 gives its right to ...... HONG KONG What the heck is this decision to give the host right to the weak country in terms of national teams?

Couldn't think of six (non-Dutch) nominees for every category, but I just sent in my vote: BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Leon Marchand - Swimming #2: Noah Lyles - Athletics #3: Mathieu van der Poel - Cycling #4: Jonas Vingegard - Cycling #5: Kelvin Kiptum - Athletics #6: Daiki Hashimoto - Gymnastics BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Sifan Hassan - Athletics #2: Faith Kipyegon - Athletics #3: Kaylee McKeown - Swimming #4: Mollie O'Callaghan - Swimming #5: Lotte Kopecky - Cycling #6: Janja Garnbret - Sport Climbing BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Killian Jornet - Trail running BEST YOUTH ATHLETE for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Summer McIntosh - Swimming #2: Niels Laros - Athletics #3: Kaylia Neymour - Algeria #4: #5: #6: BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Volleyball team #2: Team sprint - Track cycling #3: Handball team #4: #5: #6: BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Football team #2: Waterpolo team #3: Volleyball team #4: Handball team #5: Freestyle relay teams - Swimming #6: BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Duda/Ana Patricia - Beach Volleyball #2: Mixed relay team (Velzeboer/Schulting/Van 't Wout/De Laat) - Short track speed skating #3: Bodnar/Radis - Rowing #4: McCarthy/O'Donovan - Rowing #5: Perusic/Schweiner - Beach Volleyball #6: BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Jordan Stolz - Speed skating #2: Puck Pieterse - Mountainbike #3: Qin Haiyang - Swimming #4: Letsile Tebogo - Athletics #5: Emma Finucane - Track cycling #6: Anna Hall - Athletics 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 - Gymnastics #2: Ruta Meilutyte - Swimming #3: Laura Aarts - Waterpolo (retired goalkeeper came back to the team and helped them become world champions) #4: Katarina Johnson-Thompson - Athletics #5: #6: SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: Femke Bol charging to 4x400m World Championship gold a few days after her fall in the mixed relay #2: Simone Biles winning four golds in her return to the Antwerpen gymnastics hall #3: Mollie O'Callaghan 200m freestyle world record #4: / / Team Jumbo-Visma winning all three Grand Tours with different riders #5: #6:

First stage voting should end tomorrow but we only have 5 voters so far. We may have to change the schedule and give it another week, announcing the nominees closer to New Year's rather than Christmas (just like last year). Or maybe even cancel the whole thing if the number of voters is too low. I tagged last year's voters in case anyone is interested. Of course there's a lot more people who can vote (didn't wanna bother more members tagging them here), so please feel free to follow the instructions in this post

will be sending 16 athletes in 7 disciplines:https://www.ssat.or.th/2022/01/01/youth-winter-olympics-games-2024-candidate/ This is more than the ALL the athletes the country has ever sent to the WOG/WYOG combined

Уз прилично импресивну гол разлику од 15:0. У трећој рунди смо у Кардифу против ВБ, Румуније и Кине. Ту ако успемо откинути бод Румунима на коњу смо. О пролазу даље је нереално размишљати.

@rafalgorka "The Winter Youth Olympic Games will be filmed for live television and digital streaming on Olympic Channel via. Olympics.com and our app, with full session replays and highlights also available." - from an article posted recently on Olympics.com

And the excel file here, if someone want to improve it and add other things 2024_olympics_schedule.xlsx

What's up with these people thinking decapitation solves problems? Now my own little town has fallen victim

Still something needs to be done about the whole equipment saga. Whether that's neutral wax, very strongly limiting the number of skis, whatever. It is absolutely batshit crazy that most of the big-country athletes have 40 or even 50 pairs of skis with them. Limit it to a maximum of say 4-5 pairs of skis per athlete per World Cup round, that is really, without a doubt more than enough. Add something like a neutral wax provider to that, with a limit number of waxes one can use. It takes out at least some of the insane advantage the big teams have with their research budgets, while still including the actual skills of the waxers in applying them correctly and choosing correctly (from the limited number of options that are available to everyone).

They already did that a while ago, including checks. Or at least they prepared it and started with the checks. Which in at least one occassion led to a bottle of fluor being found in the Brazilian wax cabine at an IBU Cup