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Welcome to the nominations announcement for the 2023 Totallympics Awards, the forum's celebration of the year in sport. Over the next hour, we'll unveil the nominees for the 11 categories voted on by Totallympics members, as well as look back at some of the year's most memorable moments in sports.

The organization of the announcement is taking longer than I expected so I'll need another hour in order to get everything ready. I apologize for the delay. We will start unveiling the nominees at 21:00 (UTC).

Merry Christmas everyone, may the food be tasty As for gifts: some people in the Netherlands participate in it, others don't, as always because especially for families with children there was 5 December As for my own family: we've got a few presents under the tree, which will be opened on New Year's Eve for practical reasons - my sister and her boyfriend can't come on Christmas due to my sister having to work night shifts at the hospital, so they'll visit on New Year's Eve and then we open the Christmas presents.

Merry Christmas to all my fellow Totallympians!! May you all have a wonderful day, filled with special moments with your loved ones, and may all your wishes come true.

Happy Holidays to all members and their families Wishing lots of health and happy moments with the people you love.

In Mexico you have 3 traditions, depending to which part of the country you live. Central and Southern Mexico are more team “Reyes” so kids there expect to find their gifts on January 6th. Northern Mexico is team “Santa” in larger cities, but the rural areas also celebrate the Wise Men. And mi city, is the only ones where kids write a letter to Baby Jesus asking for gifts.

Here are my votes. There are now finalized @vinipereira BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Noah Lyles #2: J.T.B. #3: Armand Duplantis BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Rebeca Andrade #2: Maria Perez #3: Faith Kipyegon #4: Alexandra Loutitt BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Shohei Ohtani #2: Max Verstappen #3: Luca Brecel #4: Simon Billy #5: Corey Bellemore #6: Delaney Irving BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: Ezra Frech #2: Elizabeth Rodrigues #3: Diede Ge Groot #4: Catherine Debrunner #5: Marcel Hug #6: Tanguy De La Forest BEST YOUTH ATHLETE for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Maximilian Maeder #2: Nela Lopusanova #3: Tokito Oda #4: Ezra Frech #5: Summer McIntosh #6: Joshua Tarling BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Baseball #2: Basketball #3: Rugby #4: Handball #5: Fistball #6: Water Polo BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Football #2: Volleyball #3: Field Hockey #4: Chess #5: Basketball BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) Will Not Vote In This Category. BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Dan Olaru #2: Patrica Van der Weken #3: Men’s Rugby #4: Men’s Basketball #5: Marthe Koala COMEBACK OF THE YEAR for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Gavin Botteger (broke arm at delayed world championships, came back and won this years’ WC) #2: Femke Bol (came back from fall to win championship title(s)) #3: Bruna Moura (just happy she’s skiing again) SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: Final out of the World Baseball Classic (Ohtani v. Trout) #2: South Sudan qualifying for men’s basketball at the Olympic Games #3: 2021 Summer University Games continuous shooting tie #4: U.S. Virgin Islands beats Puerto Rico in the women’s basketball gold medal match at the Central American and Caribbean Games. #5: Bou Samnang toughs out race in pouring rain at SEA Games #6: Canadian climbers competed through blackout at Pan American Games.

Best Men’s Athlete 1. Mondo Duplantis 2. Novak Djokovic 3. Kelvin Kiptum 4. Leon Marchand 5. Ryan Crousier 6. Johannes Kläbo Best Female Athlete 1. Faith Kipyegon 2. Sandra Näslund 3. Simone Biles 4. Mollie O’Callaghan 5. Iga Swiatek 6. Mikaela Shiffrin Best Men’s Team 1. Denmark Handball Best Female Team 1. Spain Football 2. France Handball 3. Australia Swimming 4x100 Freestyle Relay Best pair/mixed team 1. Sweden Show Jumping Team @vinipereira is there anything that you need me to add or is it ok enough?

Hopefully it's not too late to vote. Admittedly, there is only a handful of sports I follow but I'll give it a try. BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Johannes Thingnes Boe (Biathlon) #2: Leon Marchand (Swimming) #3: Noah Lyles (Athletics) #4: Marco Odermatt (Alpine Skiing) #5: Carlos Alcaraz (Tennis) #6: Connor McDavid (Ice Hockey) BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Kaylee McKeown (Swimming) #2: Mollie O'Callaghan (Swimming) #3: Faith Kipyegon (Athletics) #4: Femke Bol (Athletics) #5: Rebecca Andrade (Gymnastics) #6: Sandra Naeslund (Freestyle Skiing) BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Shohei Ohtani (Baseball) #2: Christian McCaffrey (American Football) #3: Ronald Acuna (Baseball) #4: #5: #6: BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: Pass #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: Summer McIntosh (Swimming) #2: Rayssa Leal (Skateboarding) #3: Maximilian Maeder (Sailing) #4: Darja Varfolomeev (Rhythmic Gymnastics) #5: Mia Brookes (Snowboarding) #6: Nela Lopusanova (Ice Hockey) BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Japan (Baseball) #2: Germany (Basketball) #3: Hungary (Water Polo) #4: South Africa (Rugby Union) #5: Denmark (Handball) #6: BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Spain (Football) #2: Netherlands (Water Polo) #3: Australia (Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay) #4: Turkey (Volleyball) #5: France (Handball) #6: BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Pass #2: #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: Qin Haiyang (Swimming) #2: Jordan Stolz (Speed Skating) #3: Letsile Tebogo (Athletics) #4: Alexandria Loutitt (Ski Jumping) #5: Xandra Velzeboer (Short Track) #6: Emma Finucane (Track Cycling) COMEBACK OF THE YEAR for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Cameron McEvoy (Swimming) #2: Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Athletics) #3: Simone Biles (Gymnastics) #4: Liam Hendriks (Baseball) #5: Damar Hamlin (American Football) #6: Kris Letang (Ice Hockey) SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: Ohtani vs. Trout in the World Baseball Classic final #2: Femke Bol redeeming herself in the women's 4x400m relay after falling in the mixed event. #3: Leon Marchand breaking Phelps longtime 400m IM WR #4: Sarah Sjoestroem breaking the 50m freestyle WR 15 minutes after a previous race. #5: Cassiel Rousseau winning diving gold in the 10m platform and breaking up the Chinese dominance. #6: Canada's men's basketball team qualifying for the Olympics for the first time in 24 years

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, but also to all those who consider this just one day like any other... might peace, health, happyness make your life more enjoyable

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it from what is becoming the undersea Kingdom of Wales. And if you don't celebrate have a good rest of 2023 anyway.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate from Montenegro.

Merry Christmas everyone who celebrate it 😀

NOMINATIONS TOTALS I I UNITED STATES 7 I I AUSTRALIA 5 I I FRANCE 5 I I NETHERLANDS 5 I I BRAZIL 3 I I CANADA 3 I I ITALY 3 I I CHINA 2 I I GERMANY 2 I I JAPAN 2 I I NORWAY 2 I I SOUTH AFRICA 2 I I SWITZERLAND 2 I I ALGERIA 1 I I BAHRAIN 1 I I BOTSWANA 1 I I CZECHIA 1 I I DENMARK 1 I I EGYPT 1 I I GREAT BRITAIN 1 I I HUNGARY 1 I I KENYA 1 I I LITHUANIA 1 I I POLAND 1 I I ROMANIA 1 I I SERBIA 1 I I SINGAPORE 1 I I SPAIN 1 I I SWEDEN 1 I I TÜRKIYE 1 Thank you, everybody! Join us next Monday, January 1st, for the 2023 Totallympic Awards ceremony.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. I hope you have a wonderful time with your families and that you have a happy and healthy Christmas. And I hope you are spoiled with something nice to open and good food and drink.

I always think the 'sports moment of the year' category is by far the most open and diverse There's honestly going to be dozens of moments that made me go "wow!" this year, which I just can't remember off the top of my head. Like I said before, I really need to write those things down when they happen

My votes might not be the most universally agreed upon or popular, but I tried to highlight some lesser mentioned “highlights” of the year

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate the holiday! Hope you enjoy(ed)/are enjoying the festivities with your loved ones, and receive lots of hugs and gifts. My best wishes for you.

On a positive note, diving will become the most popular event as the athletes jump into a vat of salsa.

Not in my case, but my family does not do Santa either, just "Reyes Magos", which is basically the same thing but in January 6th. I do have some friends in Catalonia that celebrate the Tió though. And in the Basque Country they also have their own version of Santa. It is called the Olentzero if you want to check it out. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and the rest of this wonderful community! 😊

We generally celebrate Christmas Three days from 24th to 26th, All 3 days are national Holidays and Day-offs, Offices and Shops closed etc..., As almost everywhere here yes as well, The 25th is called Christmas Day...but the 24th is the most important day, It is called "Generous Day" The families gathers this day from the morning, decorating the Christmas Tree, cooking and preparing the dinner, the Evening Dinner is the main dish of christmas and once the dinner is eaten, it is time for the gifts (Santa Claus for the modern and "Baby Jesus" for the more traditionalists who arrive ) are presented or placed under the tree for kids After this families usually watch together (Every year the same old Czechoslovak TV classics movies & Fairytales) and later attend the midnight mass. Next 2 days are about eating, visiting distant families, Eating, Watching TV christmas shows and Eating

Past midnight here, we are 24th December, Main christmas day in Slovakia So Merry Christmas to all Totallympians celebrating it but be careful with your eventual bolder celebrations

Aquatics World Championships MOLLIE O'CALLAGHAN 200M FREESTYLE WORLD RECORD Athletics World Championships FEMKE BOL REDEMPTION IN WOMEN'S 4x400M RELAY Athletics World Championships MILTIADIS TENTOGLOU WINS LONG JUMP GOLD ON FINAL ATTEMPT Football Women's World Cup SPAIN WINS FIRST TITLE Tennis Davis Cup ITALY WINS TITLE AFTER 47 YEARS World Baseball Classic SHOHEI OHTANI FACES MIKE TROUT

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 22/22 MEMBERS VOTED LOTTE KOPECKY REBECA ANDRADE IGA ŚWIĄTEK JANJA GARNBRET MARÍA PÉREZ SANDRA NÄSLUND

Kaylee McKeown SWIMMING Mollie O'Callaghan SWIMMING Faith Kipyegon ATHLETICS Femke Bol ATHLETICS Mikaela Shiffrin ALPINE SKIING Simone Biles ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

Tennis Davis Cup ITALY WINS TITLE AFTER 47 YEARS

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 21/22 MEMBERS VOTED BIATHLON (4X6KM RELAY) FENCING (FOIL) FIELD HOCKEY RUGBY SEVENS CURLING ICE HOCKEY

Denmark HANDBALL Germany BASKETBALL Hungary WATER POLO Japan BASEBALL Poland VOLLEYBALL South Africa RUGBY

Football Women's World Cup SPAIN WINS FIRST WORLD TITLE

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 14/22 MEMBERS VOTED MARIA CAROLINA SANTIAGO ANNA-LENA FORSTER SIMONE BARLAAM CATHERINE DEBRUNNER EZRA FRECH KENDALL GRETSCH

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 16/22 MEMBERS VOTED BART SWINGS ALI FARAG STEVEN DA COSTA JYOTHI SUREKHA VENNAM VIRAT KOHLI KÍLIAN JORNET

Nour El Sherbini SQUASH Francesco Bagnaia MOTORCYCLE RACING Shohei Ohtani BASEBALL Max Verstappen AUTO RACING Pieter-Steph du Toit RUGBY Christian McCaffrey AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Athletics World Championships MILTIADIS TENTOGLOU WINS LONG JUMP GOLD ON FINAL ATTEMPT

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 16/22 MEMBERS VOTED CHEN • QUAN EGGERT • BENECKEN LOCHNER • FLEISCHHAUER MCCARTHY • O'DONOVAN TWELLAAR • BROENINK MOL • SØRUM

Ana Patrícia Ramos • Eduarda Lisboa BEACH VOLLEYBALL Chen Qingchen • Jia Yifan BADMINTON Ondřej Perušič • David Schweiner BEACH VOLLEYBALL Ruggero Tita • Caterina Banti SAILING Ancuța Bodnar • Simona Radiș ROWING Sweden Mixed Team EQUESTRIAN JUMPING

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 19/22 MEMBERS VOTED CONNOR BEDARD QIU QIYUAN MIA BROOKES DOMINIKA BANEVIČ NIELS LAROS NELA LOPUŠANOVÁ

Kaylia Nemour ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS Rayssa Leal SKATEBOARDING Summer McIntosh SWIMMING Félix Lebrun TABLE TENNIS Darja Varfolomeev RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS Max Maeder SAILING

Athletics World Championships FEMKE BOL REDEMPTION IN WOMEN'S 4x400M RELAY

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 18/22 MEMBERS VOTED CASSIEL ROUSSEAU EMMA FINUCANE XANDRA VELZEBOER BEN SHELTON COCO GAUFF ILIA MALININ

Akhmed Tazhudinov WRESTLING Letsile Tebogo ATHLETICS Alexandria Loutitt SKI JUMPING Ethan Katzberg ATHLETICS Qin Haiyang SWIMMING Jordan Stolz SPEED SKATING

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 19/22 MEMBERS VOTED BRUNA MOURA HSIEH SU-WEI MARKÉTA VONDROUŠOVÁ ANTONELLA PALMISANO CAROLINA MARÍN GAVIN BOTTGER

Cameron McEvoy SWIMMING Justine Braisaz-Bouchet BIATHLON Katarina Johnson-Thompson ATHLETICS Rūta Meilutytė SWIMMING Sha'Carri Richardson ATHLETICS Simone Biles ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

Aquatics World Championships MOLLIE O'CALLAGHAN 200M FREESTYLE WORLD RECORD

NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT Monday, December 25th, 20:00 (UTC+0)

Paja is a mother Romana was born the 24th December

The tradition here for many years was that gifts were given on New Years. This was true for my childhood as well. But in the last decade or so things changed and practically everyone does it on the 25th now.

So, NHL is taking a break for the next couple of days, with the next games being played on Wednesday. Surprise, surprise, my Vancouver Canucks are 1st in the league! Sure, we’ve played a few more games than some of the other top teams (Rangers, Kings, Bruins, Stars), but heading into this season a 23-9-3 record halfway throughout the season sounded almost unthinkable. Rick Tocchet

BEST MALE ATHLETE for sportsmen in Olympic sports #1: Mathieu van der Poel (road cycling) #2: Johannes Thingnes Bø (biathlon) #3: Noah Lyles (athletics) #4: Marco Odermatt (alpine skiing) #5: Leon Marchand (swimming) #6: BEST FEMALE ATHLETE for sportswomen in Olympic sports #1: Faith Kipyegon (athletics) #2: Mollie O'Callaghan (swimming) #3: Xandra Velzeboer (shorttrack skating) #4: Simone Biles (artistic gymnastics) #5: #6: BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines #1: Max Verstappen (F1) #2: Francesco Bagnaia (MotoGP) #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE for athletes with a disability #1: Aline Rocha (wheelchair racing, cross-country skiing) #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: #2: #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST MEN'S TEAM for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Team Jumbo-Visma (road cycling) #2: Men's cross-country skiing relay #3: #4: #5: #6: BEST WOMEN'S TEAM for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Women's cross-country skiing relay #2: Women's shorttrack relay #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: #2: #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: Alexandria Loutitt (ski jumping) #2: Qin Haiyang (swimming) #3: Pietro Sighel (shorttrack skating) #4: Cian Uijtdebroeks (road cycling) #5: Olav Kooij (road cycling) #6: Laurence St-Germain (alpine skiing) COMEBACK OF THE YEAR for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports) #1: Bruna Moura (cross-country skiing) #2: Simone Biles (artistic gymnastics) #3: #4: #5: #6: SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR for any sport moment from 2023 #1: Mathieu van der Poel's solo ride to the road cycling world title #2: Not one single moment, but the 2023 MotoGP season #3: Laurence St Germain's sensational world title on the slalom (alpine skiing) #4: #5: #6:

Here kids expect gifts on both days. Well, at least that's how it used to be, don't think many families can afford it these days.

Here are my sporting moment of the year choices. #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. @vinipereira it’s so hard to choose athletes/moments in some categories. Is it possible if my #7 vote can count?