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The Italian federation probably forgot the rules have changed since 2020. In a worst case scenario, no one else gets chosen, in the best case, the next 13 qualify (may decrease depending on which nations qualify in synchro)

JoshMartini007's Top Athletes of 2023 Awards (Part 1/3) Nation Name Sport Honorable Mentions Afghanistan Rashid Khan Cricket Sayed Rohullah Mosawi (Muaythai) Mohsen Rezaee (Taekwondo) Albania Zelimkhan Abakarov Wrestling Luiza Gega (Athletics) Eklent Kaci (Cue Sports) Matvei Petrov (Gymnastics) Alvin Karaqi (Karate) American Samoa Penei Sewell American Football Seva Jarrard (Surfing) Micah Masei (Swimming) Andorra Monica Doria Canoeing Joan Verdu (Alpine Skiing) Ireneu Esteve (Cross-Country Skiing) Angola Benilson Sanda Canoeing Rui Andrade (Auto Racing) Luana Gomes (Gymnastics) Francisco Andre (Sailing) Antigua and Barbuda Tiger Tyson Sailing Armenia Artur Aleksanyan Wrestling Artur Davtyan (Gymnastics) Vahagn Davytan (Gymnastics) Samvel Gasparyan (Weightlifting) Varazdat Lalayan (Weightlifting) Malkhas Amoyan (Wrestling) Vazgen Tevanyan (Wrestling) Aruba Ethan Westera Sailing Kyra Hoevertsz (Artistic Swimming) Rob Timmermans (Karate) Philipine van Aanholt (Sailing) Bahamas Devynne Charlton Athletics Anthonique Strachan (Athletics) Rhema Otabor (Athletics) Lamar Taylor (Swimming) Bahrain Akhmed Tazhudinov Wrestling Birhanu Balew (Athletics) Kemi Adekoya (Athletics) Winfred Yavi (Athletics) Gor Minasyan (Weightlifting) Bangladesh Najmul Hossain Shanto Cricket Mohammad Ashikuzzaman (Archery) Mohammad Hakim Rubel (Archery) Imranur Rahman (Athletics) Barbados Sada Williams Athletics Hayley Matthews (Cricket) Amber Joseph (Cycling) Matthew Wright (Triathlon) Belize Brandon Jones Athletics Benin Noelie Yarigo Athletics Bermuda Conor White Cycling Kaden Hopkins (Cycling) Tyler Smith (Triathlon) Bhutan Lam Dorji Archery Sonam Penjor (Archery) Bolivia Conrrado Moscoso Racquetball Angelica Barrios (Racquetball) Carlos Keller (Racquetball) Bosnia & Herzegovina Lana Pudar Swimming Sanjin Pehlivanovic (Cue Sports) Lejla Njemcevic (Cycling) Larisa Ceric (Judo) Nedzad Husic (Taekwondo) Botswana Letsile Tebogo Athletics Bayapo Ndori (Athletics) Busang Kebinatshipi (Athletics) Leungo Scotch (Athletics) Tshepiso Masalela (Athletics) British Virgin Islands Kyron McMaster Athletics Adaejah Hodge (Athletics) Brunei Basma Lachkar Wushu Burkina Faso Hugues Fabrice Zango Athletics Marthe Koala (Athletics) Awa Bamogo (Cycling) Faysal Sawadogo (Taekwondo) Burundi Rodrigue Kwizera Athletics Egide Ntakarutimana (Athletics) Francine Niyomukunzi (Athletics) Ange Niragira (Judo) Cambodia Margot Garabedian Triathlon Julie Mam (Taekwondo) Cameroon Andre Onana Football Mvogo Zacharie Serge (Boxing) Reine Ngoune (Boxing) Georgika Djengue (Judo) Richelle Soppi (Judo) Seidou Njimouluh (Sambo) Cape Verde Edy Tavares Basketball Bruno Fernandes (Boxing) Ivanusa Gomes (Boxing) Cayman Islands Jordan Crooks Swimming Central African Republic Nadia Guimendego Judo Chad Israel Madaye Archery Martine Hallas (Archery) Comoros Andy Barat Canoeing Mohamed Radjay (Boxing) Congo Dem. Rep. Chancel Mbemba Football Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (Boxing) Pita Kabeji (Boxing) Steve Kulenguluka (Boxing) Congo Republic Saheed Idowu Table Tennis Mpi Anauel Ngamissengue (Boxing) Cook Islands Wesley Roberts Swimming Alex Beddoes (Athletics) Andre George (Canoeing) Lanihei Connolly (Swimming) Costa Rica Leilani McGonagle Surfing Andrea Vargas (Athletics) Daniela Rojas (Athletics) Jennifer Kalmbach (Surfing) Lia Reyes Dias (Surfing) Nishy Lee Lindo (Taekwondo) Cote d'Ivoire Cheick Sallah Cisse Taekwondo Marie-Josee Ta Lou (Athletics) Zouleiha Dabonne (Judo) Ruth Gbagbi (Taekwondo) Nogona Bakayoko (Wrestling) Cyprus Pavlos Kontides Sailing Milan Trajkovic (Athletics) Olivia Fotopoulou (Athletics) Sokratis Pilakouris (Gymanstics) Eleonora Filippou (Muaythai) Denis Taradin (Sailing) Georgios Achilleos (Shooting) Djibouti Mohamed Ismail Athletics Djamal Abdi Direh (Athletics) Dominica Thea Lafond Athletics El Salvador Marcelo Arevalo Tennis Uriel Canjura (Badminton) Jorge Merino (Karate) Ivonne Nochez (Roller Sports) Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue Eritrea Nazret Weldu Athletics Dawit Seare (Athletics) Dolshi Tesfu (Athletics) Samsom Amare (Athletics) Henok Mulueberhan (Cycling) Eswatini Sibusiso Matsenjwa Athletics Ethiopia Tigst Assefa Athletics Amane Beriso Shankule (Athletics) Deso Gelmisa (Athletics) Diribe Welteji (Athletics) Gudaf Tsegay (Athletics) Lamecha Girma (Athletics) Tamirat Tola (Athletics) Fikremariyam Leta (Boxing) Fed State of Micronesia Tasi Limtiaco Swimming Junjun Asebias (Wrestling) Fiji Reapi Ulunisau Rugby Yeshnil Karan (Athletics) Jone Davule (Boxing) Taniela Rainibogi (Weightlifting)

I wanted to honor the smaller nations with their own athlete of the year awards so I took it upon myself to research the performance of various nations in 2023. Unfortunately due to time constraints, this is a bit late, but I now have all my winners and some honorable mentions. I definitely do not have time to create a write-up for each nation, but if you have a specific one in mind I can do something. First off here is how the awards split by sport: Athletics - 39 Wrestling - 12 Weightlifting - 10 Football - 8 Aquatics - 7 Cycling - 6 Judo - 6 Basketball - 4 Boxing - 4 Canoeing - 4 Karate - 4 Sailing - 4 Archery - 3 Cricket - 3 Rowing - 3 Taekwondo - 3 Table Tennis - 2 Tennis - 2 Wushu - 2 Alpine Skiing - 1 American Football - 1 Badminton - 1 Gymnastics - 1 Netball - 1 Racquetball - 1 Rugby - 1 Shooting - 1 Surfing - 1 Triathlon - 1 Total - 136 Unsurprisingly, athletics has a massive 39 winners, almost 29% of all nations I looked at. That's what happens in a sport with a massive worldwide participation. Wrestling and weightlifting break double digits while football leads the team sports. Only one winter sport (alpine skiing) is represented among the winners while six non-Olympic sports are represented with karate, cricket and wushu having multiple winners. Ten sports that will be held at the 2024 Olympics (dancesport, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, golf, handball, modern pentathlon, roller sports, sport climbing and volleyball) did not have a single winner. I'll probably split the winners across three posts over the following days. I look forward to the discussion of being wrong for selecting certain athletes .

Diving is a bit of a mess until we know who's selected in the synchro events (let's ignore when an athlete competes in both 3m & 10m events). For now, whoever makes the final will get a quota to compete at the Olympics. Anyone else will have to wait.

qualified in women's 10km open water swimming.

Yeah, Facundo not only has to deal with the singles side, but the doubles too. If Argentina decides to bring their top three doubles players then it's even harder for him to qualify. Brazil will likely get the quota. Too bad that's not the case on the women's side.

is in a bit of an island right now. Unlikely to defeat the other five European nations competing here, but at the same time, unlikely to lose to

Next week

It's ridiculous that only three duets will end up qualifying. will be threats to the team quota too so you may have to finish as high as sixth in the combined total in order to qualify.

243 for Canada. I feel a lot better about getting at least the duet quota.

Possibly a sign of things to come in the non-Olympic qualifying events.

While they are the favourites, it's a bit of a gamble to go all or nothing. Gone are the days where you could list the top 10 before the competition begins

Looks like Venezuela did end up benefiting from the schedule.

Latvia is playing a dangerous game. The IOC typically doesn't like it when governments interfere with sport governing bodies. Realistically, this hurts Ostapenko the most since Russia/Belarus in tennis has been mostly unaffected.

Perhaps, but there's a considerable drop from the top 9. The tenth rank nation could have 10+ fewer total medals than the 9th rank. Unless they get lucky with golds they will struggle to break double digits.

I'm more impressed that only one person got disqualified after that many warnings.

Yeah, there are a few ways you can represent the results to show either Canada or Russia getting the bronze. The real test is in how well the rules are written. Canada should get bronze, but I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up going to Russia.

If anything it's more fair as the continental qualifiers are now equal in terms of depleted talent rather than the Central & South America qualifier being relatively tougher than the European qualifier if they awarded quotas chronologically.

Venezuela needs a win against Brazil in order to advance. Brazil on the other hand has nothing to gain from the match (other than avoiding additional yellow/red cards).

Yes, but anyone in the top 65 in the Road to Paris as of end of January can be considered qualified.

Will Canada get a medal then?

Correct, so Iceland will cheer for Hungary while Austria will cheer for France and then hope Egypt wins the African quota.

This one https://www.canoeicf.com/icf-canoe-slalom-world-ranking

More headaches. Looks like the next nation in line for the Women's K1 in the world rankings is but what happens if she gets the African quota? I think she gets the World Ranking quota and the next nation against the African quota

Unless there's a last minute entry, only the men's C1 will award a quota, the others will be determined through the world rankings. 1st priority goes to Oceania (needs minimum of 3 nations in the ranking for them to be eligible) and then the rest of the world. As far as I can see the quota won't go to the World Championships