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I'm gonna save this post for next year 

My nominees:
 
BEST MALE ATHLETE
for sportsmen in Olympic sports
 
 
 Lèon Marchand (Swimming)
 Marco Odermatt (Alpine Skiing)
 Noah Lyles (Athletics)
Novak Djokovic (Tennis)
Armand Duplantis (Athletics)
Nikola Jokic (Basketball)
 
 
BEST FEMALE ATHLETE
for sportswomen in Olympic sports
 
 Mollie O'Callaghan (Swimming)
Kaylee Mc Keown (Swimming)
Iga Świątek (Tennis)
 Faith Kipyegon (Athletics)
 Femke Bol (Athletics)
 Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine Skiing)
 
 
 
BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE
for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines
 
Max Verstappen (F1)
 
 
BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE
for athletes with a disability
 
-
 
 
BEST YOUTH ATHLETE
for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
 Summer McIntosh (Swimming)
 Darja Varfolomeev (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
 Qiu Qiyuan (Artistic Gymanstics)
Kaylia Namour (Artistic Gymnastics)
 
 
BEST MEN'S TEAM
for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
Volleyball
 Rugby (Union)
Handball
 
 
BEST WOMEN'S TEAM
for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
 Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Handball
 
 
BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM
for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
Equestrian - Jumping Team
 
 
BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR
for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
Jordan Stolz (Speed Skating)
Ethan Katzberg (Athletics)
Ilia Malinin (Figure Skating)
Kaylia Namour (Artistic Gymnastics)
 
 
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
 Simone Biles (Artistic Gymnastics)
 Cameron McEvoy (Swimming)
 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Athletics)
 Sha'carri Richardson (Athletics)
Iga Świątek (Tennis) - due to coming back to No. 1 in style
Ewa Swoboda (Athletics) - advancing to the 100m WCH final in the end...
 
 
SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR
for any sport moment from 2023
 
Josh Kerr beating Jakob Ingebrigtsen in M 1500m Athletics WCH Final
Iga Świątek winning French Open
Militiadis Tentoglou winning M Long Jump Athletics WCH Final in Round 6
RSA winning Rugby World Cup Final
ARG beating WAL in Rugby World Cup QF
FIJ beating AUS in Rugby World Cup Pool C Match
 
and being biased 2 additional moments:
W 100m final in Athletics WCH (Ewa Swoboda)
W 400m final in Athletics WCH (Natalia Kaczmarek)

My nominees:
 
BEST MALE ATHLETE
for sportsmen in Olympic sports
 
 
 Lèon Marchand (Swimming)
 Marco Odermatt (Alpine Skiing)
 Noah Lyles (Athletics)
Novak Djokovic (Tennis)
Armand Duplantis (Athletics)
Nikola Jokic (Basketball)
 
 
BEST FEMALE ATHLETE
for sportswomen in Olympic sports
 
 Mollie O'Callaghan (Swimming)
Kaylee Mc Keown (Swimming)
Iga Świątek (Tennis)
 Faith Kipyegon (Athletics)
 Femke Bol (Athletics)
 Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine Skiing)
 
 
 
BEST NON-OLYMPIC ATHLETE
for athletes in Non-Olympic sports and disciplines
 
Max Verstappen (F1)
 
 
BEST PARALYMPIC ATHLETE
for athletes with a disability
 
-
 
 
BEST YOUTH ATHLETE
for athletes up to 18 years old (born after January 1st, 2005) (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
 Summer McIntosh (Swimming)
 Darja Varfolomeev (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
 Qiu Qiyuan (Artistic Gymanstics)
Kaylia Namour (Artistic Gymnastics)
 
 
BEST MEN'S TEAM
for national men's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
Volleyball
 Rugby (Union)
Handball
 
 
BEST WOMEN'S TEAM
for national women's teams or groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
 Swimming 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Handball
 
 
BEST DOUBLES/PAIR OR MIXED TEAM
for doubles and pairs or mixed teams and groups (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
Equestrian - Jumping Team
 
 
BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR
for the most improved athlete (aged 19 or over) or national team (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
Jordan Stolz (Speed Skating)
Ethan Katzberg (Athletics)
Ilia Malinin (Figure Skating)
Kaylia Namour (Artistic Gymnastics)
 
 
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
for athletes or national teams who made a comeback performance in 2023 (including Olympic, Non-Olympic and Paralympic sports)
 
 Simone Biles (Artistic Gymnastics)
 Cameron McEvoy (Swimming)
 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Athletics)
 Sha'carri Richardson (Athletics)
Iga Świątek (Tennis) - due to coming back to No. 1 in style
Ewa Swoboda (Athletics) - advancing to the 100m WCH final in the end...
 
 
SPORT MOMENT OF THE YEAR
for any sport moment from 2023
 
Josh Kerr beating Jakob Ingebrigtsen in M 1500m Athletics WCH Final
Iga Świątek winning French Open
Militiadis Tentoglou winning M Long Jump Athletics WCH Final in Round 6
RSA winning Rugby World Cup Final
ARG beating WAL in Rugby World Cup QF
FIJ beating AUS in Rugby World Cup Pool C Match
 
and being biased 2 additional moments:
W 100m final in Athletics WCH (Ewa Swoboda)
W 400m final in Athletics WCH (Natalia Kaczmarek)

Host Country 2024 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments
 
TQO  1 : DEBRECEN
 
TQO 2 : TORREVIEJA
 
TQO 3 : NEU-ULM

Some interesting news found on our Polish olympic forum tylko-igrzyska:
 
The World Athletics Council also approved that seeding for the first round of relay competition at the Paris Olympic Games be determined at the World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24. The event in The Bahamas will automatically qualify 14 teams to Paris, but Council has confirmed that the finishing order of the top eight teams in the Bahamas finals will, additionally, determine first round seeding rights to the best lanes for Paris 2024.
 
https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/decisions-made-233rd-world-athletics-council-meeting-monaco

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

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. 

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)

Not straight away, but it’s coming.  

Winners highlighted in red above.
 
On top of that, Niels Laros (athletics) won the Young Talent Award. The 18-year old is a double European Champion under 20 (1.500m and 5.000m). At the World Championships in Budapest this year he finished 10th place.

Male sportsman of the Year - Josh Kerr (athletics)
Female - Katie Archibald (cycling)

Summary of my early predictions here.
 
Now I will try to update them (e.g. Swimming - W 100m Fly, Equestrian - Dressage Ind and Team and so on...). Also schedulling needs to be improved (mainly Artistic Gymnastics ind apparatus finals) and in the end - a new medal table will be published.
 
SPOILERS ALERT - When i finish, you won't need to watch the games because you know the results already

@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

It seems in relation to the UK athlete that jigsaw identification is possible. If I'm correct about that, it's going to be heartbreaking.

Yes, is already open here

I'm afraid he can't. But i don't know about ARG politics much and i would love to be wrong here

Welcome!

I think after some years I know how to spot a spammer, and I was quite sure you are not

Day 9 (Saturday, Aug. 3rd)
men's Floor
women's Vault
men's Pommel Horse

Day 10 (Sunday, Aug. 4th)
men's Rings
women's Uneven bars
men's Vault

Day 11 (Monday, Aug 5th)
women's Balance Beam
men's Parallel Bars
women's Floor
men's Horizontal Bar
 
p.s. Wikipedia has a different lineup, but it can't be correct...you just need to watch the total time of each session to understand that the last day is the only one that can accomodate 4 finals instead of 3 

Janusz Gortat - 2x Olympic bronze medallist in boxing and father of future NBA player Marcin Gortat passed away at the age of 75.

They need 6 days for the rugby tournaments, so that slots in nicely at Stade de France before the athletics competition begins, especially since unlike pretty much any other Olympics, they're not using the stadium for the opening ceremony.  The football tournament is spread out over the length of the Olympics, so they put that at Parc des Princes.  I can't speak to French rugby, but I know they had the World Cup at Stade de France, so if they can get the big crowds there for the Olympics, it makes a lot of sense to have rugby there

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

And day 9 to day 16
 
2024 Olympics Schedule-day 9 to day 16.pdf

3700% inflation in Argentina after 9 days of Milei
 
20 December there will be a riot, and the government it's threatening people through the official apps if they'll go they will be persecuted :/
 
the nightmare has started :/ 

Next version will probably be short track/long track speed skating. 

Snowboarding
 
Men’s Big Air
Gold-  Taiga Hasegawa
Silver-  Su Yiming
Bronze-  Red Gerard
 
Men’s Slopestyle
Gold-  Marcus Kleveland
Silver-  Mark McMorris
Bronze-  Su Yiming
 
Men’s Halfpipe
Gold-  Ayumu Hirano
Silver-  Valentino Guselli
Bronze-  Chaeun Lee
 
Men’s Snowboard Cross
Gold-  Martin Norl
Silver-  Eliot Grondin
Bronze-  Jakob Dusek
 
Alessandro Hammerle 4th. 
 
Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom
Gold-  Andreas Prommegger
Silver-  Benjamin Karl
Bronze-  Rolland Fischnaller
 
Women’s Big Air
Gold-  Anna Gasser
Silver-  Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Bronze-  Reira Iwabuchi
 
Women’s Slopestyle
Gold-  Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Silver-  Mia Brookes
Bronze-  Laurie Blouin
 
Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom
Gold-  Ramona Hofmeister
Silver-  Miki Tsubaki
Bronze-  Daniela Ulbing
 
Women’s Halfpipe
Gold-  Chloe Kim
Silver-  Gaon Choi
Bronze-  Cai Xuetong
 
Women’s Snowboard Cross
Gold-  Chloe Trespeuch
Silver-  Michela Moioli
Bronze-  Charlotte Bankes
 
Mixed Team Snowboard Cross
Gold-  Michela Moioli/Omar Visintin
Silver-  Kalle Koblet/Sina Siegenthaler
Bronze-  Josie Baff/Adam Lambert
 
Alpine Skiing
 
Men’s Downhill
Gold-  Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Silver-  Marco Odermatt
Bronze-  Vincent Kreichmayr
 
Men’s Super G
Gold-  Vincent Kreichmayr
Silver-  Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Bronze-  Jack Crawford
 
Marco Odermatt 4th. 
 
Men’s Giant Slalom
Gold-  Marco Odermatt
Silver-  Zan Kranjec
Bronze-  Alexis Pinturault
 
Hendrik Kristoffersen 4th. 
 
Men’s Slalom
Gold-  Marco Schwarz
Silver-  Daniel Yule
Bronze-  Hendrik Kristoffersen
 
Clement Noel 4th. 
 
Men’s Combined
Gold-  Johannes Strolz
Silver-  Alexis Pinturault
Bronze-  Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
 
Women’s Downhill
Gold-  Sofia Goggia
Silver-  Jasmine Flury
Bronze-  Ragnhild Mowinckel
 
Women’s Super G
Gold-  Lara Gut Behrami
Silver-  Sofia Goggia
Bronze-  Federica Brignone
 
Women’s Giant Slalom
Gold-  Federica Brignone
Silver-  Mikaela Shiffrin
Bronze-  Sara Hector
 
Women’s Slalom
Gold-  Mikaela Shiffrin
Silver-  Petra Vlhová
Bronze-  Lena Duerr
 
Women’s Combined
Gold-  Mikaela Shiffrin
Silver-  Wendy Holdner
Bronze-  Petra Vlhová
 
Ski Mountaineering
 
Men’s Sprint
Gold-  Oriol Cardona Coll
Silver-  Nicolò Canclini
Bronze-  Thibault Anselmet
 
Women’s Sprint
Gold-  Emily Harrop
Silver-  Marianne Fatton 
Bronze-  Marianna Jagerčíková
 
Mixed Team Relay
Gold-  Giulia Murada/Nicolò Canclini
Silver-  Emily Harrop/Thibault Anselmet
Bronze-  Marianne Fatton/Arno Lietha
 
Ice Hockey
 
Men’s Tournament- NHL Included (Two versions, one with NHL players and one without)
Gold-  Canada
Silver-  United States
Bronze-  Sweden

Men’s Tournament- NHL Excluded
Gold-  Canada
Silver-  Finland
Bronze-  Czech Republic
 
Women’s Tournament
Gold-  United States
Silver-  Canada
Bronze-  Finland
 
Medal Table After 6 Sports (NHL Players Included)
 6-1-3– 10
 5-8-4– 17
 5-5-3– 13
 5-3-3– 11
 4-4-3– 11
 4-2-3– 9
 3-5-6– 14
 3-4-2– 9
 2-2-2– 6
 2-1-0– 3
 2-0-1– 3
 1-2-3– 6
 1-1-4– 6
 1-0-0– 1
 0-2-1– 3
 0-1-2– 3
 0-1-2– 3
 0-1-1– 2
 0-1-0– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 
Medal Table After 6 Sports (NHL Players Excluded)
 6-1-3– 10
 5-8-4– 17
 5-4-3– 12
 5-3-3– 11
 4-4-3– 11
 4-2-3– 9
 3-5-6– 14
 3-4-2– 9
 2-2-2– 6
 2-1-0– 3
 2-0-1– 3
 1-2-2– 5
 1-1-4– 6
 1-0-0– 1
 0-2-1– 3
 0-2-1– 3
 0-1-2– 3
 0-1-2– 3
 0-1-0– 1
 0-0-1– 1
 0-0-1– 1

They only won 2 at Beijing 2022, so wouldn’t be that surprising.