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There’s a lot of families in the U.S. that open one gift on Christmas Eve, and then the open the rest on Christmas.

I do enjoy a good Rosca de Reyes Some of my Latin American classmates would bring those to class on the 6th (or before, if we were still on winter break that date).

@Jur @Cobi do either of your families employ the “Cagatio” thing in lieu of Santa Claus? I just learned about that practice this year.

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.

I will be delivering my votes later today @vinipereira

@hckošice do you guys not celebrate on the 25th then? The 24th is Christmas Eve in Of course, families celebrate on different days/times according to different traditions brought over from Europe or Latin America.

16:00 to 21:00 in California. Seems perfect to me

The US state of Minnesota just changed there's as well: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67778942

Some Island Games news…

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

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.

Karlsruhe has emerged as a likely candidate (if not host) for The World Games 2029. It would be the first city to host twice.

Oscars’ shortlists have been published for 10 categories: https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/96th-oscars-shortlists?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-theacademy&utm_content=later-40025166&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio I’m still making my way through the festival hits, but I’d say this is a pretty good year in film. There’s a not insignificant chance that more than one foreign film (maybe even three) and more than one animated film get nominated for best picture, which would be neat. I’ll post my full thoughts on the season in the a few weeks.

I do plan to vote. I can do it today, but an extra few days might be nice. I’m sure a lot of people are busy preparing for the various end of year holidays this week.

Schism emerging over surfing venue in Tahiti. Paris 2024 statement: https://press.paris2024.org/news/organisation-of-surfing-competitions-for-the-olympic-games-in-teahupoo-reaction-to-the-international-surfing-associations-proposal-62a5-7578a.html

I guess the benefit of the doubt when enacting polities after entering office is only given to right wing politicians

It’s almost like funding youth sports programs in sports with generous qualification systems pays off

@Swewi is competitive on the Swedish curling circuit. I believe they have played in the Olympic trials before. @Vojthas (who hasn’t been active for a while ) competes in the Polish club league for curling. @John Foyne won a medal in American Football at The World Games 2017. He’s active in flag football at present (I believe). @IoNuTzZ is/was a competitive 400m runner I believe (not sure about the level). There may be a few more people active at the national/club level, but I’m not sure. @Agger @heywoodu have both done half marathons in the past if memory serves. @Josh is a swimmer, but I don’t have any idea about the level (I’d assume local/youth).

We should recognize some of the athletic achievements of members during these awards at some point. We've got people chasing Olympic qualification, running half marathons, setting PRs in the pool, etc. It might be fun to have a more inward category/honor at some point (maybe not even voted on, but just some acknowledgment during the ceremony for those bothering to turn off the livestreams and go do something)

will not be awarded a quota in alpine skiing (barring any last minutes reallocations/invite)

@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

The athlete had a high ranking, so probably met internal criteria.

accepted a reallocation in freestyle skiing.