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Sitting Volleyball African Championships quotas Men's: Women's: As Egypt was the winner here, gets the World Cup quota as the best non-qualified men's team.

Gabriel Ohnmacht, one of our first athletes to compete in Speed Skating, died at the age of 23.

There's this one: 1. (a) All songs must be ORIGINAL, NEW MATERIAL, released on or after January 1st, 2023. Exceptions will be made in the following circumstances: (i) A song released as a single no more than 6 months before the cut-off date may ONLY be chosen if that song was subsequently released on an album for the first time during the official period of eligibility. For example, a song which was released as a single on July 1st, 2022 may be chosen if that song was later included in an album released on January 1st, 2023 or thereafter. But if the album was also released in 2022, the song can't be eligible.

BRAZIL Chady - "Futuro Caso Antigo"

Something worth mentioning is that the winning song "Tattoo" became a HUGE hit in Brazil... not the song itself, but a Portuguese version by singer Manu Bahtidão. Her music genre is a mix of sertanejo (Brazilian country) and tecno-brega (popular style from the North - "brega" literally translates to "corny"), so not really what I usually listen to, but her achievements caught my attention: more than 250 million combined views on YouTube, 100 million streams on Spotify and #1 on the Brazilian Billboard Hot 100 chart. I don't know if Loreen has even heard the song, but at least she's credited as a songwriter so she must be making some money.

I don't really know the players but I'm surprised by how terrible and are doing.

A win for Brazil in Curling

Agreed. Monster and Perfect Days are both among my favorite movies this year and I haven't even seen The Boy and The Heron and Godzilla Minus One yet. Sadly, in the end I think Japan might even miss the nomination for best International Feature.

Final rankings show finished in 4th.

I'm quite late, but I was sad to hear of the passing of Sara Tavares, Portugal's representative at Eurovision in 1994 (one of my favorite performances ever).

Nice to see South American nations sending a good number of athletes. Maybe it's unlikely, but I hope one of them can repeat Colombia's feat in 2020 and win a medal.

We'll, at least this isn't the Oscars, where a film usually wins a lot. Just like last year, all 10 competitive categories had a different nation as a winner ("Moment of the Year" doesn't count for medal table, but if it did would have 2 wins).

The year in sports brought a lot of joy and emotional moments to Totallympics members around the world. As we say goodbye to our annual awards, here's hope that 2024 can also be a memorable year for all sports fans, as we eagerly wait for the next Olympic Games. For now, we'll remember the moments that brought us together in 2023, presenting this edition's theme song: "Fight Song", by American singer and songwriter Rachel Platten. Thank you all! Have a great year and until the next Totallympics Awards!

FINAL MEDAL TABLE 1 NETHERLANDS 1 2 0 3 1 UNITED STATES 1 2 0 3 3 CANADA 1 0 1 2 3 FRANCE 1 0 1 2 3 SOUTH AFRICA 1 0 1 2 6 BRAZIL 1 0 0 1 6 CHINA 1 0 0 1 6 KENYA 1 0 0 1 6 SPAIN 1 0 0 1 6 SWITZERLAND 1 0 0 1 11 AUSTRALIA 0 1 1 2 11 GERMANY 0 1 1 2 13 DENMARK 0 1 0 1 13 GREAT BRITAIN 0 1 0 1 13 JAPAN 0 1 0 1 13 SWEDEN 0 1 0 1 17 ALGERIA 0 0 1 1 17 ITALY 0 0 1 1 17 LITHUANIA 0 0 1 1 17 NORWAY 0 0 1 1 17 SERBIA 0 0 1 1 SPECIAL AWARDS TABLE 1 CANADA 5 2 IRELAND 2 2 ITALY 2 2 NETHERLANDS 2 2 UNITED STATES 2 6 BRAZIL 1 6 DENMARK 1 6 FRANCE 1 6 GERMANY 1 6 JAPAN 1 6 POLAND 1 6 SLOVAKIA 1 6 SPAIN 1

I do hope @Josh and @JoshMartini007 are not the same person

As we reach the end of the competitive categories, it's time for the Totallympics Stars Award, which honor our own members. Voted by their peers, these users have had a strong presence in our forum this year. Here, they are nominated for a variety of reasons, such as: organization of prediction contests, TISC hosting duties, discussions or sports info in our forum, and contributions to all Olympics qualification threads. As already stated, all members are valuable in making Totallympics the best sports forum on the internet. We salute you all, including those who are not listed. This year's Totallympics Stars Award honorees are: @Laraja @Wumo @heywoodu @intoronto @Benolympique @rafalgorka @Josh @OlympicIRL @hckošice @JoshMartini007 @Gianlu33 @Cobi @Topicmaster1010 @phelps @Olympian1010

VOTING BREAKDOWN 32/34 MEMBERS VOTED POINTS # #1 355 26 12 ATHLETICS WORLDS (BOL) 185 20 4 AQUATICS WORLDS 180 17 3 ATHLETICS WORLDS (TENTOGLOU) 140 13 4 FOOTBALL WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 140 10 5 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC 115 9 4 TENNIS DAVIS CUP

Athletics World Championships FEMKE BOL REDEMPTION IN WOMEN'S 4x400M RELAY Aquatics World Championships MOLLIE O'CALLAGHAN 200M FREESTYLE WORLD RECORD Athletics World Championships MILTIADIS TENTOGLOU WINS LONG JUMP GOLD ON FINAL ATTEMPT

Christine Sinclair FOOTBALL Natalie Geisenberger LUGE Jason Smyth ATHLETICS Shingo Kunieda WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Annemiek van Vleuten ROAD CYCLING Tom Brady AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Annemiek van Vleuten ROAD CYCLING Considered one of the greatest Dutch athletes of all time, Annemiek van Vleuten first started cycling at the age of 23 to recover from a football injury. Oficially beginning her career at 25 after joining an amateur team in 2007, van Vleuten has enjoyed tremendous success as a professional cyclist, winning all three of the women's cycling Grand Tours equivalents and four gold medals at the World Championships – becoming, in 2022, the first woman to achieve the Triple Crown of Cycling. At the Olympic Games, van Vleuten was bound to win the title in 2016, but had a horrific crash while leading the race. Her long-waited gold medal moment came with a time trial victory at the Tokyo Olympics, a crowning achievement in an already brilliant career. After her retirement, she said she hoped to have inspired others. Her cycling years, certainly, are a testament to the power of resilience and human strength.

VOTING BREAKDOWN 33/34 MEMBERS VOTED POINTS # #1 250 20 7 LÉON MARCHAND 235 22 6 NOAH LYLES 215 16 7 NOVAK DJOKOVIC 175 13 7 MATHIEU VAN DER POEL 170 18 3 JOHANNES THINGNES BØ 95 8 3 MARCO ODERMATT

Léon Marchand SWIMMING Noah Lyles ATHLETICS Novak Djokovic TENNIS

VOTING BREAKDOWN 31/34 MEMBERS VOTED POINTS # #1 390 27 15 FAITH KIPYEGON 215 20 6 FEMKE BOL 145 14 3 KAYLEE MCKEOWN 140 12 4 MOLLIE O'CALLAGHAN 90 10 1 MIKAELA SHIFFRIN 90 8 2 SIMONE BILES