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Best Doubles or Pair was, by far, the closest category. Any nominee could've won, in fact even O'Donovan/McCarthy led the count at some point.

VOTING BREAKDOWN 31/36 MEMBERS VOTED POINTS # #1 220 18 7 KREJČÍKOVÁ/SINIAKOVÁ 200 15 7 CONSTANTINI/MOSANER 170 14 4 PAPADAKIS/CIZERON 155 15 4 FRIEDRICH/MARGIS 140 10 5 SUI/HAN 130 11 4 MCCARTHY/O'DONOVAN

Barbora Krejčíková • Kateřina Siniaková TENNIS Stefania Constantini • Amos Mosaner CURLING Gabriella Papadakis • Guillaume Cizeron FIGURE SKATING

VOTING BREAKDOWN 29/36 MEMBERS VOTED POINTS # #1 230 16 8 JESPER PEDERSEN 195 14 7 DIEDE DE GROOT 160 14 5 BRIAN MCKEEVER 135 11 5 STEFANO RAIMONDI 130 12 3 MARCEL HUG 85 9 1 OKSANA MASTERS

Jesper Pedersen ALPINE SKIING Diede de Groot WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Brian McKeever CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

Brian McKeever CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING As far as the Paralympic competitions go, isn't that unusual to see an athlete completely dominating their field, but to keep the level of excellence for two decades is for very few. Canadian cross-country legend Brian McKeever certainly will be remembered among the most dominant names ever to compete at the Winter Paralympics. Starting in Salt Lake 2002 (where he also competed in Biathlon), McKeever went on to win 16 gold medals in his career (20 total), sweeping the three events for visually impaired in four consecutive Paralympics (2010-2022). With his results, he tied the all-time record for most victories by a male at the Winter Games. His achievements, especially at the 2010 home Games, raised the profile of the Winter Paralympics in Canada, proving that his legacy will live on for generations to come. @vinipereira

VOTING BREAKDOWN 34/36 MEMBERS VOTED POINTS # #1 495 29 21 DAVID POPOVICI 305 25 8 SUMMER MCINTOSH 105 12 1 JURAJ SLAFKOVSKÝ 100 10 3 SU YIMING 65 10 - ERRIYON KNIGHTON 55 6 1 MOLLIE O'CALLAGHAN

David Popovici SWIMMING Summer McIntosh SWIMMING Juraj Slafkovský ICE HOCKEY

VOTING BREAKDOWN 29/36 MEMBERS VOTED POINTS # #1 265 18 11 SOFIA GOGGIA 235 19 8 IIVO NISKANEN 155 15 4 LINDSEY JACOBELLIS 115 9 3 MIXED SKI JUMPING TEAM 110 9 3 BRITTANY BOWE 90 11 - KAI VERBIJ

Sofia Goggia ALPINE SKIING Iivo Niskanen CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Lindsey Jacobellis SNOWBOARD

Ireen Wüst SPEED SKATING Regarded as the most successful speed skater ever, Ireen Wüst first achieved a spot in the Dutch Olympic team in 2006. In Turin, she became the youngest Dutch gold medalist at the Winter Games, starting a sequence of results that would made history. Winning at least one gold medal in each of her Winter Olympic appearances, she is the only athlete to win an individual gold medal in five consecutive Olympics, Summer or Winter. Not only she is the most successful athlete from the Netherlands at the Olympics, in Beijing she also became the oldest Speed Skating gold medalist in the history of the Winter Games. "Words can't describe her class", said fellow competitor Brittany Bowe after the 1500m event at the 2022 Olympics; "she is the greatest of all-time, as her performance shows". Indeed, Wüst's career more than earned her a place in our Hall of Fame. @vinipereira

Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Totallympics Awards, a celebration of the year in sports! From the Winter Olympics in Beijing to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, 2022 gave amazing moments for sports fans across the world, which, of course, includes our esteemed Totallympics members. Throughout this next hour, we'll unveil the winners for the 11 competitive categories as voted by our users, as well as a special award for those who make Totallympics the best sports forum on the internet. Thanks to their lifetime achievements, we'll be also celebrating sports personalities who retired this year, which will enter the prestigious Totallympics Hall of Fame. Hope you all enjoy!

AWARDS CEREMONY Sunday, January 8th, 16:00 (UTC+0)

Today (Friday) is the last day to vote. I hope we can still have the votes from @Agger, @thepharoah, @OlympicsFan, @Siddhartha Talukdar, @Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo, @Pablita and @CCB (who all voted in the first stage), but also from anyone who still wishes to participate. To vote, CLICK HERE.

18 Totallympics members voted in the second stage so far. Closest categories are Best Female Athlete and Best Women's Team - in both, 3 nominees with about the same number of points. Not many voters for the Olympic Spirit Award, so anyone can take it. Don't forget to vote if you didn't already!

Either way, I hope you can vote now in second stage

Probably the main reason they were voted. Not because the final position, but the historical result.

But in all seriousness, there's really a lot of people who could have been nominated. I really expected Rayssa Leal to made the Youth Athlete list, but in the end she only had my vote - and then, of course, I remembered that Totallympics members don't care about "urban" sports

Yes, although Pogačar is mentioned in "Moment of the Year".

It's not that easy in some cases because people often vote just for the athlete (without further explanation), and sometimes they explain the reasoning behind the vote (also citing different things, for the same athlete). But in general, based on what people said: Mixed Team: unexpected medal in Ski Jumping, the first ever for the nation in this sport. Iivo Niskanen: waited to congratulate the last-place skier. Sofia Goggia: injured, won a silver medal. Kai Verbij: sacrificed his medal chances, preventing a crash with his opponent. Brittany Bowe: gave up spot for teammate Erin Jackson, who ended up winning gold. Lindsey Jacobellis: won gold after many failed attempts.

SECOND STAGE OF VOTING Voting for the 2022 Totallympics Awards winners is open (click the image above). All Totallympics members can vote, including those who didn't vote in the first stage. Before voting, don't forget to include your Totallympics' username. The list of voters will be updated here. For each category, you can rank a maximum of three nominees of your preference, following the order: #1 (20 points) #2 (10 points) #3 (5 points) You don't have to rank 3 nominees. You can rank 2 or simply pick only one (20 points) per category; You don't have to vote in all categories, only the ones you want. Votes can be edited until the deadline. Voters have until Friday, January 6th to vote. Please contact me if you have any questions.

For nominations totals, Great Britain include the nominations for England. Sport Moment of the Year doesn't count for the nations tally. I hope everyone can vote in the second stage, which will determine the winners. Soon, I will leave instructions in this thread of how to procede.

NOMINATIONS TOTALS I I UNITED STATES 7 I I ITALY 5 I I NETHERLANDS 5 I I CANADA 4 I I GREAT BRITAIN* 3 I I NORWAY 3 I I SPAIN 3 I I SWEDEN 3 I I ARGENTINA 2 I I CHINA 2 I I FINLAND 2 I I FRANCE 2 I I MOROCCO 2 I I ROMANIA 2 I I SWITZERLAND 2 I I AUSTRALIA 1 I I BRAZIL 1 I I COLOMBIA 1 I I CZECH REPUBLIC 1 I I DENMARK 1 I I EGYPT 1 I I GERMANY 1 I I IRELAND 1 I I NIGERIA 1 I I NEW ZEALAND 1 I I POLAND 1 I I SERBIA 1 I I SLOVAKIA 1 Thank you, everybody! Join us next Sunday, January 8th, for the 2022 Totallympic Awards ceremony!

Aquatics European Championships DAVID POPOVICI 100M FREESTYLE WORLD RECORD Athletics World Championships ARMAND DUPLANTIS POLE VAULT WORLD RECORD Athletics World Championships SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN 400M HURDLES WORLD RECORD Football Men's World Cup ARGENTINA WINS TITLE IN THRILLING FINAL Road Cycling Tour de France VINGEGAARD AND POGAČAR BATTLE FOR THE WIN Tennis Laver Cup ROGER FEDERER'S RETIREMENT