vinipereira

28 minutes ago, MHSN said:

Iran NPC is considering rejecting this quota 

 

of course team members are trying to talk them into (actually talk to media) reverting this decision

After  Blind Football withdrawal in Tokyo, I really hope this doesn't happen again.

8 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

As a joke - early thoughts on who may win this thing in 2024:

I'm gonna save this post for next year 

Brazil should go with 17 athletes which would be our biggest team ever in a Winter competition.

The last day of voting was scheduled for today, but we extended the deadline until Sunday. For those interested, follow the instructions in this post.

Would love to see more members from Latin America, Africa and Asia voting, as well as people who didn't participate last year.

3 hours ago, Belle said:

@vinipereiraI think it’s need to be clearer where the Swedish show jumping team should be put. Now they are both in men’s category and the mixed category. Where should I put this fabulous team? 

If there's a woman (or more) on the team, it should go in the "Doubles/Pair or Mixed Team" category.

3 hours ago, Belle said:

@vinipereiracan I post my votes in my own way? I don’t know what Size and Font the other members used. 

Any format is fine

51 minutes ago, Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo said:

@vinipereiraif is possible, i would complete here my choices. I sent you a mail but i need more time for all categories. I edit each time.

No problem, you can edit them 

13 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Unfortunately I do not have a lot of time to do research for this. Can I still vote though?

Sure, anybody can vote 

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

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Guri who?

 

I mean, I watch every World Cup, most of the IBU Cups and check all the results up to Junior Cup and even Alpen Cups, but I don't think I've ever heard of Guri Knotten  

Maybe it is Karoline Knotten? 

First stage voting should end tomorrow but we only have 5 voters so far. We may have to change the schedule and give it another week, announcing the nominees closer to New Year's rather than Christmas (just like last year). Or maybe even cancel the whole thing if the number of voters is too low. I tagged last year's voters in case anyone is interested. Of course there's a lot more people who can vote (didn't wanna bother more members tagging them here), so please feel free to follow the instructions in this post 

5 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

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)

That's a good idea, I didn't know we had athletes here apart from @brunamoura.

Goalball qualification has been completed.

For the men's tournament, the qualified teams are      

Egypt (absent since 1992) and Iran (2012) return to the Games, while France qualifies for the first time thanks to the host quota.

In Tokyo we had 10 teams instead of 8, and 5 of them didn't qualify (including current bronze medalist Lithuania):   

For the women's tournament, the qualified teams are      

Algeria (absent since 2016) and South Korea (2000) return to the Games, while France qualifies for the first time.

Out of the 10 participating teams in Tokyo, 5 didn't qualify this time (including current silver medalist USA):    

In general, Europe (men's) and the Americas (women's) suffered with the reduced field, while Asia did pretty great.

1 hour ago, Josh said:

You mean more people were in favour? The votes on the poll are 13-10.

"No" won 13-10.

FIRST STAGE OF VOTING

First Stage voting is now open! Please copy the design from this post, fill in the categories you want to vote and send it to me by message.

Voters have until Friday, December 22nd to cast their votes. Please contact me if you have any questions and pay attention to the following rules:

• In all categories, votes must be written in order of preference;

• Votes are required, at least, for the Best Female and Best Male Athlete categories;

• You don't have to vote in every category, but at least 3 choices are required in the categories you vote in;

• You can vote for athletes and teams from your own nation, but only 1 vote is allowed in each category.

On 12/14/2023 at 4:22 PM, vinipereira said:

Given the suggestion, I'll leave this poll here. If we don't have enough votes to change it, we can discuss it again next year.

 

This voting was very close but ultimately more people were against the idea of splitting the categories. Next year we can discuss new categories.

4 hours ago, yaky22 said:

unless i am mistaking, as the final in the goalball women european championship is and  and  has the qualification from the world championship  has the quata to paris in women's goalball

That's correct.  vs  for the men's quota.

Goalball African Championships quotas

Men's:

Women's: 

Some suggestions for Best Doubles/Pair (or Mixed Team)

Storm Hunter/Elise Mertens (Tennis)

Ana Patrícia Ramos/Eduarda Lisboa (Beach Volleyball)
Chang Yani/Chen Yiwen (Diving)
Chen Meng/Wang Yidi (Table Tennis)
Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (Badminton)
Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (Diving)
Lian Junjie/Yang Hao (Diving)
Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong (Table Tennis)
Wang Zongyuan/Long Daoyi (Diving)
Xu Shixiao/Sun Mengya (Sprint Canoeing)

 Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek (Tennis)
Ondřej Perušič/David Schweiner (Beach Volleyball)
Emma Jørgensen/Frederikke Matthiesen (Sprint Canoeing)
Johannes Lochner/Georg Fleischhauer (Bobsleigh)
Kim Kalicki/Leonie Fiebig (Bobsleigh)
Peter Kretschmer/Tim Hecker (Sprint Canoeing)
Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken (Luge)
Emily Craig/Imogen Grant (Rowing)
Fintan McCarthy/Paul O'Donovan (Rowing)
Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti (Sailing)
Keiju Okada/Miho Yoshioka (Sailing)
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (Figure Skating)
Bart Lambriex/Floris van de Werken (Sailing)
Melvin Twellaar/Stef Broenink (Rowing)
Ymkje Clevering/Veronique Meester (Rowing)
Anders Mol/Christian Sørum (Beach Volleyball)
João Ribeiro/Messias Baptista (Sprint Canoeing)
Ancuța Bodnar/Simona Radiș (Rowing)
Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae (Badminton)
Lim Si-hyeon/Kim Woo-jin (Archery)
Vilma Bobeck/Rebecca Netzler (Sailing)
Roman Röösli/Andrin Gulich (Rowing)
Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Curling)
Madison Chock/Evan Bates (Figure Skating)

  Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury (Tennis)
Sara Hughes/Kelly Cheng (Beach Volleyball)

Nikki Ayers/Jed Altschwager (Para Rowing)
Wu Chunyan/Zhao Lixue (Para Archery)
Tereza Brandtlova/David Drahoninsky (Para Archery)
Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid (Wheelchair Tennis)
Lauren Rowles/Gregg Stevenson (Para Rowing)
Sarita/Rakesh Kumar (Para Archery)
  Yui Kamiji/Kgothatso Montjane (Wheelchair Tennis)
Sam Schröder/Niels Vink (Wheelchair Tennis)

Given the suggestion, I'll leave this poll here. If we don't have enough votes to change it, we can discuss it again next year.

Compiling a list of contenders for Best Youth Athlete (born after January 1, 2005). Included world medalists and a few others, but I'm sure there are many more (didn't even searched in non-Olympic sports/events).

Kaylia Nemour (Artistic Gymnastics)
Chloe Covell (Skateboarding)
Valentino Guseli (Snowboard)

 João Fonseca (Tennis)
Rayssa Leal (Skateboarding)
Summer McIntosh (Swimming)
Chen Yuxi (Diving)
Quan Hongchan (Diving)
Qiu Qiyuan (Artistic Gymnastics)
Wang Zisai (Trampoline Gymnastics)
Yu Yiting (Swimming)
Zhou Yaqin (Artistic Gymnastics)

Felix Lebrun (Table Tennis)
Sya Dembélé [Syssy] (Breaking)

 Warren Zaïre-Emery (Football)
Darja Varfolomeev (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
Mia Brookes (Snowboard)

Sky Brown (Skateboarding)
Luana Márton (Taekwondo)
Matin Rezaei (Taekwondo)
Daria Atamanov (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
Benedetta Pilato (Swimming)
Ginwoo Onodera (Skateboarding)
Hinano Kusaki (Skateboarding)
Kokona Hiraki (Skateboarding)
Momiji Nishiya (Skateboarding)
Ruka Okamoto (Taekwondo)
Taiga Hasegawa (Snowboard)
Dominika Banevič [B-Girl Nicka] (Breaking)

Niels Laros (Athletics)

 Alina Korneeva (Tennis)

 Mirra Andreeva (Tennis)

Maximilian Maeder (Sailing)

 Kim Chae-yeon (Figure Skating)
Lee Chae-un (Snowboard)
Lee Hae-in (Figure Skating)
Banlung Tubtimdang (Taekwondo)
Kirill Boliukh (Diving)
Oleksiy Sereda (Diving)
Gavin Bottger (Skateboarding)

 Isabeau Levito (Figure Skating)
Minna Stess (Skateboarding)
Tate Carew (Skateboarding)

Alex Saffy (Para Swimming)
Angus Hincksman (Para Athletics)
Barbara Aigner (Para Alpine Skiing)
Johannes Aigner (Para Alpine Skiing)
Vinicius Marques (Para Athletics)
Sara Vargas Blanco (Para Swimming)
Hector Denayer (Para Swimming)
Linn Kazmaier (Para Biathlon/Cross-Country Skiing)
Poppy Maskill (Para Swimming)
Rhys Darbey (Para Swimming)
Sam Downie (Para Swimming)
Ng Cheuk Yan (Para Swimming)
Evelin Száraz (Para Swimming)

 Rudransh Khandelwal (Shooting Para Sport)

 Sheetal Devi (Para Archery)
Róisín Ní Ríain (Para Swimming)
Alexandra Rexová (Para Alpine Skiing)
Simoné Kruger (Para Athletics)
Anastasiya Dmytriv (Para Swimming)
Judith Tortosa Vila (Para Athletics)
Ivan Tetiukhin (Para Athletics)
Ezra Frech (Para Athletics)
Samantha Heyison (Para Athletics)

Just a few updates. I accepted @OlympicIRL suggestion and now we will have the Best Doubles/Pair or Mixed Team category. If we have more mixed events in the future, perhaps we can create a separate category. We'll be also moving forward with the Comeback of the Year category, and I would deeply appreciate any suggestions for this award.

Boccia Asian-Oceanian Championships quotas

Teams BC1/BC2: 
Pairs BC3: 
Pairs BC4: 

After the end of the continental championships, no nation managed to qualify in more than one team or pair event.

I think this was the last tournament counting towards the ranking lists.

WA World Athletes of the Year for 2023

MEN'S TRACK

 Noah Lyles – 100m/200m

WOMEN'S TRACK

Faith Kipyegon – 1500m/Mile/5000m

MEN'S FIELD

Mondo Duplantis – Pole Vault

WOMEN'S FIELD

Yulimar Rojas – Triple Jump

MEN'S OUT OF STADIA

Kelvin Kiptum – Marathon

WOMEN'S OUT OF STADIA

 Tigist Assefa – Marathon

MEN'S RISING STAR

Emmanuel Wanyonyi

WOMEN'S RISING STAR

Faith Cherotich

Prêmio Brasil Olímpico

Panam Sports Awards Winners

BEST MALE ATHLETE
OSMAR OLVERA – DIVING

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE
MAGGIE MAC NEIL – SWIMMING

BEST MEN'S TEAM
BASEBALL

BEST WOMEN'S TEAM
FOOTBALL

CALI 2021 LEGACY – MALE
LUCAS NERVI – ATHLETICS

CALI 2021 LEGACY – FEMALE
MARIA ALEXANDRE – RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

FAIR PLAY
ERIKA LASSO – JUDO

CHANGEMAKER
MARILEIDY PAULINO – ATHLETICS

BEST COACH
BIENVENIDO FRONT – ROWING

PANAM SPORTS LEGEND
JAVIER SOTOMAYOR – ATHLETICS

BEST MALE PARA ATHLETE

DOUGLAS ROCHA – PARA SWIMMING

BEST FEMALE PARA ATHLETE

KAREN PALOMEQUE – PARA ATHLETICS

BEST ESPORT ATHLETE
MONIK BISONI – EFOOTBALL

BEST NOC PERFORMANCE
OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE

MOST IMPROVED NOC
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

BEST NOC PERFORMANCE (POPULATION UNDER 1M)
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE 2023
REBECA ANDRADE (ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS)