Cole Hocker upsets the favorites in the 1500m, and the most popular picks in Weightlifting, Taekwondo, and Sport Climbing.

Here are the top Weighlifters, as chosen by our teams:

Selections Athlete Country
65 Lasha Talakhadze Georgia
40 Olivia Reeves United States
39 Hou Zhihui China
37 Liu Huanhua China
37 Li Fabin China
35 Li Wenwen China
29 Luo Shifang China
18 Yeison Lopez Colombia

Lasha Talakhadze has quite a resume – winning Olympic Gold in 2016 AND 2020, as well as being a seven-time world champion.

The top athletes in Taekwondo:

Selections Athlete Country
25 Cheick Sallah Cisse Ivory Coast
24 Ulugbek Rashitov Uzbekistan
20 Luo Zongshi China
20 Sarah Chaari Belgium
17 Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi Tunisia
17 Simone Alessio Italy
15 Seo Geon-woo South Korea
15 Jade Jones Great Britain
11 Carl Nickolas United States
10 Magda Wiet-Henin France

Cheick Sallah Cisse won Gold in Rio in 2016 and in the 2023 World Championships. Ulugbek Rashitov won Gold in 2020 and Bronze in the 2023 World Championships.

The most popular Sport Climbers:

Selections Athlete Country
66 Janja Garnbret Slovenia
34 Sorato Anraku Japan
13 Natalia Grossman United States
13 Jakob Schubert Austria
12 Samuel Watson United States
10 Tomoa Narasaki Japan
10 Piper Kelly United States

Janja Garnbret is “widely regarded as the greatest competition climber of all time” (at least according to Wikipedia), so it’s fitting that she’s the top choice!