The 2011 year in Olympic sports was hardly short on award-worthy performances. We have our own ideas about which performers were the best of the year. Here is how you, the fans, voted.

2011: We will forever remember it as the year that followed 2010 and preceded 2012. But we will also remember it for a wide array of memorable occurrences in the world of Olympic sports. Here are Mr. Universe's 10 favorite things that happened in 2011:

Twenty seven years after his surprise bronze medal at the World Championships, Universal Sports analyst Doug Lewis talks about Bormio's brutal course and why it has become one of the classic stops on the World Cup tour.

Last week, Taylor Phinney took to Twitter to issue a bold and unexpected garlic juice-drinking challenge. That unconventional dare earned him victory in the latest Tweet of the Week.

‘Tis the season for Year End Lists and far be it from me to violate a long-established literary tradition like that.

Tessa Worley wishes us all a Merry Christmas from France.

There have been some unforgettable moments in the last few decades of the modern 7s game. True fans of the fastest sport on two feet will remember the first 7s World Cup in 1993 where England, led by the brilliant running of Andrew Harriman and bruising hits of future England captain Lawrence Dallaglio, held off a late charge by Australia to win the first title.

This week's contest pits two Tweet of the Week heavyweights (Lolo Jones and Taylor Phinney) against first-time nominee LaShawn Merritt. Check out the nominated tweets and vote in the poll here to decide the winner:

Slovenia's Tina Maze checks in from Flachau, Austria with a holiday greeting.

In case you're wondering exactly what you're looking at, that's Massimiliano Blardone of Italy giving himself a champagne bath after winning a World Cup giant slalom in Alta Badia. Either that or he's just trying to drink a whole lot of champagne at once.