Keely Hodgkinson was crowned sports personality of the BBC of the year during a award ceremony in Salford on Tuesday evening, at the end of an astonishing year which saw her become the 800m Olympic champion in Paris.
Hodgkinson clearly stormed the final to finally win a world gold medal, having won money at Tokyo Games three years earlier and won the money at the world athletics championships twice.
The Spoty Prize caps 12 months for the 22 -year -old woman from the Grand Manchester, during which she also successfully defended her European title and set a new British record of 1 min 54.61 second, making her sixth The fastest woman in history.
After being announced the winner by Sir Chris Hoy, Hodgkinson said on stage: “This year was absolutely incredible for me.
“I realized everything I started to do on the outdoor track, which is rare, so I am very grateful to be in this position. Thank you to everyone who voted at home – I hope you all loved looking at Paris as much as I loved participating.
Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows won the year’s prize for the year after guiding the athlete towards glory, and Hodgkinson said: “I am actually more excited to make my trainer honest because I would not be Not where I am without him and his of the advice that I have since the age of 17. »»
Hodgkinson came out at the top of a public vote in a limited list of six athletes which contained the Paralympic champion in series Lady Sarah Storey, Real Madrid and the star of England Jude Bellingham, the record test of England, Joe Root, the gold medalist of the Olympic triathlon Alex Yee and the adolescent rooms and the rooms adolescence of the Olympic triathlon Alex Yee and the adolescence rooms and the teenage fairs, the Olympic triathlon Alex Yee and the adolescence rooms and the adolescent rooms, the triathlon Olympic Sensation Luke Littleler, which has already been presented with the prize of the sporting personality of the year.
Littler became the youngest player to reach the World Darts Championship final at the age of 16 and 347 days, and also won the finals of the Premier League Darts, the Grand Slam and the World Series of Darts.
He also finished second in the main prize, while a root with the Lanc eyes received the third trophy from his teammate in England Harry Brook, in the morning after the end of his victorious series in New Zealand.
The legend of cycling Mark Cavendish won the prize for life for life after winning a record victory of the 35th Tour de France and withdrawing from the sport.
Accepting the gong of his family and the good friend Bradley Wiggins, Cavendish joked: “I am not very good at speaking in public, that is why I make a bike to live. Or I did it.
“I have always been a sports fan, and sport has this incredible ability to inspire. Whether you want to compete, play, stay in shape, you can do what you want with sport. It is good that we celebrate it with Spoty, we are such a strong nation in the world of sport, and to celebrate that each year is very special.
“He is such a massive man, it’s so charming. THANKS.”
The other prizes announced on Tuesday included the best sportsman abroad, won by the Swedish Vaulter Mondo Duplantis, and the team of the year, which went to the champions of the Warriors Rugby League.
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