SPOTY 2019

[Lineker]

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A shortlist of six contenders has been announced for the 2019 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

The nominees are athletes Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Johnson-Thompson, cricketer Ben Stokes, Formula 1's Lewis Hamilton, footballer Raheem Sterling and rugby union's Alun Wyn Jones.

Voting will be open to the public during the Sports Personality programme on BBC One on Sunday, 15^th December.

The sell-out show is being broadcast from Aberdeen in Scotland.

Presenters Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan will take to the stage to celebrate the year of sport in front of an audience of 10,000, with millions more watching live on BBC One.

The public can vote by phone or online on the night, with full details announced during the show.

The six nominees, who were announced throughout Monday by celebrity advocates on BBC shows, are:

DINA ASHER-SMITH
First British woman to win a major global sprint title as she claimed world 200m gold in a new national record time of 21.88 seconds. Also picked up silver medals in the 100m and 4x100m.

LEWIS HAMILTON
Formula 1 world champion for the sixth time, one behind Michael Schumacher's record. Mercedes driver has won half of this season's races and his overall career tally of 83 grand prix victories is now just eight off Schumacher's all-time record total.

KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON
Finally got the global outdoor gold she craved by winning the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships. Set four personal bests as her points tally broke Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill's British record.

ALUN WYN JONES
Captained Wales to Grand Slam victory and was named Six Nations player of the championship. Became his country's most capped player at Rugby World Cup, and is second only to New Zealand's Richie McCaw for international appearances.

RAHEEM STERLING
Won domestic treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup with Manchester City. The England star, named as Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, was also praised for his public stance against racism.

BEN STOKES
Helped England win the Cricket World Cup for first time with a dramatic super-over victory against New Zealand at Lord's and made a remarkable unbeaten 135 in the one-wicket third Ashes Test triumph against Australia at Headingley.

The winner of one award has already been announced - boxer Caroline Dubois, 18, is the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

Other awards to be revealed are:

• Greatest Sporting Moment
• World Sport Star of the Year
• Helen Rollason Award
• Unsung Hero
• Coach of the Year
• Team of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement Award

The main batch of tickets for the show at the new P&J Live Arena sold out in just five minutes.

Aberdeen will also host the inaugural BBC Festival of Sport, which gives people the chance to try out a variety of sports, on 13^th-14^th December.

[DFF]

Stokes for me, but it's a decent shortlist. 

[Naitch]

I've only heard of two of them, Hamilton and Sterling. Between the two it has to be Sterling simply because he has an uphill battle against the press half of the time, although I reckon his recent argument with Gomez may end up costing him any chance he had of winning this.

[Naitch]

Are people confused because I haven't heard of athletics, cricket, and rugby players? Forgive me for not knowing who people are in sports I don't follow...

[Bobfoc]

I think Stokes will win, but I think I'd vote for KJT. After numerous setbacks on the world stage, she really delivered the goods this year and set a British record on her way to winning gold. It was a feel-good story.

[MDK]

Is there normally more nominees?

For me its Dina Asher Smith. She has been unbelievable this year, saw a few of her races.

And Lewis should win, really. He is one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, surely.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Got to be Ben Stokes really.

 

 

 

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15 hours ago, MDK said:

Is there normally more nominees?

For me its Dina Asher Smith. She has been unbelievable this year, saw a few of her races.

And Lewis should win, really. He is one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, surely.

They change the number every year it feels like.

[METALMAN]

SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR HUH NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE EVEN HAVE PERSONALITIES

but yeah Ben Stokes for me but that's mainly because I haven't heard of any of the others

[Bobfoc]

17 minutes ago, metalman said:

SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR HUH NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE EVEN HAVE PERSONALITIES

I know you're joking here, but I'd say that Dina Asher-Smith is one of the most personable British sportspeople I can remember.

[Lineker]

Ben Stokes won it. A fine choice.