Sports Personality odds: Who is favourite to win 2024 BBC SPOTY award?
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Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson and darts sensation Luke Littler are among the frontrunners for this year’s prize. The BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards return this week as British fans vote for their favourite sporting star of 2024. An expert panel of judges have pulled together an initial shortlist of candidates, before BBC viewers participate in a public vote on the night of 17 December to decide the winner.
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Other awards on the night will include overseas sportsperson, team of the year, sporting moment and unsung hero, while cycling legend Mark Cavendish has been confirmed for the lifetime achievement award after breaking the record for most Tour de France stage wins.
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The Sports Personality of the Year awards were first introduced by the BBC in 1954 and have been running ever since. England goalkeeper Mary Earps won last year’s award after the Lionesses reached the World Cup final to ensure three female SPOTY winners in a row for just the second time in the award’s history.
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Betting sites have priced up the six nominees with the golden girl of British athletics a strong favourite to take home the prize. Here are the odds for the six contenders:. In her short career to date the 22-year-old had already gathered world and Olympic silver medals in the 800m, but this time she arrived at a major championships with golden expectations after a stellar season. Hodgkinson did not disappoint, streaming away from her rivals on the blue Stade de France track and bursting with emotion as she crossed the line, realising her achievement. For British fans, it was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Games.
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