Keely Hodgkinson gained the 2024 BBC Sports activities Character of the 12 months award as runner-up Luke Littler claimed the Younger SPOTY prize.
Hodgkinson accomplished her ascent to athletics superstardom by successful 800m gold for Nice Britain on the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Littler, who started final 12 months’s World Darts Championship as a 16-year-old, was crushed within the closing at Alexandra Palace however his success had a unimaginable influence on the game’s reputation.
Joe Root, who turned England’s all-time main Take a look at run-scorer in October, completed third. Sarah Storey, Alex Yee and Jude Bellingham have been the opposite finalists for the general public vote.
Hodgkinson burst onto the worldwide scene on the age of 19 by successful the 800m silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics.
Few exterior of the British athletics scene had heard of her at that second, however those that had knew she was destined for stardom.
She claimed two World Championship silver medals earlier than lastly delivering on a golden night at the start of August in Paris.
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Geraint Hughes is granted unique entry with Olympic gold medallist Hodgkinson at her coaching base within the Pyrenees
Hodgkinson’s success makes it an unprecedented 4 years in a row that the award has been gained by a lady, following Mary Earps in 2023, Beth Mead in 2022 and Emma Raducanu in 2021.
Littler has had a sensational 12 months in 2024, choosing up 10 titles together with his first rating main on the Grand Slam of Darts, a feat solely accomplished earlier than by Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen and Peter Wright.
Littler’s meteoric rise has seen him change into the face of the game, with the likes of David Beckham sending him good luck messages as he went from world youth champion to centre of the skilled recreation.
Wigan Warriors named staff of the 12 months
Tremendous League champions Wigan Warriors have been named staff of the 12 months after successful 4 trophies in a historic 2024.
The Warriors started the season by defeating Australia’s triple NRL champions Penrith Panthers to win the World Membership Problem.
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Highlights of the Tremendous League Grand Last between Wigan Warriors and Hull KR
They then added the Problem Cup and League Leaders’ Defend, earlier than beating Hull KR in October’s Grand Last at Previous Trafford.
It’s simply the third time within the award’s historical past {that a} Rugby League membership has gained it, with Wigan including to their 1994 triumph and St Helens’ 2006 win.
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