Sportsperson Of The Year

[Mags22]

Delighted to see Andy Murray getting the accolade - but can anyone tell me how, within minutes of the 'voting' closing ,how the trophy got to America to be presented?

[Cloverjo]

Murray was the huge favourite to win so they had a replica sent out previously.

[zebo]

It looked like a very light-weight plastic replica to me! So glad he won it and he was able to poke fun at himself and his dour persona.

[factor-fiction]

With most votes like this the bookies have a very good beforehand who is going to win. Often the winners win by a mile. The winner was probably obvious within 10 minutes of the voting opening.

[sddsddean]

If you are interested, number of votes per nominee are:


Andy Murray: 401,470

Leigh Halfpenny: 65,913

AP McCoy: 57,854

Mo Farah: 51,945

Sir Ben Ainslie: 48,140

Chris Froome: 37,343

Hannah Cockroft: 26,151

Christine Ohuruogu: 13,179

Justin Rose: 9,833

Ian Bell: 5,626

so AM got nearly 56% of the vote.

[aelmpvw]

andy murray was an obvious and deserved winner but it would have been interesting to see who would have won if he hadn't won wimbledon