{"id":7736,"date":"2021-03-14T13:14:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T13:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7736"},"modified":"2021-03-14T13:14:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T13:14:54","slug":"ali-brownlee-comes-2nd-at-spoty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7736","title":{"rendered":"Ali Brownlee comes 2nd at SPOTY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alistair Brownlee has come second, behind tennis world number one and 2016 Wimbledon winner Andy Murray, at BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In third place was showjumper Nick Skelton who, like the other two, also won gold in Rio.<\/p>\n

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The awards were held at a glittering ceremony at the Genting Arena in Birmingham and were presented by\u00a0Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.<\/p>\n

Alistair was the first triathlete to be nominated for the award and it followed a fantastic 2016 when he became the first triathlete ever to defend his Olympic gold in Rio.<\/p>\n

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But it was his feats at the\u00a02016 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Cozumel, Mexico, in September that shot him to global prominence. The video of Alistair running with an exhausted Jonathan to the finishing line became the BBC\u2019s most watched ever. Alistair could have won the race, but sacrificed victory to help his stricken brother across the line.<\/p>\n

These emotional scenes were once again shown in the programme, earning Alistair one of the biggest cheers of the night from the show\u2019s audience. And when asked what he said to Jonny in that<\/em> moment in Mexico, he said, in a typical Yorkshire fashion, that he called him a \u201d **** idiot!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Congrats Alistair Brownlee \u2013 you did triathlon proud \u2013 and yes you are supposed to ask for our votes!<\/p>\n

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Are you supposed to ask for votes in this situation? #notsureoftheprotocol #spoty #VoteBrownlee pic.twitter.com\/XbYXu9WBgZ<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alistair Brownlee (@AliBrownleetri) December 18, 2016<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The other nominations were:<\/p>\n

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Nicola Adams \u2013 Boxing, Gareth Bale \u2013 Football, Alistair Brownlee \u2013 Triathlon, Sophie Christiansen \u2013 Equestrian, Kadeena Cox \u2013 Athletics\/Cycling, Mo Farah \u2013 Athletics, Jason Kenny \u2013 Cycling, Laura Kenny \u2013 Cycling, Andy Murray \u2013 Tennis, Adam Peaty \u2013 Swimming, Kate Richardson-Walsh \u2013 Hockey, Nick Skelton \u2013 Equestrian, Dame Sarah Storey \u2013 Cycling, Jamie Vardy \u2013 Football, Max Whitlock \u2013 Gymnastics, Danny Willett \u2013 Golf.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alistair Brownlee has come second, behind tennis world number one and 2016 Wimbledon winner Andy Murray, at BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In third place was showjumper Nick Skelton who, like the other two, also won gold in Rio. Advertisement The awards were held at a glittering ceremony at the Genting Arena in Birmingham…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}