{"id":7751,"date":"2021-03-14T15:29:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T15:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7751"},"modified":"2021-03-14T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T15:29:12","slug":"alistair-brownlee-shortlisted-for-spoty-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7751","title":{"rendered":"Alistair Brownlee shortlisted for SPOTY award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alistair Brownlee has become the first triathlete to be shortlisted for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in the event\u2019s 62-year history. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brownlee lines up alongside a host of sporting greats, including Andy Murray, Mo Farah, Jamie Vardy, Sarah Storey and Nicola Adams. The nomination follows an outstanding summer for the older Brownlee, after he became the first triathlete ever to retain an Olympic title when he won gold ahead of younger brother, Jonathan, in Rio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it was his feats at the 2016 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>WTS Cozumel: all the drama and emotion in pictures<br \/>\nAlistair Brownlee says critics \u201cdon\u2019t understand\u201d heat exhaustion after WTS Cozumel heroics<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be included in the short list is a huge honour, especially given the number of Team GB multi-medallists and outstanding sporting performances this year,\u201d commented Alistair Brownlee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Brownlee said: \u201cI\u2019m really pleased for Alistair, he\u2019s always been a big fan of the BBC Sports Personality Awards. I hope people will get behind him and vote.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Public voting will decide the winners at the televised event on Sunday 18 December in Birmingham.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Full list of BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards nominees:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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<p>Brownlee Brothers: top 5 moments<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.jerstores.com\/new-zealand-rugby\/New-Zealand-Chiefs' title='new zealand chiefs rugby jersey'>new zealand chiefs rugby jersey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Brownlee has become the first triathlete to be shortlisted for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in the event\u2019s 62-year history. \u00a0 Advertisement Brownlee lines up alongside a host of sporting greats, including Andy Murray, Mo Farah, Jamie Vardy, Sarah Storey and Nicola Adams. The nomination follows an outstanding summer for&#8230;<\/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-7751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7751","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=7751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}