It’s been announced that a combination of on-the-day telephone voting and online voting via a BBC account will determine the winner of this year’s Sports Personality of the Year award.
Alex Yee is a strong contender for triathlon after an incredible year which saw him become both Olympic and world champion.
Yee’s come-from-behind victory over Hayden Wilde has already been named Team GB’s Moment of the Games following a public vote.
And he’s now on a shortlist of six incredible athletes for the prestigious BBC award.
Who else is on the shortlist?
Up against him are two others who also had a memorable time in Paris – Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson and para cycling legend Dame Sarah Storey.
Also in the reckoning are darts sensation Luke Littler, Real Madrid and England soccer star Jude Bellingham and England cricket great Joe Root.
The latest odds from bookmakers Skybet make Hodgkinson the odds-on favourite at 2/5 ahead of Littler (2/1), Root (50/1), Yee (66/1) and Bellingham and Storey (both 100/1).
Alex Yee after winning gold in Paris [Photo credit: World Triathlon]
So it’s nearly time to get behind Alex as he bids for unprecedented triathlon recognition.
The closest we have had to a triathlon SPOTY winner was the great Alistair Brownlee back in 2016 – he finished second behind tennis legend Andy Murray.
How to vote
The all-important voting details from the BBC are as follows:
Voting for the main award will take place during the live show on Tuesday 17 December 2024 (1900-2100 UK time). Voting will be available by phone, the BBC Sport app or via the BBC Sport website. The number to call for each contender will be revealed during the programme.
There is no voting via email, Red Button or by text.
The telephone numbers will be available through the Red Button and via the BBC website. For votes by telephone, you can vote a maximum of 3 times per telephone number.
Telephone Vote: Voters in the UK can choose either to call from their landline using the long (11-digit) number for the contender(s) of their choice or from their mobile phones using the short (7-digit) number for the contender(s) of their choice. Please note that callers from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man should call from their landlines using the long (11-digit) number to avoid higher mobile charges, as the short (7-digit) numbers are not available in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for reasons outside of the BBC’s control.
Calls to the long (11-digit) number from landlines and mobiles cost 15p plus your network’s access charge. Calls from mobiles to the short (7-digit) number cost 15p per vote and should cost less than calling the long (11-digit) number from your mobile so please, if you can, dial the short (7-digit) number from your mobile. You cannot text and you cannot dial the short (7-digit) number from a landline. Please do not attempt to vote by calling a 7-digit short number from a landline.
Online Vote: Viewers who wish to vote online will need to sign in to a BBC account at https://www.bbc.com/signin. If you do not have a BBC account, you can register for one for free at https://www.bbc.com/register. If you have any trouble registering or signing in, you can visit the help pages at https://www.bbc.com/signin/help. Please check your broadband or mobile contract to check the cost of using data services.
Online votes will be limited to one vote per BBC account. The online vote will be open during the same period as the telephone lines.
The results of the telephone vote and the online vote will be aggregated prior to any announcements.
If you are watching BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 on BBC iPlayer, following through a website or any other time shift, catch-up or on-demand service you should not vote since the lines and online vote may have closed and your vote won’t count.
Source : Tri247