He supplied one of many moments of the Olympic Video games as he turned essentially the most embellished triathlete of all time, carried the Workforce GB flag on the closing ceremony and has since gained the world title.
However Alex Yee is nonetheless an enormous outsider in the betting on the distinguished BBC Sports activities Character of the 12 months award.
Who leads the best way?
The nice Alistair Brownlee was the final triathlete to get on the SPOTY of the 12 months ‘podium’ however even he didn’t full the Olympic Video games / world title double in the identical 12 months, so why can Yee be backed at round 100/1 to take the award?
One cause is one other Video games spotlight which additionally captured the British public’s creativeness – Keely Hodgkinson’s victory in the 800 metres, her first world title.
She is the odds-on favorite for the BBC award nevertheless it is comparatively open after that so might Yee but emerge as a contender?
‘He has a particular shortlist probability’
We requested Sky Wager’s Sports activities Dealer Andy Bell for the within monitor on how the betting on Yee has fluctuated this 12 months and he informed us: “We initially priced up Alex at first of the 12 months at 80/1 for this 12 months’s Sports activities Character of the 12 months award.
“He was then was backed proper into 20/1 after his superb comeback efficiency for Olympic gold.
“However his worth drifted again out all the best way to 125/1 because the mud settled and different athletes got here to the fore, however as soon as once more we’ve seen his worth minimize in half to 66/1 after he was topped world champion.
“With Keely Hodgkinson an enormous favorite at 4/11 to take the award it reveals that triathlon nonetheless struggles to get the eye it deserves amongst the mainstream sports activities.
“However Keely aside, the remainder of the sector is fairly extensive open and Yee undoubtedly has an opportunity to make the shortlist.”
The SPOTY award evening is 15 December and the shortlist is often revealed a few weeks earlier than.
After we requested Alex what it will imply to be in the combination this 12 months, he gave a sometimes modest reply: “I assume I’ve achieved a 12 months past my wildest desires and it will be actually cool for a sport like ours to be even in the dialog for one thing like BBC Sports activities Character.”
By way of breaking out of the triathlon ‘bubble’, it wasn’t simply the Paris gold medal which made back-page headlines for Yee but in addition his ‘ice-cool’ celebration when he gained his subsequent race at supertri Boston in the USA.
That once more noticed him get the higher of New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde, with whom he’s loved an absorbing – and sporting – rivalry all through the season.
Written by
Jonathan Turner
Jonathan Turner is Information Director for each TRI247 and RUN247, and is accustomed to big-name interviews, breaking information tales and offering unrivalled protection for endurance sports activities.
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