ONE MO WIN FOR MR PERSONALITY
Multi world and Olympic champ, CBE & knight of realm. Now it’s..
SIR Mo Farah upset the odds to win the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award last night.
The four-time Olympic champion was 25-1 to take the crown, while 1-8 favourite Anthony Joshua didn’t even finish in the top three.
To add to the shock at Mo’s win, the BBC’s live link to him went down just as he appeared on screen looking stunned.
It’s the first time Mo, 34, has won the award, which has gone to Scots tennis hero Sir Andy Murray for the past two years.
On a night of surprises, Northern Ireland’s World Superbikes champion Jonathan Rea finished second and para-athlete Jonnie Peacock was third.
Mo, who claimed a third consecutive world 10,000 metres title in London in August, was among four of 12 nominees not present in Liverpool, which suggested he did not fancy his odds either.
His world title was achieved despite almost falling over twice in the final.
He said: “I didn’t see this coming, I thought I wasn’t going to win it.
“You look at this year and Jonnie Peacock, Anthony Joshua, Lewis Hamilton, it’s been incredible. When you see that list and put yourself in there, you think, ‘I might finish top three, maybe.’
“Having come so close after London 2012, I thought that was my best chance of winning.”
Celtic boss Brendan Rogers and his side were nominated for coach of the year and team of the year in tribute to the club’s historic 69-game unbeaten run, which came to an end yesterday. Ex-heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill got the Lifetime Achievement award.