Chrissie absent from BBC Sports Personality list
Angry reaction as women and triathletes both missing from list for 2011 Award
The BBC has announced the 10 nominees for the 2011 Sports Personality of the Year Award.
Chrissie Wellington and Alistair Brownlee were both absent from the list, chosen by a range of newspapers and magazines across the UK.
The list, which can be viewed here, has immediately been criticised for its lack of female participants, with Chrissie, Keri-Anne Payne, Rebecca Adlington and the ITU World Champion, Helen Jenkins, all absent.
Chrissie has tweeted, “No women in @bbcspoty top ten. Its not about me, its about the need to celebrate achievements of so many female GBR athletes. Disgraceful.”
Here is the shortlist, their sport and the number of votes they received…
Mark Cavendish, Cycling 23 votes
Darren Clarke, Golf 26 votes
Alastair Cook, Cricket 18 votes
Luke Donald, Golf 11 votes
Mo Farah, Athletics 27 votes
Dai Greene, Athletics 17 votes
Amir Khan, Boxing 7 votes
Rory McIlroy, Golf 27 votes
Andy Murray, Tennis 14 votes
Andrew Strauss, Cricket 16 votes
And those who missed the cut…
Rebecca Adlington, Swimming 6 votes
Keri-Anne Payne, Swimming 5 votes
Chrissie Wellington, Triathlon 3 votes
Alistair Brownlee, Triathlon 4 votes
Who voted and how can be viewed here
Matt Baird
Editor of Cycling Plus magazine 
