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- Adam Peaty Announced to Appear on Strictly Come Dancing and as a Result Bookmakers trim His SPOTY odds to 11/2
- Tom Daley Remains 2/1 Favourite for SPOTY Award
- Cycling couple Jason and Laura Kenny are Still High on the Bookmakers List
Adam Peaty is Dancing Around the Favourites for SPOTY
Adam Peaty was a surprise announcement as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and as a result, his chance of winning Sports Personality of the year has increased according to bookmakers.
Tom Daley's fans had wished for him to appear on the BBC show and would have been a popular contestant, but Adam Peaty has dived in before him.
As a result of his inclusion in the hit dancing show, his odds with bookmakers to be this year's winner of the Sports Personality award have been trimmed from 9/1 to 11/2 giving him a 15% chance of picking up the annual prize.
Sports personality betting odds - 16th August
| Candidate | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Daley | 2/1 | 33.33% |
| Jason Kenny | 11/4 | 26.67% |
| Adam Peaty | 11/2 | 15.38% |
| Laura Kenny | 12/1 | 7.69% |
| Lewis Hamilton | 12/1 | 7.69% |
Diver Tom Daley Remains the Favourite
Tom Daley is the most likely winner of the SPOTY award and bookmakers still have him as a 33% chance at odds of 2/1
It is not the first time he has been involved in the annual awards show and has even picked up regional awards in the past along with a host of nominations and two Young Sports personality of the year awards.
It has been ten years since he was nominated for the BBC Flagship sports award show though.
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year | Nominated |
| 2008 | BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year | Nominated
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| 2009 | BBC Sports Personality of the Year | Nominated |
| BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year
|
Won | |
| 2010
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BBC Sports Personality of the Year
|
Nominated |
| BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year
|
Won |
Can The Kenny's Win?
There is always huge interest around our Cycling stars with Great Britain performing so well in the last decade both on the road in the Various Tours including the Tour de France and on the Track at Major Championships and Olympic games.
Husband and wife, Jason and Laura Kenny both claimed Gold's in Tokyo and are nominated and expected to do very well in the final lineups.
Jason has a 26% chance of winning according to the bookmaker's odds, whilst Laura is less likely with just under an 8% chance.
We shouldn't forget the Tour de France record-equalling Mark Cavendish either, who is added to the list of cyclists in with a chance of wing the award that representatives of the sport have won 5 times since 2008
