BBC SPOTY nominee Jake Wightman has described his place on the shortlist as "surreal" following the most memorable season of his career.
The 28-year-old sensationally won gold in the 1500 metres at the World Championships in Oregon last summer, a first major global victory in middle distance event for a British male since Seb Coe at the 1984 Olympics. He also won silver and bronze in the European Championships and Commonwealth Games respectively, both over 800 metres.
And speaking exclusively to Mirror Sport , he described his year as "unbelievable", saying he couldn't have asked for more: "Obviously the big one was becoming world champion," he said. "That was something that even before I had got into the sport, I had dreamed of doing so to be able to tick it off this year has been a massive milestone.
