MO FARAH leads four British nominees for the 2016 European Athletics ‘Golden Track’ awards.
Farah has been nominated for the male European athlete of the year in recognition of another outstanding year after successfully defending both his 5000m and 10,000m Olympic titles to become the most decorated British track and field Olympian of all time.
Dina Asher-Smith is the only female British nominee for any of the awards. The 20-year-old European 200m champion was fifth in the Olympic final in 22.31 and has been put forward for the ‘Rising Star’ prize.
Dina Asher-Smith and Mo Farah: both are nominated for European awards
MARK SHEARMAN
Off the back of an impressive debut Olympics for Matthew Hudson-Smith in which he reached the 400m final after running a 44.48 personal best in the semi-final, the 21-year-old has been put up for the male ‘Rising Star’ award. Hudson Smith also came away with a European 4x400m bronze medal from 2016.