Hodgkinson went unbeaten across nine races in 2024, running a second faster than any other woman in the world and becoming the face of Team GB at the Paris Olympics.
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Read MoreAnd her Olympic victory was an exhibition of controlled dominance, winning the gold medal she had just missed in Tokyo three years earlier. Still just 22, she has said her ultimate aim is toppling the 41-year-old world record of 1:53:28 – no woman has run below 1min54sec since.
Meanwhile Littler made up for defeat in the main award by claiming the Young Sports Personality of the Year crown, beating skateboarder Sky Brown and double-gold-winning para-swimmer William Ellard.
Littler’s stunning run to the 2024 PDC World Championship final has turbocharged darts’ profile over the past year. The 4.8m people who watched him lose 7-4 to Luke Humphries was a record for a non-footballing event on Sky Sports.
Littler has taken his newfound fame in his stride, hitting five nine-darters – a perfect leg – this year, as well as more competitive 180s than any other player.
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Read MoreMondo Duplantis was voted World Sports Star of the Year, beating Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Leon Marchand, Sifan Hassan and Catherine Debrunner.
Capping off a brilliant night for North East sport, rugby league side Wigan Warriors were named Team of the Year after claiming a historic quadruple.
And the first trophy of the night was the Helen Rollason Award, recognising outstanding achievement in the face of adversity. This was presented to Dr Mark Prince, father of Kiyan Prince, a footballer in Queens Park Rangers’ academy who was stabbed to death aged 15 in 2006.
The Unsung Hero award went to 90-year-old Jean Paton, a volunteer at Salterns Sailing club in Lymington, Hampshire, topping a 15-strong shortlist organised by region.
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