Only two days left to vote for your Derry News Sports Personality of the Year 2016
Your Final Three!
After thousands of votes over the past two weeks, the competition for the Derry News Sports Personality of the Year has been whittled down to the last three.
What started out as 12 deserving contenders has been reduced to just three, thanks to your votes.
Who do you want to win? It's your last chance to have your say.
The 2015 ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ winner was an emphatic winner last year, and she is close to repeating the trick this time around.
She was seduced into competition one more time in the summer for the World Karate and Kickboxing Council World Championships in Albuferia, Portugal, where she and her son Brenainn were both entered into the WKC Hall of Fame after winning Points and Light Contact events three years in succession in their respective categories. It was a significant achievement in particular for Finneen, who became the first woman ever to be inducted. Overaall, it is now seven World titles and one European title for Finneen.
Creggan man James McClean goes from strength to strength each year and he may well have had the best yet in 2016, peaked by the Republic of Ireland’s performance in the European Championships. He ended 2016 in fine style with a goal against Austria in World Cup qualifying that proved the winner – and put O’Neill’s team in the group driving seat.
It’s no surprise to see Eglinton man Smyth in the running for this award given yet another spectacular performance at the Paralympics in 2016.
The 29-year-old remains the fastest Paralympian in history – a record that doesn’t look like changing any time soon. He isn’t stopping there and has already announced that Tokyo 2020, which would be is fourth Paralympics, is already on his radar.
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Derry News Sports Personality of the Year 2016 - The Final Three
Finneen Bradley
James McClean
Jason Smyth