BBC Sports Personality top 10 announced
Published:Tuesday | November 29, 2011 | 10:57 AM
Ten of the UK's top sports stars have been nominated for this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
Hailing from four nations of the UK and representing six very different sports, the 10 have thrilled audiences around the world in 2011.
Each of the athletes now has a chance of being crowned the 58th BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
The winner will be selected by public vote during the live show on Thursday, December 22.
Cricketer Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook, track stars Mo Farah and Di Greene, tennis star Andy Murray and boxer Amir Khan are among the nominees.
The other nominees are golfers Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and Darren Clarke, cyclist Mark Cavendish.