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Laura Muir among Scottish Athlete of the Year nominees
- Updated: October 4, 2016
A total of eight athletes have been shortlisted for the Scottish Athlete of the Year award, with the winner to be revealed at Scottish Athletics’ annual awards dinner in Glasgow on October 29.
Seven Olympians from Rio as well as GB international hill runner Andy Douglas are in the running for the accolade.
Scottish Athletics took the decision to extend the shortlist from the more usual three to five names in order to fully recognise and acknowledge an impressive year for the sport north of the border.
Eilidh Doyle (400m hurdles), Lynsey Sharp (800m) and Laura Muir (1500m) have monopolised the Athlete of the Year crown for the current decade and all three – who all reached Olympic finals and broke Scottish records in their respective events in 2016 – are among those listed for this year’s honour.
Andrew Butchart, who has claimed two long-standing Scottish records and was sixth in the 5000m final in Rio, joins them as well as Olympic 5000m finalist Eilish McColgan, European 5000m bronze medallist Steph Twell …
