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Hamilton runner-up in Personality of the year award

Hamilton runner-up in Personality of the year award

10 December 2007

Hot favourite Lewis Hamilton missed out on another award. This weekend he became runner-up in BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award. The award was won by boxing champion Joe Calzaghe.

"He's a worthy winner. I just wish he was here so I could meet him," Hamilton told BBC Sport. "I've been into boxing mainly because my dad's into it and I grew up watching it. I can't say I have totally followed his career - what Joe Calzaghe has done is very different to my job - but he's been phenomenal."

Hamilton said during the show he was honoured to be nominated and make it into the top three. "It's a bit strange to be in the middle of these two - they are sporting legends really," he said. "They are at the top of the game, and I have to pinch myself that I'm there. I come from a very normal town (Stevenage) and to be named among those sporting personalities is unreal."



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