LONDON, Nov 27: British Olympic gold medal winners Chris Hoy and Rebecca Adlington were named Wednesday sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the 60th Sports Journalists’ Association (SJA) British sports awards.

Hoy, who won three cycling gold medals in Beijing while Adlington twice triumphed in the Water Cube’s swimming pool, topped a poll of the more than 600 members of the British-based SJA.

Great Britain’s cycling team, which won 14 golds in Beijing and 11 at the track world championships in Manchester in March, was named team of the year.

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was runner-up to Hoy in the men’s poll with triple Olympic yachting gold medallist Ben Ainslie third.

In the voting for the sportswoman of the year award, Olympic and world road-race champion Nicole Cooke was runner-up to Adlington.

Cooke came in ahead of Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu, who won Britain’s only athletics gold in Beijing.—AFP