Who was the sportsperson of the year?

At 24, Asher-Smith became the first British woman to claim a major international sprint title with her British record run of 21.88 in the 200m at the World Athletics Championships. Silvers in the 100m and the 4x100m marked her out as a triple threat at the Tokyo Olympics, where she will be the face of the Games for Britain. Charismatic, engaging and brilliant, Asher-Smith is a superstar.

Dina Asher-Smith’s continuous growth to a cementing place as one of the best in the word with a world title in 2019 was joyful to see come to fruition.

The Canadian enjoyed a spectacular year, beginning with a delightful run in Auckland back in January, and despite a couple of irritating injuries interrupting her, she piled up the trophies - Indian Wells, the Rogers Cup, and her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open.

After years of stage fright at major championships, KJT finally burst out of Jessica Ennis-Hill’s shadow to smash the British heptathlon record and clinch world gold. Her battle with Belgium’s Nafi Thiam promises to be a headline event in Tokyo next summer.

Kipchoge was undoubtedly the sportsperson of the year. His unbelievable achievement in breaking the two-hour marathon barrier was much more than simply an athletic feat – it was a mark which transcended sport and redefined what we thought was possible.

A bit rogue but Ash Barty has done brilliantly, winning the French Open, the WTA Finals and securing world No 1, the first Australian since 1976 to do so. Barty was a professional cricketer four years ago. Now this!

Shiffrin, and it isn’t even close. Shiffrin went to never-before-seen levels last year. She won four Crystal Globes, two World Championships gold medals and smashed the previous record for victories in a single World Cup season (she got 17 the previous record was 14). Shiffrin is a generational athlete and she is poised to break every single record going. What’s terrifying is that she’s still only 24.

Trump finally got good. Two of the triple crown and now someone is officially better, on his game, than Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Easy. Eliud Kipchoge. He described going sub-two like putting man on the moon, and his astronomical achievement was not only a celebration of how far the human body can push itself, but an intriguing insight into how technology can play a role in completing such otherworldly feats.

Dina Asher Smith. Claimed a hat-trick of golds at the Europeans and followed that up with two silvers and a gold at the worlds – a nice run into an Olympic year.