Laura Kenny eighth in BBC Sports Personality voting

Cyclists Laura Kenny, Jason Kenny, Dame Sarah Storey and Kadeena Cox miss out on the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award as Andy Murray wins for a third time

Jason Kenny and Laura Trott, Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Watson)

(Image credit: Watson)

Laura Kenny was the highest-placed cyclists of the four on the shortlist for the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, as tennis star Andy Murray won for a third time.

Of the 16 sportspeople on the shortlist for the award, four-time Olympic track cycling champion Kenny finished in eighth place after the live public vote during the award ceremony television broadcast from Birmingham on Sunday evening.

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