ALT 🏆 SportsAid's One-to-Watch Award shortlist: Amelie Tsang 🏆 Amelie Tsang has already written her name into British fencing’s history books and has no plans to stop here. The 17-year-old foil athlete can pinpoint the exact month she fell in love with her sport, back in September 2015, when her mum decided to take her and her older sister to an after-school club. Three weeks later, the Bromley ace took bronze in her first competition, and she has barely looked back since, becoming the first-ever British woman to be crowned fencing world champion in any category earlier this year. Following a trailblazing season, Amelie has now been shortlisted in the top 10 for SportsAid’s prestigious One-to-Watch Award. The annual Award, launched in 2006, recognises Britain’s brightest young sporting prospects and has previously been won by Olympic champions Tom Daley and Alex Yee and Paralympic gold medallist Hollie Arnold.

ALT 🏆 SportsAid's One-to-Watch Award shortlist: Maddie Down 🏆 Birmingham's Maddie Down started 2023 with a broken back and ended it as a two-time Commonwealth Youth Games champion. The 16-year-old para athletics star stormed to gold in the women's T38 100m and long jump at Trinbago 2023 less than six months after getting a L5 pars stress fracture in her lower spine. Maddie's golden year in track and field has now led to being shortlisted in the top 10 for SportsAid’s prestigious One-to-Watch Award. The annual Award, launched in 2006, recognises Britain’s brightest young sporting prospects and has previously been won by Olympic champions Tom Daley and Alex Yee and Paralympic gold medallist Hollie Arnold. The top 10 athletes have been selected from around 1,000 rising stars, supported by SportsAid, across more than 60 different sports in 2023.

ALT 🏆 SportsAid's One-to-Watch Award shortlist: Freia Challis 🏆 BMX star Freia Challis didn’t have to look far for inspiration to chase her Olympic dream. The 15-year-old started racing at Braintree BMX Club, the home of Olympic and world champion Beth Shriever. The pair share a sunny demeanour, thick Essex accents and incredible talent on a bike with Freia emulating Shriever and scooping age-group world and European titles. Freia has now been shortlisted in the top 10 for SportsAid’s prestigious One-to-Watch Award – an achievement Shriever also experienced back in 2017 where she was eventually crowned runner-up. The annual Award, launched in 2006, recognises Britain’s brightest young sporting prospects and has previously been won by Olympic champions Tom Daley and Alex Yee and Paralympic gold medallist Hollie Arnold. The top 10 athletes have been selected from around 1,000 rising stars, supported by SportsAid, across more than 60 different sports in 2023.

ALT 🏆 SportsAid's One-to-Watch Award shortlist: Greta Roeser 🏆 Canoeing prodigy Greta Roeser has credited an unstoppable team mentality as the key behind her ‘amazing’ 2023. The Guildford star, 18, medalled at every major international she competed at in 2023, with her haul including K1 5,000m gold at the Junior World Championships. Greta is coached by her dad Duncan, a key steerer of the 'Team Greta' motto and a former paddler himself, and the partnership worked wonders over a year which also included a European canoe marathon title and four national titles.