Sports Personality of the Year 2012
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View Poll Results: Who will WIN?
Bradley Wiggins 19 35.19% Sir Chris Hoy 0 0% Ben Ainslie 2 3.70% Mo Farah 14 25.93% Jessica Ennis 5 9.26% Nicola Adams 1 1.85% Rory McIlroy 2 3.70% Katherine Grainger 0 0% Andy Murray 7 12.96% David Weir 0 0% Ellie Simmonds 3 5.56% Sarah Storey 1 1.85%
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Sports Personality of the Year 2012So, with plenty of debate going on, weighing up relative merits of the Tour de France and an Olympic Gold (Wiggins) to winning 4 consecutive Olympic Golds (Ainslie) to coping with obscene pressure to win Gold in their first Games in a multi-event arena (Ennis) or to becoming the most successful British Olympian Ever (Sir Chris Hoy) or to win the first 2 long distance track medals for GB (Farah)... who's your bet for the top?
EDITED to reflect the fact that Hoy is now the most successful and that Farah has won both.
Further EDITED to say this was written during the peak of the Olympics and within the Olympic sub-forum, hence lack of mention of people like Murray, McIlroy, Storey, Weir, Simmonds, etc.
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Have reset the poll after adding all nominees - ShooksLast edited by Drewski; 11-09-2012 at 16:14. -
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Re: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012Nah, Wiggins' achievements this year are greater irrespective of the results in the 5000.(Original post by TheInvincibles14)
Mo Farah if he wins the 5000m, if not then Wiggins. -
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Re: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012Yeah, winning the 5k and 10k double at the Olympics is a walk in the park(Original post by stefl14)
Nah, Wiggins' achievements this year are greater irrespective of the results in the 5000.
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Re: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012That's not what they meant and you know it. Noone sane is saying the 5&10k are easy.(Original post by pol pot noodles)
Yeah, winning the 5k and 10k double at the Olympics is a walk in the park
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Re: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012Cycling 5 hours a day for 3 weeks with 2 days rest in the third biggest sporting event in the world is easy?(Original post by pol pot noodles)
Yeah, winning the 5k and 10k double at the Olympics is a walk in the park
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Re: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012No, but I don't see how you can just pre-emptively discount doing a double at the biggest sporting event in the world against some of the best long distance runners of all time.(Original post by stefl14)
Cycling 5 hours a day for 3 weeks with 2 days rest in the third biggest sporting event in the world is easy? -
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Re: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2012I think it will be Wiggins, there's also sportspeople outside of the Olympics, who might have a shot at it. Such as Lewis Hamilton, if he wins the formula 1 championship.
It's too hard to pick, I think BBC will have a headache just thinking about it.
