Beebo
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I see that Victoria Pendleton didnt even make the short list.
Sports Personality of the Year
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Mad Doug Biker
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Unfortunately, it seems to me that you need to be a household name to win it. Nicola Adams isn't, which is a shame.
A worthy contender, but unfortunately even now I doubt the average bod on the street quite knows what he does on account of it not being shown on the telly all that often.
Gowd I hope not, not offence or anything.
So she's finally won an Olympic gold, great, good for her, yes, but what about her partner who seems to have been all but ignored? she won it too!
A very worth contender, but he's won it before (I think), and he now has his own velodrome, so what more does he want?
The only non Olympian in the shortlist, he must know he doesn't have a snowball in hells chance of winning, even if he had been jumping through rings of fire as he played.
Another worthy contender, and in any other year, he might have been favourite, but in this year, nothing short of winning Wimbledon would probably have done it for him.
Umm, give her a few years yet.
After seeing her amazing performance in the Paralympic Road Race first hand, I've grown to be a little bit of a fan, but as someone else pointed out earlier in this thread, is she a trully gifted cyclist, or is she simply an exceptional cyclist at the standard of competing against other physically challenged athletes? If she got to compete in the Olympics in 4 years time, only then would we be able to see a true comparison, a bit like watching Oscar Pistorius take on the able bodied athletes this year.
Apparently, a bit like Sarah Storey above, he is on track to surpassing Tanni Grey Thompson's medal record if he wins the London Marathon next year. I didn't know this, and only just heard it so I'd need to check it, but, nonetheless, despite his popularity during the Paralympics, I still don't think he'll be well enough known to be in with a chance of winning.
Who? Never heard of him!
I'd have thought that Laura Trott would have been a better bet - but the two cycling spots are taken by a rider who is probably at the end of his career and a rider who has done something that no other UK citizen has done before.
Jessica Ennis did it her own way. She told van Commenee to bog off, refused to move to London, kept her own coach and won the most difficult of events by a decent margin.
Mad Doug Biker
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Richard A Thackeray
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Now, if it was on 'sportsmanship' alone, it'd have to be Jonny Brownlee
Remember Jonnys 15 second penalty at the Olympics??
Afterwards he accepted it with good grace, admitting that it was deserved because he'd done wrong
Now...... if that had been a premiership footballer, he'd have stood there arguing with the stop-box marshall, going 'face to face' practically spitting in his/her face, & proclaiming to the press afterwards how unfair it all was (& doubtless backed up by his manager)
Jonny simply holds his hand up & apologises
I wonder who's the better role-model for kids???
Remember Jonnys 15 second penalty at the Olympics??
Afterwards he accepted it with good grace, admitting that it was deserved because he'd done wrong
Now...... if that had been a premiership footballer, he'd have stood there arguing with the stop-box marshall, going 'face to face' practically spitting in his/her face, & proclaiming to the press afterwards how unfair it all was (& doubtless backed up by his manager)
Jonny simply holds his hand up & apologises
I wonder who's the better role-model for kids???
mr_cellophane
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Serita Shone - shame some athletes hit the news at the wrong time to be put forward for SPOTY.
PpPete
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As well as being an utterly incredible athlete, as is his brother.
The times they do for a 1500 m swim and 10 km road run are not far off world class for the individual events, but to put them either side of a 40km bike at pro peleton speeds? Just mind boggling.
totallyfixed
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After last years debacle with no females nominated we have lost interest. Unless your face appears x number of times in the media, no chance. Watch the National news on any of the channels and see that they have all fallen back to the default settings of football, rugby, cricket and golf, same in the papers.
Good to see there are one or two on here supporting the ladies though. Sarah Storey is a great nomination, a very nice lady too. Jess Ennis also worthy, so many are.
If the beeb persist in this award I am all for making it "Sports Personality plural as I really can't see how it is possible to differentiate between sports.
Not convinced golf is a sport, or darts, snooker and especially not anything that relies on a mechanical engine.
Good to see there are one or two on here supporting the ladies though. Sarah Storey is a great nomination, a very nice lady too. Jess Ennis also worthy, so many are.
If the beeb persist in this award I am all for making it "Sports Personality plural as I really can't see how it is possible to differentiate between sports.
Not convinced golf is a sport, or darts, snooker and especially not anything that relies on a mechanical engine.
ColinJ
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I still think the whole idea is silly. I'm only interested in athletes competing in their sports, and they already win prizes for doing that. The cult of personality doesn't interest me.
mr_cellophane
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Why stop at a mechanical engine, why not disregard bobsledge, luge, archery (darts with bigger pointy things), shooting, etc. Lets call it "Physical Exertion Person Of The Year"
ColinJ
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Let's send it to keep Christmas trees company in room 101!
Richard A Thackeray
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Far too true!!!
I'm expecting both of them to turn up at a fell-race I've entered on New Years Eve;
http://woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=als&subtopic=home
And we, as a Club, have an important link to them, see the 'Congratulations to Charlie' article
http://www.ackworthroadrunnersandac.co.uk/#/latest-news/4559038671
http://www.sportscoachuk.org/news/minichiello-named-uk-coach-year (6th paragraph)
Charlie's a V50, & puts practically all of the rest of us to shame, there's probably only 3 (or maybe 4?) out of a 150+ membership that can stay with, or beat him
Fnaar
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Wiggo coz of the cycling connection.
Mo for the 'overcoming adversity; cheery disposition; seems a top guy" vote
Jessica for the 'voting with my hormones" vote.... yumm yumm
Mo for the 'overcoming adversity; cheery disposition; seems a top guy" vote
Jessica for the 'voting with my hormones" vote.... yumm yumm
