i want Mo Farah to win it his performance at the olympics was remarkable and captured the whole nation Wiggins and Sky could possibly win Team event
Wiggins only won the TDF according to most on here due to the other Brit who helped him in the races (dont know his name but i think he has left Team Sky now)
i want Mo Farah to win it his performance at the olympics was remarkable and captured the whole nation Wiggins and Sky could possibly win Team event
Wiggins only won the TDF according to most on here due to the other Brit who helped him in the races (dont know his name but i think he has left Team Sky now)
I think Wiggins will sneak it from Murray then Mo Farrah (who along with Ennis will split the track fans vote and stop either winning), although you gotta feel sorry for all the others who in any other year would have walked it. If the vote from Olympic fans gets significantly split, then McIlroy the golfer might be worth a punt.
Dave Weir deserves more votes than he will get, but sadly there were still huge numbers of people who watched the Olympics but didn't bother with the Paralympics. Anyone who saw Jonnie Peacock get 90,000 people to 'sshhh' might also raise an eyebrow that he didn't make the 12.
It's Wiggins for me, this stuff about a team is a nonsense reason for people to use as an excuse for him not to win it.
As for David Weir, he has done a lot for the paralympic sport but I have to say that for someone who is able to win sprint races and marathons shows that the competition just isn't there in that sport. I don't want to discredit him or anything as he seems like a great role model and a nice guy (have a signed photo of him indoors), just for me this award should go to those who have the best sporting acheivements and wheelchair racing is not up there at the moment with the other sports that are represented by the nominees.
Well if CL is truly representative of the voting public, looks like Wiggins will run away with it this year. And I don't think anyone could argue with it.
thats him if Wiggins wins it does he share it with Froome
its an invidual award (not including coaches and other secndary staff)
wiggins won it as part of a team
Let's stop this nonsense about individual or team sports once and for all, because it is completely irrelevant. This is what the organisers had to say about their shortlist of twelve, "The panel also debated the criteria for the various awards and reviewed the lists of potential candidates to make sure there was no person or team that had been overlooked".
Even if it was open only to individuals, Wiggins would still be in with a brilliant shout. His Olympic gold was in the time trial. This is perhaps the greatest individual sport there is. It's all about you as an individual; having the physical strength to go faster than anyone else, having the mental strength to keep going at your very best not knowing for sure how your competitors are doing, having the awareness to perfectly balance what you are doing now, with what you will need to do in the immediate future. Wiggins did all this, and he did it with aplomb. Beating world Champion Tony Martin into second place, not by a small amount but by a whopping 42 seconds.
Claims that anyone else should win this award are completely and utterly ridiculous.
Has to be Mo , the atmosphere and feel good factor he created at the Olympic stadium and throughout the country winning those Golds was beyond belief , I mean if you weren't screaming your nut off at the telly or in the stadium going mental then why bother watching sport As for cycling unfortunately for me I don't get a buzz off it or the excitement and for no real reason think cyclists are a bit weird (yep rich coming from me) And I'm a massive tennis fan and even I concede Murray is third behind the above two
Don't get me wrong, I think Wiggins should pi55 it. My thinking is More to do with the timing of Farahs achievements and the amount of people watching them at that time.
Jeez what a year for British Sport there have been times when they have struggled to find anyone worthy of the trophy this year it is awesome. So for me it should be a straight race between Wiggins, Farah and Murray. Team of the year has to be The Ryder Cup just for the drama alone. Overseas will almost certainly be Bolt but as a confirmed F1 hater I would still say Vettel on the basis of winning 3 in a row. Lastly Lifetime achievement I go for Ben Ainslee 5 Olympics 4 golds and a silver the man is an Olympic legend over a lot of years.
In answer to Stig all I would say is that inevitably "Personality" also comes into it i.e. like/dislike and that is why this isn't walkover for Wiggins. Personally I like the lad and admire him tremendously but he also rubs people up the wrong way and that could count against him. Shouldn't but it might.
For sheer jumping up and down in front of the telly excitement it would be Weir closely followed by Farah. Love Ennis but like Wiggins was probably expected to win somewhat although amazing achievements. Murray sooner or later he was going to win something big, he gets 4 chances every year (5 this year) again great achievement though.
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Wiggins only won the TDF according to most on here due to the other Brit who helped him in the races (dont know his name but i think he has left Team Sky now)
its an invidual award (not including coaches and other secndary staff)
wiggins won it as part of a team
Dave Weir deserves more votes than he will get, but sadly there were still huge numbers of people who watched the Olympics but didn't bother with the Paralympics. Anyone who saw Jonnie Peacock get 90,000 people to 'sshhh' might also raise an eyebrow that he didn't make the 12.
1/ Sports Personality of the Year is for any sportsman/woman who has excelled in their chosen sport, whether they're part of a team or not.
2/ In my opinion, most top individual sportsmen and women have "teams" behind them, golf, tennis and boxing are three examples.
As for David Weir, he has done a lot for the paralympic sport but I have to say that for someone who is able to win sprint races and marathons shows that the competition just isn't there in that sport. I don't want to discredit him or anything as he seems like a great role model and a nice guy (have a signed photo of him indoors), just for me this award should go to those who have the best sporting acheivements and wheelchair racing is not up there at the moment with the other sports that are represented by the nominees.
Don't forget Chris Hoy. I don't think he will win it but he is defiantly on the large shortlist.
It is certainly the biggest most interesting sports personality there has been. So many names in fold.
Even if it was open only to individuals, Wiggins would still be in with a brilliant shout. His Olympic gold was in the time trial. This is perhaps the greatest individual sport there is. It's all about you as an individual; having the physical strength to go faster than anyone else, having the mental strength to keep going at your very best not knowing for sure how your competitors are doing, having the awareness to perfectly balance what you are doing now, with what you will need to do in the immediate future. Wiggins did all this, and he did it with aplomb. Beating world Champion Tony Martin into second place, not by a small amount but by a whopping 42 seconds.
Claims that anyone else should win this award are completely and utterly ridiculous.
Wiggins was announced the winner yesterday (mens) & Ennis (womens).
So it's Wiggins nailed on.
As for cycling unfortunately for me I don't get a buzz off it or the excitement and for no real reason think cyclists are a bit weird (yep rich coming from me)
And I'm a massive tennis fan and even I concede Murray is third behind the above two
My thinking is More to do with the timing of Farahs achievements and the amount of people watching them at that time.
In answer to Stig all I would say is that inevitably "Personality" also comes into it i.e. like/dislike and that is why this isn't walkover for Wiggins. Personally I like the lad and admire him tremendously but he also rubs people up the wrong way and that could count against him. Shouldn't but it might.
Could we see joint male winners and joint female winners?
It will be the first one I'll be watching for many years