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BBC Sports personality of the year 2012 - who would you pick?

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The Mayor Of Simpleton Newbie

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All of them - lets just award it to Team GB Olympians and Paraolympians.

 

Nobody else deserves it imho.

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It has to be Andy Murray after his US Open win and London 2012 exploits, Bradley Wiggins doesn't do himself any favours with his odd personality and Jessica Ennis just did what she had to do without breaking sweat. Also who did Mo Farah beat at the end of the day in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters, he could have won the two races blindfolded and Rory who, he's not a Faldo or a Jacklin by any means is he.

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It has to be Andy Murray after his US Open win and London 2012 exploits, Bradley Wiggins doesn't do himself any favours with his odd personality and Jessica Ennis just did what she had to do without breaking sweat. Also who did Mo Farah beat at the end of the day in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters, he could have won the two races blindfolded and Rory who, he's not a Faldo or a Jacklin by any means is he.

 

Still good enough to have a stand at Bramall Lane named after her...

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This is the BBC Sports personality of the year therefore a lot is going to depend upon the people who vote and what access they had to watch the various sports events. Since Wiggins's and Murray's major acheivements were televised in this country on channels other than the BBC as were the Paralympians, it is highly probably that the eventual winners exploits will have been achieved on BBC TV i.e the Olympics.

 

From sheer sporting achievement if I was voting I would go for Bradley Wiggins or David Weir simply for the range of their acheivement - Wiggins first Briton to win the Tour de France and also the joint leading British Olympic medalist of all time and Weir - four gold medals at the same games in distances from 800m to Marathon - incredible. However I think rhodsey is right and Wiggins's character may count against him (kudos for his twitter response to Piers Morgan though!) however to then dismiss the field in the Olympic 5000m and 10000m as our correspondent from Haringey has done is somewhat belittling but sadly predictable for him.

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Yugow - He certainly deserves to be in the shake up but not everyone will vote for him

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Hope I'm wrong, but I have heard there's been some large bets put on Seb Coe

Well nobody would deserve it more would they and nobody would begrudge him

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Seb Coe does come across as an arrogant tit though - I remember that his 'Olympics Police' tried to stop people using the word 'Olympics' in their businesses.

 

If anything, that would have made people lose interest than gain it.

 

A mate of mine has put £50 on Ellie Simmonds getting it - not a bad call.

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Seb Coe does come across as an arrogant tit though - I remember that his 'Olympics Police' tried to stop people using the word 'Olympics' in their businesses.

 

If anything, that would have made people lose interest than gain it.

 

A mate of mine has put £50 on Ellie Simmonds getting it - not a bad call.

 

If I was a gambler I would put my money on Bradley Wiggins who would be a worthy winner, although I hope Ellie Simmonds or one of half a dozen other paralympians get it

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Surely Murray and Farah should be in the overseas section?

 

Don't start lol. One is proud to be british, the other only when it suits him!

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