Well, this may be an unpopular blog today, especially as I write it from an office in Nottingham but I for one am delighted that Chris Hoy won sports personality, and what’s more deserved it the most, except for maybe, Ben Ainslie.
I know Lewis Hamilton did exceptionally well this year, winning his first world title, Becky did incredibly well with 2 Olympic gold medals– Chris on the other hand has won 4 gold and one silver medal throughout an 8 year period...and four of those medals were in different events. Also prior to that he has been World Champion, and World Cup Champion a number of times over – you may not know that because he pedals a bike rather than kicks a football! This was a celebration of his career not just his Olympics.
There has been mixed reaction to his win, but I think the cycling team thoroughly deserve their success, this is a culmination of years of hard work and training, and being the anonymous best in the world at what they do. Their success wasn’t a surprise to those who were in the know – they’ve been top of the world for the past few years, and it’s about time they got some recognition.
It was a tough year, and I think in any other year, they all could’ve won. But I don’t doubt that Lewis will be back again, after becoming the youngest driver to win back to back world championships, and likewise we won’t have seen the last of Becky...only 1319 days to go to 2012!!
Ruth
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