Chris Hoy, the preeminent track sprinter in the world right now, won the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award last night. He was up against double Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Rebecca Adlington and Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, but the Scot, who won three gold medals in Beijing, the first Briton to win three golds in one games since 1908, won the public vote convincingly, and became the first cyclist to win the award since the great Tom Simpson in 1965. It was a great night for British track cycling generally, as the Olympic track squad won Team of the Year, and their coach Dave Brailsford won Coach of the Year. It just shows how the incredible performance of the team during the Olympics really captured the public imagination in Britain, and augurs well for the sport there. More details here.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Chris Hoy Wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Chris Hoy, the preeminent track sprinter in the world right now, won the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award last night. He was up against double Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Rebecca Adlington and Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, but the Scot, who won three gold medals in Beijing, the first Briton to win three golds in one games since 1908, won the public vote convincingly, and became the first cyclist to win the award since the great Tom Simpson in 1965. It was a great night for British track cycling generally, as the Olympic track squad won Team of the Year, and their coach Dave Brailsford won Coach of the Year. It just shows how the incredible performance of the team during the Olympics really captured the public imagination in Britain, and augurs well for the sport there. More details here.
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well, all that and the fact that lewis hamilton's kind of arrogant since his F1 career started.
gotta love hoy though, for showing up at roller races!
An Olympian always wins in an Olympic year. If Hamilton wins the F1 again he'll win the award by a landslide next year because his only competition will probably be a horse :)
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