2015 - The Final 12 BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Northern Ireland may be a small part of the world but it has given sport

some of its most iconic heroes. A legendary footballer. Best! A trio

of major winners. The greatest jump jockey of all time. A boxer who

conquered the world. Barry McGuigan is the champions not white and the

first game of athletics. Now for the first time, Northern Ireland will

give us the Sports Personality of the world.

Hello, and welcome to Belfast. It looks good. I wonder whose name is

going to be on there this time? There is Lewis Hamilton, last year

's winner, from Glasgow. Good evening and welcome to the BBC

Sports Personality of the Year 2014. Hello, Glasgow. CHEERING

The winner of Young Sports Personality of the Year, Claudia

Fragapane. I'd like to thank everybody for your support. The

Helen Rollason Award goes to the competitors from the Invictus Games.

Team of the Year, the England women's Rugby union team. Testament

to where the sport is now stuck the lifetime achievement award, so Chris

Lloyd. I feel like the luckiest guy around -- so Chris Lloyd. You lack

the winner, Lewis Hamilton. -- so Chris

I feel so fortunate, thank you so much. I am here to guide you through

the final contenders for the Sports Personality of the Year 2015. And

tell you how your votes are going to help determine who is crowned Sports

Personality of the Year. The 12 contenders will be welcomed to the

red carpet at Titanic Belfast on Sunday, for what is one of the most

talked about sports awards in the world. It has been an outstanding 12

months for British sports achievement. Let us make the

contenders enough about the girl order. Gold, Lizzie Armitstead. She

has done it again. Her second world title. Gold again. Chris Froome is

Britain's first two-time winner. Tyson Fury. Great Britain have done

it! Peaty wins gold. Rutherford takes gold. Winning the treble. Max

Whitlock, the world champion! That is the complete list. Now let's get

to know them better, starting with three amazing women. Ladies first!

We start with the letter A, four Armistead, Lizzie Armitstead, the

pride of Yorkshire, who confirmed her status as the best road rider in

women's cycling. When I'm on my bike I feel like it's the only place

where I can switch off. I am obviously so focused and

professional when I'm on my bike but at the same time it is the place

when I feel most alive. This is Lizzie on her first bike. She'll be

embarrassed to see it, but historical record! The start of her

cycling career. She was talent spotted, athletically gifted, she

came into cycling very committed to cycling as a sport. I came home that

night and she said that, I am going to be riding, cycling for Great

Britain. I said, oh. I think you are being a bit optimistic. But her mind

was made up. I was one of those people who was good at all sports

but not the best at anything. Why was the best at cycling and that's

what I learned to love about it, I love winning. They still call it the

Hill of tears because things didn't work out in training and she threw

her bike on the floor and said that she's no good at cycling and it

still sticks in my mind, that is the Hill of tears, where it nearly

ended. She has a great family, well spoken, good family values. She hops

on the bike and then you seek this element of competitiveness, this

competitive streak, this Yorkshire thing. Furious, anyway. There really

is an element, toughness in Lizzie, it's impressive. COMMENTATOR: What a

finish we are going to have, a cliffhanger in the women's road

race, she still has a chance of the world title with one of the half

kilometres to go. She has a real poker face, she gives nothing away.

She almost stares at the other riders, she's quite intimidating

when she wants to be. Lizzie Armitstead is going for it. She

hasn't quite managed to make the gap she was looking for on the climb. On

a course like that you have one or two attacks and that's it. A couple

of bullets in the gun and then when you have fired them, that's it. You

have to tie and when to make the effort. They are lining up behind

Armistead, thinking she is the threat. She has to choose the right

moment. She has to ensure that this is her golden moment. People talk

about the bloc should you have and you can only chip away at it so many

times in the race -- this block of sugar. You have to know when to use

it and I suppose in Richmond I finally got it right. The sprint is

on and Armistead is coming towards the front. 50 metres to go and

Lizzie Armitstead is leaving for Great Britain. The war is the line,

gold for Great Britain and Lizzie Armitstead! She is the champion of

the world. When I dreamt of becoming the world champion, I dreamt of

having my hands in the air, the money shot, everybody does it in

training. When I did it in Richmond, it was like a cliff edge, I was

focused so much on the process. I went over the line and it was like,

I've done it. That was a perfectly timed sprint and Lizzie Armitstead

will be wearing the yellow jersey for the next 12 months. That joy,

the expression of joy when you achieve something of that magnitude,

people react in different ways, don't they? I think it was totally

authentic. Really one of the best female cyclists we have. For the

first time since 1966, England had a football team that left their World

Cup with honours, thanks partly to the talents of one very special

lioness, Lucy Bronze. As soon as she could walk she had a ball at her

feet. She wanted to play football all the time. I don't think she ever

really thought that she is playing with boys and girls, she just wanted

to play football. Anyone want an autograph? Have you got your pens

and eat? I didn't know if girls played football -- pens handy. I

just loved playing football, playing it as a sport, as a hobby.

Photographs as well. They used to come and call for her, they used to

come and play. I have not been back since seven years ago. There is a

steely determination in their eyes. Performances in the World Cup, it

showed why she is one of the best right backs in the world. She wants

to lead by example in terms of her energy and passion and her will to

win, and very infectious between the rest of the squad. Jill Scott takes

the touch, couldn't get the shot away, maybe Bronze will. Oh, yes! An

absolute belter. For her to score the winning goal, we were shouting

at the telly "Shoot", knowing that she always passes it to somebody

else. What a strike! Has Lucy Bronze struck gold? It didn't seem right

that I scored it now. You pick your moments and every player has them,

at some time in the World Cup, or the next few years, and that was

definitely Lucy Bronze. Here comes the England free kick looking for

Bronze. It's two! What a start by England, she's done it again. That's

probably a special memory, getting us to the semifinal with that goal

was fantastic. Into the penalty area, it is off the bar and the

referee has given it, it's a goal. Oh, no! England are out. Every

player was absolutely heartbroken. Mark stood up in front of us and

said we had to pull ourselves together. Playing Germany, who we'd

never beaten before, let alone beating them in a tournament.

England have completed their most successful World Cup finals ever.

That was almost as good as winning the World Cup for us, beating

Germany. Coming home with the bronze medal and being the most successful

England team since 1966, a very special moment for us. I feel like a

footballer now, I'm not a student, or just my mum's daughter, although

she is proud of me. Everybody knows us as football is ultimately and

that is what we set out to do. I didn't know you had that, I think I

just left it at home. Normal. I'm going to get emotional now because

it is the joy when she's playing, playing with people like that, you

can just see that she wants to play. To have her recognised in the street

is great but I think the same as Lucy, it isn't about her, it's about

the sport and about being accepted that because you are a girl, it

doesn't mean you can't do anything, you can do whatever you want to do.

And finally to the Golden girl of athletics who needs no introduction.

Or does she? Jess Ennis. You see there is this... I don't know. She's

a freak. I don't think I'm a freak! For anyone who has just had a baby,

her body has gone through an extraordinary thing for nine months,

growing the baby and giving birth, I couldn't imagine even going back and

doing sport on a normal levels so quickly as she went to doing it on

elite level. 13 months after giving birth, not many people, and I don't

think I gave her a fighting chance. As soon as she arrives, I think the

others look at her and think oh no, she is here. Jessica Ennis-Hill

getting her welcome as the Olympic champion. To come back, where do you

start with the motivation? Quite a few times over the winter when I

honestly felt it was too much, I wondered what I'm doing. I've got a

little baby that I'm taking care of. I thought, why am I doing this, is

this what I want to do? The biggest adjustment I think she would have

needed to make is realising that her body wasn't going to perform the way

she wanted it to instantly. Jess Ennis-Hill, then, trailing the Dutch

athlete by distance, but coming through to take it. A little bit

slow in her opening events. It is delving into the unknown, it was a

brand-new Jessica Ennis-Hill. You are dealing with lots of different

things, affecting the body at a whole. I was in a position to give

it a really good shot, but I felt a feeling of, I'm leaving my baby for

the first time, for two weeks, which was a difficult thing to do. She is

a committed and dedicated mum, but she's also an athlete on a mission.

186, the same height she cleared in the Olympics. Oh, yes. She got over

4000 points on the first ANC was leading, which is a superb

performance. We thought, this is making it interesting. It is one of

those championships when I was feeling older, my body was a bit

more tired and needed some more attention and care. Second round for

the Olympic champion. That's fantastic! I watched Jess very

closely when she's competing, she doesn't give much away. But you see

this... I don't know, everything is happening in fast forward, but she

remains in real-time. Olympic champion in 2012, and then she took

a break and now she comes back to win her second world title. Jessica

Ennis-Hill, back on top of the world. I'm sure they will be many

mums out there who are saying, what the hell have you been eating

because I wouldn't mind a bit of that. How has she done that? It's

incredible. It really is incredible. You can see it in great sports

people, the ability to drive themselves forward. That's

perfectionist mindset. I was away from my baby for two weeks but I

achieved this amazing thing that I can tell him about, he was a part of

this process. To have that one moment again when I was on the

podium receiving a gold medal, knowing the journey I've been on.

Incredible moment. Will we see it again? Possibly when she has a

second one she will do it again! Steady on, Michael! She has the

Olympics first. From one trio of superwomen to another one. The

winner of last year 's get inspired unsung hero award.

Good to see you again. The reaction in the room and around the country

was fantastic, wasn't it, do you remember that? This was the award. I

noticed, no-one knows where to hold it. I think this is where you hold

it. If anyone is doing the award I think you hold it here. Everyone

holds it here. It falls over. Excellent. You should be holding

that just to show people. I don't it 245 way. Which way? Is that your

best place? That is the best place. I learnt the best place because in

actual fact I wasn't asked for a box for it. No there wasn't a box. I

then asked was there a carrier bag for it? No. I actually went and

asked the hotel if they could find something to put it in. They gave me

a dustbin liner. I walked through the airport holding it that way.

Right. Through the airport in a dustbin liner. We have to get it

worked out, guys, haven't we? We have to get a carry home bag. Nice

if it says BBC, or something like that. How long have you been doing

this now? About six years. 60? 60. 60 years. 43 in Leicestershire.

Everyone can swim. Do you feel this way? I would say that there are very

few who haven't. Pleasure in water, everybody has the ability to enjoy

it. There are a lot of people around like Jill who volunteer and help. I

think they are all special. I'm biased. I think Jill is very

special. She is a one-off. Do you get anything back from them? Yes. I

get the pleasure and enjoyment of doing it. They have given me an

extra bit of life because I've seen their achievements and maybe a

little bit of it is due to me. Most of it is due to them.

Don't you worry, Eddie, we have it sorted. Our next trio range from the

biggest to the very smallest. World heavyweight boxing Champion, Fianna

Fail, cycling's yellow jersey supremo, Chris Froome and distance

dynamo, Mo Farah. COMMENTATOR: Five world titles,

simply sensational. Life has changed a lot. It's not about running, it's

about life and, you know, I have four beautiful kids and a wife. It's

important that you share times with then and you enjoy that moment. It's

difficult to juggle with a family life and running. It's what you have

to do to be the best athlete in the world. People sometimes asked me

requests why you run. I love running. It's what I do and what I'm

good after. COMMENTATOR: After that performance

tonight, Mo is the greatest sportsman that Britain has ever had.

The debate about the greatest of all-time should be something that I

think you have when people finish their career. Mo hasn't finished

yet. I hope not. If he had finished right now he is in that debate. What

he's done over the last few years has created this awe are around

himself to the point where the people he is competing against are

at a huge disadvantage right from the very beginning. They always

start at a disadvantage because they don't believe that they can beat

him. This year they try something different and they worked as a team

and try to take the sting out of me. You know the other athletes are

thinking about nobody else but him in the race. There is only one

person they are looking for. They are looking over their shoulder,

where is he? What is he doing. There is an intimidation factor, I believe

they know from a speed perspective they can't match him. That is a

weapon that is deadly. COMMENTATOR: They have thrown

everything at him. They have gone hard, very hard, it's not hard

enough. They are not good enough. They are not fast enough. Mo Farah

is best. Mo Farah is the World Champion again. The Mo Farah that we

know and love is there celebrating. I just run! It's not been an easy

year for Mo, he let his running ability to do the talking. The

allegations around his coach were obviously very difficult period for

him and he had to talk to the media. He had to come out and say what he

believed in. Obviously, 100% supportive 6 of his coach. Other

distractions and things come in the way. Have you to learn to deal with

them. Some things you can control, some things you cannot. Things you

can control, control it in the way that you can and move op and

continue. What Mo did was withdrew, went back to what he knows, and what

he could control. That was to train. To push himself to the limit. To

make sure that when he entered the Bird's Nest he was going to be a

champion, not once, but twice. COMMENTATOR: Mo Farah's striking for

Gold again. He takes one. They've got nothing on him. It's a fantastic

fight for Farah. Gold again. It was a testament to his stature and

ability to go out there and deliver. He has the confidence that can't be

matched. It does make me feel amazing. I remember back in the days

when we watched Co, Foster, Yvette, a lot of athletes winning medals and

breaking records. When he hangs up his running spikes it will be a

difficult argument to argue against Mo Farah as being the greatest of

all-time. Our next contender conquered the Alps for a second time

to get his yellow jersey back. It wasn't an easy ride for Chris Froome

and his team. The Tour de France is gruelling. There is no doubt about

it. Yes, it's an individual effort, but it's very much a team sport.

He's an interesting character, Chris, on the outside he comes

across as polite, quite soft, but inside there's a real fighter.

There's a real... A real contrast. I think sometimes for some people it

comes as a shock when you see that steel in him come out. You just

don't expect it. It's what makes him a great competitor.

COMMENTATOR: Chris Froome is giving everybody a pasting here on this

climb. There were certainly a few people who came out and were getting

physical with my team-mates, a few of my team-mates were punched, spat

at. I even had urine threw at me. It's hard to understand why we were

getting all this negativity. We all understand why people would question

a sport like ours given the past. If I was a fan and watching this I

would want to be able to trust and think - I can believe what I'm

seeing. We all recognise we have a role to play in that. For sure it

angered Froome. At the same time, he still kept his head. When he came

into the race, you know, I think how he dealt with all those accusations,

that really showed his mental side and his character, really. He took

it very, very well, managed it very, very well. Not pleasant, but, like I

say, I think his calmness and resilience really comes to the fore.

You can see it. It's impressive, I must say.

COMMENTATOR: Chris Froome is asserting his authority here. Chris

had a lead of just over a minute. It was one of the iconic climbs in the

Tour de France. That was a long and anxious 40 minutes much he rode the

race fantastically well. COMMENTATOR: Chris Froome comes up

towards the line. It's a very mixed reaction as Froome crosses the line.

Froome was in the form of his life. The team around him was super strong

and motivated and determined to do what we could. Rolling into Paris on

the last day, just overwhelming. You get this feeling of just huge

feeling of accomplishment. It's pretty emotional.

COMMENTATOR: Chris Froome is Britain's first two-time winner of

the greatest bike race in the world. All of us line up together and cross

the line together. It's really nice to do that as a team. It's one of

those moments, one of those really special, special moments. Special

memories that you'll treasure for the rest of your life. That bit that

makes him special you can't see. You can't strip it back and have a look

at that. In certain circumstances you see why this guy is the champion

that he is. This isn't a yell yellow jersey that will just be dishonoured

like the ones in the past. There won't be a question mark as to won

the Tour, these results are going to stand. I'm not going to do that to

the sport. COMMENTATOR: The winner by a knew

man nows decision, from the United Kingdom, the new Heavyweight

Champion of the world, Fianna Fail. -- unanimous. Less than a month ago

Tyson Fury shook the boxing world by winning the World Heavyweight Title

from Wladimir Klitschko who reigned as Champion for 11 years. There have

been wide-ranging debates that have divided public opinion and a

petition calling for his removal from this programme shortlist in

protest. Tyson, however is determined to fight another day.

There are two type of characters you can play in boxing. You can play the

good guy or the villain. Now, I always played the villain quite

good. I'm a good pantomime villain. That's my role I play. I can't stop

him I've tried to be behind him and, be quiet. Don't say that. He's like,

no, I will do what I want. None of it is in advance. The day before I

got a Batman suit and did it. It's over the top. It's in an attempt to

get under Klitschko's skin. . Worked. You can say in the build-up

to get into people's minds. It's a sport. A bgs welcoming contest. No

hard feelings if he beats me or I beat him. I don't hate him. The best

man wins on the night. He talked the talk and walked the walk. The sports

writers and TV people thought I would get beat he. Bookies,

everybody. I was going there there on a hiding to nowhere. Auto would

take a beating. I might last the distance if I'm lucky. He showed

guts and courage to back up all his words before the fight and then to

get in there and execute that game plan. It was amazing to see.

COMMENTATOR: Wladimir Klitschko can't work out the unpredictable

nature of the Champion in front of him. He used his ring awareness and

experience in terms of boxing ability using his jab, range, his

timing. Basically, wouldn't stay still. When he got out of the ring,

after he'd finished bogsing, he took his boots off he had to cut off a

blood blister bigger than his fist. Half of his foot. That shows he was

moving so much. While he was moving he was smiling at Klitschko, pulling

facing at him. Almost obscene. He got away with it. He did the job.

That's important. COMMENTATOR: Tyson Fury makes

history. The self-styled Gypsy King is the Heavyweight Champion of the

World. # Every moment spent with you

# Is a moment I treasure... # I didn't know about any songs. I

didn't know he was planning on doing that. I got in the ring, he was

crying, I was crying. It was very emotional. Didn't really think of

the world watching. It was more just personal. 100% proud of him. I

wouldn't change what he's like. I'm the Heavyweight Champion of the

world I'm the same person I was when I wasn't just a title. Has it

changed me? Into no. Am I the same person I was last month, five years

ago, yes. Tough, tough men. Northern Ireland has certainly produced its

fair share of all-time greats, for many here the sport is a life blood.

For a small place it punches above its weight on the world stage. He's

done it. We have a lot of very driven, determined people who are

willing to go the extra mile. That's what it's all about. Talent alone is

just not enough. You have to have that feeling that you can over

achieve and that it can be done # Take me down to the paradise city

# Where the grass is pretty # And the girls are pretty

# Won't you please take me home... # Everybody on the street is delighted

when we have our successes. Boy, have we had our share.

COMMENTATOR: The Champion! Northern Ireland, a real chance. He scored.

Oh, what a moment for Northern Ireland. Tony McCoy at the 135th

attempt he wins the Grand Nationalal. Don't Push It is the

winner. I think sport has brought the community of Northern Ireland

together. Barry McGuigan winning was fantastic. He had a tough time in

Northern Ireland. You always felt that you were the under dog and you

felt nothing was impossible. COMMENTATOR: Still Hamilton. Oh!

Hi, everyone back home. Let's do this. It's a drag to the line.

Jonathan Rea with the rear tyre and the momentum. What a final corner.

We didn't see that coming. Fantastic.

On the international stage we are proud of where we're from. That

proudness has something to do how sports people play as well. The game

against Hungary, we used 14 players in the game, 13 are born in Northern

Ireland. Our success has come from there.

COMMENTATOR: We are heading to France. Being Northern Irish it

makes us proud to be able to come home. People preesh appreciate what

we've done. Putting a small country like Northern Ireland onto the world

map. We are only starting. If you think

we are punching above our weight now, wait until you see the next

generation coming through. Exclusive clubs of multiple major winners are

rare, and our next contenders are no exception. In pole position, Lewis

Hamilton. Could he be the first ever to win back-to-back Sports

Personality titles? He defended his Formula 1 title in style.

RADIO: OK, Lewis, I think you've done it. Lewis Hamilton has won the

World Championship! He has the aura of a sporting great. Lewis Hamilton

wins the British Grand Prix. On firming his greatness as a driver.

What a great season and this is turning out to be full Lewis

Hamilton. You could see the swagger and the body language, somebody

comfortable in their own skin, their own ability. What Lewis has achieved

this year is extraordinary. The first British driver to ever win

consecutive World Championships. He is one of two British tribe is to

win three titles, the other was Jackie Stewart, 42 years ago and for

Lewis, he has equalled Ayrton Senna's record and that's what he

really wanted to do. I was at my dads a one-bedroom apartment, I woke

up and had a bacon sunny, five years old, watching Ayrton winning his

races and 25 years later, I'm achieving a similar success as the

late great. It is an emotion you have to try and enjoy because you

can't understand it. The thing separating the great drivers from

the good ones is the natural raw speed and he can do that. He also

has racing ability. Side-by-side with Massa, can they do it? I am

here in business, I'm not here to make friends. This is the one

opportunity, it may be my last one, and you take it. Hamilton has the

box office appeal you have from the likes of Senna and Nigel Mansell,

people who make opportunities come to them and create opportunities and

he is the star of the field. The greatest moment of my life. Thanks

to my family, I love you all. His father was a huge inspiration for

him, he sacrificed so much in terms of family and every time you see a

major race winner, somebody who is emotional, coming from the cockpit

of Lewis Hamilton, you hear a reference. He knows what has made

him great, the hub of the family, the support. I'm grateful for the

people who have helped me achieve it. The thing that is really telling

for me, in Austin when he won the World Championship he said to Susie

that it isn't easy being his team-mate. In a friendly way, I'm

the worst team mate you can have, which is a good thing for me. He had

a mad smile on his face which is told me he is psychologically

playing with his team-mate, toying with him like a cat with a mouse.

Now he has developed into this living brand, a winning machine on

the race track and an internationally recognised superstar

around the world. He collects America with Europe in a way that

only the true stars of sport can do. He's a cult figure, he is bigger

than Formula 1 in many respects. My friends say at, you don't realise

what you've done, do you, but I do airlines. Fast I do realise. It is a

title next to my name, but it does not change you. Another man with

titles next to his name, Andy Murray, but this year he won for

Great Britain, making it extra special. COMMENTATOR: Andy Murray

alongside his team-mates, right on the brink of their own piece of

sporting history. I got more joy out of the Davis Cup and the Olympics

than I did when I won Wimbledon. Any team, football, any sport, you need

somebody playing the leading role, you need the star quality and we are

fortunate to have Andy. You can't do it on your own and the Davis Cup,

even more so because you are relying, on my brother obviously,

performing very well this year. Toogood! James Ward had a fantastic

win. David Goffin, being taken to five sets in his first Davis Cup

match. He really is an incredible role model for all of us, as players

and coaches. We draw a lot from the focus. You can't not get up to his

level, he drives everyone else. Ooh! That's all the training. He inspired

other players to play to A-level that maybe they were not sure they

could play at in such a pressurised atmosphere. Wow, the point of the

day! Not just about being this year, it has been five years of work going

into this. Andy Murray! The Davis Cup always meant a great deal to me,

to put the name of your country on your back when you walked onto the

court and I think it was something he started to feel more and as well.

My record when competing for Great Britain is much better than it is

when I play for myself through the rest of the year. Getting to do it

again with my brother, and we never thought of that when we work it is,

we just enjoyed playing and to get the chance to do that again with him

means a lot to me. The Murrays have won this one and inched Britain

closer. People ask me about Fred Perry and the team, it adds more

pressure. He needs nerves, he always says if he isn't nervous he gets

worried because he needs to Camelot. So much of Andy Murray's year

dedicated to putting himself in position -- needs to care a lot. The

crowd started clapping when it looked like it had gone past him on

the forehand side, but he somehow got it back and he was able to hit a

top spinlock over the guy's head. Great Britain have done it over the

-- in the most spectacular style. I couldn't believe we had done it,

obviously very proud and excited. Also your opponent is there as well,

so it's a tough moment for them. He is someone who is able to show an

awful lot of responsibility on himself, from the country, the fans,

the team-mates. He manages to perform with such a weight of

expectation on his shoulder. It meant a lot because of the people in

the team, doing it for your country. A lot of them, my brother obviously

has been part of my life. Leon Smith coached me when I was 11 years old.

The other members of the team I'm close with as well, so it's very

different to winning something on your own. The Davis Cup is on its

way back. Now let me introduce you to a

20-year-old who has taken the world of swimming by storm. His name is

Adam, Adam Peaty. He is definitely the poster boy of British roaming. A

top bloke, a true gent. He is one of the greatest of all time. He made

himself known by breaking the world record and then going on to the

World Championship 's and coming away with three gold medals, it is

seriously impressive. He has to win everything, getting your name on the

board first, or doing stupid strokes where he has to be the winner. If it

was tiddlywinks he would have to be the winner. I listen to music before

the race, it is called "Almost but not quite" and it really gets me

going. The British Championships is just a chance to qualify, that's the

main target of the trials, to make the team. Adam thought, I'm going to

do my own thing and break the world record! The room was spinning, it

was an incredible moment. I can remember looking at the scoreboard

and it was like, world record, and it didn't click. I knew I could get

near it but by beating it by half a second was something else. I have

had him since he was 14, we have walked the journey for so long and I

may never get the feeling again. Magical. The scary thing is that he

said he was going to go faster and I thought how, you have just broken

the world record. I can't really explain how I did it. When you get

onto the world stage, I thought how is he going to handle the pressure?

There are these doubts that I'm sure he had as well. You have to ground

yourself but also have enough confidence. Look at the start for

Vandenberg, he must have taken half a second off Peaty. It was

nail-biting stuff. I turned and I saw his feet going, it gave me

shivers. Peaty from Great Britain is starting to come back. Over the last

205I thought it is all or nothing. I don't think Adam would have panicked

-- over the last 25 metres. Ten metres to go, Peaty needs a massive

25. It was excruciating. He got it on the very last stroke and the

world champion is Adam Peaty of Great Britain. All I'm thinking

about is getting to the wall first. The last couple of metres when you

know you have won, massive relief. The 20 metre breast road relay was a

massive bonus. -- breaststroke. Pete in winning the gold, what a

superstar. -- Peaty winning. He has got the whole of the set and not

many people have done that from the British point of view, I think only

David Wilkin. If he gets the Olympic one next year, he will be part of a

small club. I'm only 20 years old, still inexperienced. I have people

around me who keep me grounded but the fame does not change me. He is

the same guy, he is older and more experienced, but the normal boy is

exactly the same. From one star and changed by fame, to another. Barry

McGuigan's world title fight in 1985 was one of the most iconic moments

in boxing history. His rectory cemented his place in the nation's

heart and he was voted Sports Personality of the Year 1985. Nick

Bright and some young fight fans went to meet Barry and got him back

in the ring to relive some of his great memories.

Were you a famous boxer? LAUGHTER Galan was I? Yes, I was, I boxed

many years ago. I wanted a sport where I relied on myself and

whatever work I put in, if I worked properly the chances were I would be

more successful. Did you think when you got that fight, you've really

got a chance, or did you go in thinking you are the underdog? I

always believed I had a very good chance. He had the title for seven

other half years and made 19 successful defences, the longest

reigning featherweight in 100 years. -- seven and a half years. I knew I

had my work cut out. The champion is over in the seventh. He felt him

with the right. I knew he would have trouble keeping me off him. The way

I could beat him is with race Bale pace. -- with pace. Everyone had a

huge night. Topped off by winning the Sports Personality of the Year.

It felt like people were giving me a bit of love and tell me what they

thought of me. The fact that I won in that successful sporting year, it

was great and I'll never forget Stanley presenting me with the

award. He couldn't pronounce my name properly. The winner, Mr Barry

MacLachlan! It was the funniest thing, I had the speech, but I was

laughing so much. 30 years, wow, just crazy, how quickly the time

goes. BBC get inspired have teamed up with the Belfast Council for this

academy. What do you want the kids to get out of it? Today is about

getting them to try it out and see how they feel and enjoying it. Many

of them will do it for fitness, but being part of a club is like being

part of an extended family. How long have you boxed for? From the age of

12 to the age of 28. I got out relatively young. The council have

always been supportive of boxing because they know how much it means,

they know what it has done for the community, it creates sustained

unity. Look at that! It's a really good tool to get your fit --

yourself fit. Boxing for these kids, it is as big an education as they

will get. One, two, three! ALL: yes!

Lovely to see the kids today. It's a come sand see day, and have a try.

That's where it all begins. The last three contenders continue to inspire

and stamp their authority in 2015. Max Whitlock became the first

British male gymnast to win a World Championship gold. Kevin Sinfield

ended his Rugby League career in style. Greg Rutherford has joined an

exclusive group of British athletes. I'm incredibly fortunate that I can

run very fast and I can jump very long into a sandpit. It's a

ridiculous job job, if you think about it. It has no impact in the

grand schemes of life and people. I'm fortunate it's my job. Since my

son has been born everything has changed. I'm not worry about what

I'm doing. Worrying about him and making sure he is happy and he

smiles. He's dedicated. He's committed. He's nouned a way to win.

-- he's found a way to win. It's fair to say Greg has been

overshadowed with the successes of Mo and Jess. I'm that ginger third

guy, I was there. Don't remember the name, I have ginger hair, I still

have it. People remember it. Super Saturday equally belonged to Greg

Rutherford. People should not under estimate the ability of somebody to

turn up to a major championships, when you might not always be the

favourite, but on the day to deliver the best performance. That is a true

mark of a real champion. As far as I'm concerned, you go to the

championship and whoever is there, you beat those people. You are the

champion. Case closed. This is my fifth attempt at a World

Championships, never had a medal. Never in the long jump had a medal

in the World Championships. I see walking into the stadium an

opportunity to showcase what I can do and hopefully make my family and

friends proud of me. I live for those moments.

COMMENTATOR: Greg Rutherford, first jump in the World Championships.

Enormous jump. That's a shame. The big stage brings the best out of

Greg. He relishes the opportunity to compete with the best inform world.

Doesn't hideaway. He gets the job done.

COMMENTATOR: He does come good. That's a really important jump. 8.

29. He takes the lead. People around him who were favourites elsewhere,

particularly the Americans. Gregg is able to go - right, that's the

William Hagues we are in. It's the situation I'm in. He goes out and

jumps one of the best jofrps of his life. -- Greg.

COMMENTATOR: That's big. That is a huge jump. 8. 41. A season's best.

I've never seen Greg Rutherford as pumped as that. Rutherford completes

his sham, Olympic, European and Commonwealth and World Champion.

It's... Unbelievable! I've finally done it. Having won everything,

every world title available to him. That's an amazing accomplishment.

I've worked so hard to try and win these major championships. Done

everything I possibly can. The last few years I've had a solid run at it

and have all four titles. I've joined a group in a special club. It

was a genuine pride. A moment for him he was reflecting on what had

gone on to get him onto that podium. If that brings emotion out, goodness

me, you're entitled to that. He's come a long way in what feels like a

short space of time. He came of age in Beijing. I think the boy's done

good. Kevin Sinfield led his Leeds side to a Rugby League treble this

year. This Rhino legend is one of the most

decorated players in the game. A rare species, treasured by all who

knows him. Hard to sum It's it up in a few words, I think. On the field

amazing player, attitude ability. COMMENTATOR: On the pressure on this

man. He is a man who be a orbs the pressure. Off the field, normal guy.

Great guy. Can't do enough for you. COMMENTATOR: Sinfield, the hero of

the hour. He will take Leeds to Wembley. Congratulations. Thank you.

Smile for the camera. I've never known a bloke who dedmrebths praise

as much as Kev heaven can't deflect this one. This is about him. We a

good under-11 match today. It was the first moment where I realised I

could perhaps do this for a job. COMMENTATOR: Moves forward here,

number 13. Kevin Sinfield, good dummy. That is good rugby. Old head

there on young shoulders from that youngster. I wassen the most

skilful, fastest or fitness. I made myself the most committed. I fold

that from the age of 13. COMMENTATOR: Kevin Sinfield has been

head and shoulders above anyone else on the field. There isn't a more

disciplined professional sportsman or woman out there. Kevin Sinfield

know it's it's about preparation. Not just himself, making sure all

the other players and individuals doing their job and doing what they

need to do. We are all in awe of Kevin Sinfield whether the it's the

ladies in the cafe bar, the people alongside him, come the big moments,

Kevin Sinfield will step forward, he will do what's right, you take that

for granted. COMMENTATOR: Never before has a

Challenge Cup Final witnessed quite an emphatic victory as that. What

the club do, rather than lock them in a cabinet, they used to try and

inspire that next generationing or put smiles on people's faces. That's

why they are covered in fingerprints. Had to go through

heartache to get this one. Five losses as captain, that's a record.

It shows what happens when you percent persevere. He let his

actions speak Lauder than words. It's what he does and what he thinks

about has won the hearts of this crowd. Is the other one here, t

League Leaders. Which is a shield. Contributing as much as he did and

leading on the field, the confidence that I had in him as a fan, when

your team needs someone to change the game. He has done that year and

year. COMMENTATOR: There is a sense this

is the biggest night in Grand Final history. Won it seven times. This is

my favourite. Spent a fair bit of time with that one. You have a dream

and vision of how you would love it to end. That was with the three

trophies. COMMENTATOR: Leeds win the treble.

What a way to finish for Kevin Sinfield. He's had this glorious

career. Watching him on the field I was thinking - that's good that

somebody who played the game in the right manner all his life ends up

with a fairytale ending. That's good. Great and legend is banded

around too easily at times. I think those two words describe him. I

couldn't have dreamed we have won the trophies we had and catch taped

the club for 13 years and captaining the country. They seemed far away

for that 11-year-old boy. Our final contender, Max Whitlock ended

Britain's 112 year wait for a men's world gymnastic gold. For his army

of fans it wasn't a moment too soon. We just think of all the years that

Max has put in the hard work. You know, hi's trained since he was

seven. It's an inspiration. I think it really helps to spur the children

on, to see Max training alongside them in the gym. When I think of all

those little gymnasts looking at Max as the first British man to win a

medal at the World Championships, you know what, it becomes do-able.

It's people like Max that change a sport. The fact that Max is now a

household name shows how big of an achievement it was. Sport is about

doing it on the day. That's what we had to pull off. The excitement of

going there, competing in front of a home crowd, was unbelievable. Team

Final with the girls, a bronze medal, amazing. That spurred us on.

Got us ready for our one the next day. Keep your head. And that is a

cracking landing. What more could he have wanted? What more could Great

Britain have wanted? We didn't just get a bronze, we got a silver. It

was history. It was crazy for us to beat a well-known team like China.

He'd done that. He'd gone through the all-around competition. It

didn't go his way. He had a nightmare on high bar. He also

picked up a silver medal on the floor. Everyone's forgotten about

that medal. Then he had this opportunity to become World Champion

on pommel horse. His 20th routine of the competition. Max must have been

feeling utterly exhausted. Last up to compete. Which is a tough job.

Everyone in front of me, including Louis Smith, who scored a massive

score of 16. COMMENTATOR: A great routine. Superb

dismount. He is in the running, for sure. My coach knew when we walked

through the tunnel ready to perform on that pommel horse. Scott turned

to me and said, "what are you going to do?" By that comment I knew I had

to go for a big one. The pressure was immense. How he composed himself

knowing what he had to do with the world watching is beyond me. The

noise was absolutely incredible. Standing there ready to perform, to

hear that, it is an amazing feeling. He went up there and as soon as he

started, goodness me, just to think back to that moment makes my heart

miss a beat. COMMENTATOR: No break of form.

Straight in. And he's in the dismount series. What a super, super

challenge. That is phenomenonal. We all looked at each other and thought

- it's one and two, but in which order? It was so close.

COMMENTATOR: 16.133. Max Whitlock is the pommel horse World Champion. At

that precountries moment then my eyes started watering when that

score came up. I couldn't believe it. It was a massive feeling. A

massive sense of relief. I can't believe eye' just done it. I've

really done it. Every so often in sport you get these individuals that

make the rest of the country sit up and take notice. And Max Whitlock is

one of those individuals. He's done it this year. We love gymnastics. I

think I know how those young people will be voting on Sunday night. It's

time for you to decide much you have seen all the finalists. Who do you

want to be crown Sports Personality of the Year 2015? Here's how to

vote. Register to vote on the sports personality section of the BBC sport

website much voting itself only opens during the live programme on

December 20th. It's absolutely free to vote online. You will be able to

vote by landline and mobile. Terms and conditions are on the website.

Register now and get ready to decide the winner of the 2015 Sports

Personality of the Year. This time it's Belfast's turn to add to Sports

Personality 62 year history. What a history it is. Ladies and gentlemen,

the time has now come for the awards to be made to the BBC Sports

Personality of the Year. The Sports Personality Sebastian Coe. England

captain, Bobby Moore. I would like to thank all the members of the

England team. The BBC could have at least told me before hand. Give me a

clue. Sports Personality of 1961, Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne.

The golden girl of British athletics. Mary Peters. Hadden she

kept Es it clean! Our Sports Personality of the Year goes to two

people, Jane Torvil and Christopher Dean. The 2012 is Bradley Wiggins.

They have given me the best Christmas present I could ask for.

Thank you. Belfast is ready and raring to go. Join us on Sunday here

at the SSE Arena at 6. 50pm on BBC One for Sports Personality of the

Year 2015 it will be some craic, as they say around these parts.

Goodbye.