2012

:00:23. > :00:30.Look at that, look at the river. 2012, a year which will be engraved

:00:30. > :00:40.in the memory, a year full of glory. A sporting success story which we

:00:40. > :00:41.

:00:41. > :00:51.mean never see the like of again. It is gold! It has been a year when

:00:51. > :00:53.

:00:53. > :01:01.the entire nation glory it, swept up in a mass movement of support.

:01:01. > :01:07.Everyone, everywhere, gripped by the drama. It is a year we do not

:01:07. > :01:12.want to end, but it must end, and as it draws to a close, we can look

:01:12. > :01:17.back at the sporting story of this incredible year. It is up to you to

:01:17. > :01:27.make the most difficult sporting decision of the Mall, who to choose

:01:27. > :01:51.

:01:51. > :01:55.as the 2012 BBC Sports Personality There is a truth to sport, a purity,

:01:55. > :02:05.drama and intensity, a spirit which makes it irresistible to take part

:02:05. > :02:19.

:02:19. > :02:22.in, and irresistible to watch. This # If no one ever hears it how we

:02:22. > :02:25.gonna learn your song? # So come, on come on Come on, come

:02:25. > :02:28.# You've got a heart as loud as lions

:02:28. > :02:32.# So why let your voice be tamed? # Baby we're a little different

:02:32. > :02:34.# There's no need to be ashamed # You've got the light to fight the

:02:34. > :02:42.shadows # So stop hiding it away

:02:42. > :02:49.# Come on, Come on # I wanna sing, I wanna shout

:02:49. > :02:54.# I wanna scream till the words dry # So put it in all of the papers,

:02:55. > :03:03.# I'm not afraid they can read all about it

:03:03. > :03:13.# Read all about it # Oh oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh

:03:13. > :03:20.

:03:20. > :03:30.oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh # At night we're waking up the

:03:30. > :03:45.

:03:45. > :03:54.neighbours # While we sing away the blues

:03:54. > :04:04.# Making sure that we remember yeah # And now we are finally finding

:04:04. > :04:08.

:04:08. > :04:16.# I wanna sing, I wanna shout # I wanna scream till the words dry

:04:16. > :04:20.# So put it in all of the papers, # I'm not afraid they can read all

:04:20. > :04:23.about it # Read all about it

:04:23. > :04:33.# Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh- oh-oh oh-oh-oh

:04:33. > :04:45.

:04:45. > :04:53.# I wanna sing, I wanna shout # I wanna scream till the words dry

:04:53. > :05:00.# So put it in all of the papers # I'm not afraid they can read all

:05:01. > :05:10.about it # Read all about it

:05:11. > :05:14.

:05:14. > :05:18.# Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh. Oh-oh-oh Emeli Sande, ladies and gentlemen.

:05:18. > :05:28.Tar and now to welcome your hosts for this very special evening, Sue

:05:28. > :05:51.

:05:51. > :06:01.Barker, Clare Balding and Gary Thank you very much and welcome to

:06:01. > :06:02.

:06:02. > :06:07.the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, live from the ExCeL in London.

:06:07. > :06:11.It has been a magnificent sporting year, and tonight, we will

:06:11. > :06:15.celebrate the never-ending success story which has been 2012. It is

:06:15. > :06:18.the 59th you of the awards, but this is by far the biggest show in

:06:18. > :06:24.its history. It is a privilege to be joined by so many of the

:06:24. > :06:28.athletes who have made this year so special. It is also wonderful to be

:06:28. > :06:33.joined by all of you at home, as well as by the 16,000 people here

:06:33. > :06:38.in this arena. This place hosted so many events during the Olympics,

:06:38. > :06:44.under this roof. And with this crowd, we have got to watch those

:06:44. > :06:47.rafters! Over the next 2.5 hours, we will be looking back on the

:06:47. > :06:51.moments which brought the country together. We will be giving out

:06:51. > :06:55.eight awards, with the highlight being the crowning of the BBC

:06:55. > :07:03.Sports Personality of the Year for 2012. But who will that be? It is

:07:03. > :07:08.the toughest of decisions. First, let's bring on the main prize, with

:07:08. > :07:12.the main man from last year. Marching alongside some of the

:07:12. > :07:17.stars from the summer, including some of the Games Makers, and

:07:17. > :07:27.members of the Armed Forces, please welcome cycling sprint king Mark

:07:27. > :07:27.

:07:27. > :08:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:08:35. > :08:41.How special was winning that for you last year? It was incredible.

:08:41. > :08:45.You know, you can work towards anything in your sport, and the

:08:45. > :08:50.goal is winning at the end of it. But this award is special because

:08:50. > :08:54.it is bestowed upon you, it has been voted for by the public. That

:08:54. > :08:59.is like something which you cannot measure yourself, it means so much

:09:00. > :09:05.to you. It is great to watch your back, Mark, and also great to see

:09:05. > :09:09.all of you here tonight. We are delighted to have with us 500 out

:09:09. > :09:19.of the 70,000 volunteers who were among the heroes of the summer.

:09:19. > :09:37.

:09:37. > :09:41.Ladies and gentlemen, the Olympic Thank you so much all of you for

:09:41. > :09:44.being here, and for wearing your magnificent uniforms. But now, let

:09:44. > :09:47.us meet the contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, as

:09:47. > :09:50.well as revealing those all- important numbers that you will be

:09:50. > :09:58.needing for later to pick your winner. The lines will not be open

:09:58. > :10:02.until we have revealed all of the 12 contenders. One of these stars

:10:02. > :10:12.will be crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. To vote

:10:12. > :10:12.

:10:12. > :13:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:13:00. > :13:06.Good evening, Mr Bond. Good evening. So, from the Queen to Mr Bean,

:13:06. > :13:09.Danny Boyle's Opening Ceremony had it all. It also had a special guest

:13:09. > :13:13.appearance from a cyclist who kicked off Britain's some more of

:13:13. > :13:17.success. First, he created history on the streets of France, before

:13:17. > :13:24.burning up the streets of London. What a year it has been for Brad

:13:24. > :13:26.Wiggins. I told a teacher at school that I wanted to wear the yellow

:13:26. > :13:32.jersey in the Tour de France and I wanted to be the Olympic champion.

:13:32. > :13:38.She told me I was mad. Life is a journey for us all, and not

:13:38. > :13:47.everybody goes the same way. Kids from London to knock over go on to

:13:47. > :13:51.win the Tour the France. Everything was coming right. Being different

:13:51. > :13:59.has never bothered him. He enjoys being different, and he loves

:13:59. > :14:03.nothing more than proving people wrong. You are nothing without a

:14:03. > :14:09.strong team behind you. Every one of those guys, including Chris

:14:09. > :14:19.Froome, played their part. They said a Briton could not win the

:14:19. > :14:19.

:14:19. > :14:23.Tour the France. A track cyclist - no chance. Prove them wrong, Brad.

:14:23. > :14:30.I house and the Tour de France, didn't I? Brilliant. He did it his

:14:30. > :14:34.way, with style. We're just going to draw the raffle numbers now. And

:14:34. > :14:41.I did not even have a drink inside me when I did that. But no time to

:14:41. > :14:46.celebrate, not yet. My child needed the toilet, and that was right back

:14:46. > :14:51.down to earth, with a bang. They said you could not win the Tour the

:14:51. > :14:57.France and Olympic gold in the same year. Prove them wrong, Brad.

:14:57. > :15:01.will never forget it, it was a year to be British, really, wasn't it?

:15:01. > :15:08.You see, this story is about more than winning races, this is about a

:15:08. > :15:13.moment in history which a generation will remember for ever.

:15:13. > :15:18.That is it now, it is never going to get any better than that.

:15:18. > :15:28.2012, the colours were all yellow and gold for Britain's cycling

:15:28. > :15:55.

:15:55. > :16:00.superstar. Please welcome Bradley I was handing you the microphone,

:16:00. > :16:03.not the trophy. I know, it's Mark Cavendish's. Never mind. It was

:16:03. > :16:09.such an amazing year and you made history becoming the first Briton

:16:09. > :16:14.to win the Tour de France? Look, Susan, it was brilliant. Incredible.

:16:14. > :16:17.I mean, just looking at that now, you know what I mean, I feel

:16:17. > :16:22.embarrassed because so many other people played a part of this

:16:22. > :16:29.sporting year and I don't say that just to brown-nose everybody, it

:16:29. > :16:36.was incredible. I'm sat behind David Weir over there and I'm

:16:36. > :16:40.saying to Kath, and sat by Chris act boo si and I'm sat by my wife

:16:40. > :16:44.and saying it's phenomenal. What an evening. We were stood in the bar

:16:44. > :16:48.before and some of the sporting faces of 2012, it was incredible.

:16:48. > :16:51.I'll never forget it. But come on, you made history. No-one thought

:16:51. > :16:56.Britain would win the Tour de France and you did it, dominated

:16:56. > :17:02.from stage seven? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:17:02. > :17:05.I'll say it if you won't! But, you know, look, cycling is a

:17:05. > :17:14.team sport and I couldn't have done it without the team that I had

:17:14. > :17:18.behind me. The team of riders and the personnel behind the team as

:17:18. > :17:22.well. I mean, all the athletes will know here tonight that we are not

:17:22. > :17:26.alone with what we do, it's the people behind us that make it

:17:26. > :17:31.happen. At the end of the day, we are just the athletes. That sounds

:17:31. > :17:37.really demeaning to what divo, but there is an incredible team of

:17:37. > :17:44.people behind every athlete -- what we do, but there is an incredible

:17:44. > :17:47.team of people. An incredible team? Yes, including Gary Lineker with

:17:47. > :17:54.the make-up! Incredible team behind him!

:17:54. > :17:58.I knew this was going to be hard! But you talk about the team. At the

:17:58. > :18:04.Olympics, it was all you because that was... No, it wasn't just me.

:18:04. > :18:08.I was on the first day, Susan, so I was very fortunate because we were

:18:08. > :18:13.waiting for that gold medal and the ladies produced it in the morning

:18:13. > :18:19.and I was lucky enough to produce in the afternoon. It was incredible.

:18:19. > :18:22.It started the ball rolling. If I'd stood here tonight as the only gold

:18:22. > :18:28.medallist, it would mean nothing, it was what happened afterwards

:18:28. > :18:33.with that and the Paralympics which made everyone in the room here

:18:33. > :18:39.tonight be here. Come on, Susan, that's what it's all about.

:18:39. > :18:42.Yes. You are being very modest. Wiggo-mania's hit the nation and

:18:42. > :18:46.you have got people cycling. From Susan to Bradley, congratulations

:18:46. > :18:56.and good luck tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Bradley Wiggins!

:18:56. > :19:09.

:19:09. > :19:13.The year the sporting world came to us. Non-Paralympic arrows Adrian

:19:14. > :19:18.Lewis, Christian kissed the roadwork from Holland in Frimley

:19:19. > :19:23.Green. There was sport in other places, Victoria Azarenka in

:19:23. > :19:26.Melbourne. A third Australian title for Novak

:19:26. > :19:31.Djokovic. Against Australians, a Third World

:19:31. > :19:36.club challenge title for the Leeds Rhinos.

:19:37. > :19:40.Cricket's offering in this one- dayer, not so wonderful at first

:19:40. > :19:48.against Pakistan. They than Cleverly successfully

:19:48. > :19:53.defending his world title in Cardiff -- Nathan Cleverly.

:19:54. > :19:58.The League Cup. More than �67 million raised for Sport Relief.

:19:58. > :20:02.Kilmarnock winning the Scottish League Cup for the first time,

:20:02. > :20:08.something new. Nothing new here, AP McCoy winning

:20:08. > :20:12.the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Synchronised and on his way to a

:20:12. > :20:15.17th consecutive jockey title. Bradley made reference to it

:20:15. > :20:19.earlier. Everywhere you look tonight, there are stars and these

:20:19. > :20:25.men started the year in style. March was the month when they again

:20:25. > :20:32.celebrated the Grand Slam. The Six Nations - where will the

:20:33. > :20:37.drama come from this year? We are off an running...

:20:38. > :20:47.Dramatic. Controversial. He begins the regime with a victory. Wales

:20:48. > :21:04.

:21:05. > :21:10.Not good enough. The dream at the Crossroads. No try. Wales have come

:21:11. > :21:20.away with the honours. Four of the five pieces of the jig jigsaw now

:21:21. > :21:22.

:21:22. > :21:25.in place. Wales have won the Grand Slam. It's been a belter. Three

:21:26. > :21:29.Grand Slams in eight years for Wales, great stuff. But in terms of

:21:29. > :21:34.the numbers game, this man has one of the best records around. He

:21:34. > :21:37.struck gold for a fourth time in succession to become the most

:21:37. > :21:41.successful sailor in Olympic history, I'm talking of course

:21:41. > :21:45.about Big Ben Ainsley. I enjoy the sport I do. It's

:21:45. > :21:51.something I've always wanted to do and I'm thankful I've been

:21:51. > :21:53.successful. He is the greatest sailor in the world. You are there

:21:53. > :22:00.racing, you are in the Olympic Games, you have the crowd there,

:22:00. > :22:06.the level of expectation is much more obvious. Ben ains hi is yet to

:22:06. > :22:13.beat -- Ainsley is yet to beat Christiansen. Christiansen is

:22:13. > :22:16.extending his lead. And Ben Ainslie is doing a penalty turn. We were

:22:16. > :22:20.two guys who thought we'd hit the mark. At that point, they were

:22:20. > :22:24.looking for anything they could get to hold me back and that's the

:22:24. > :22:29.problem with being the favourite. Made a big mistake because I'm

:22:29. > :22:33.angry and he didn't want to make me angry.

:22:33. > :22:37.Ainsley is reeling the man from Denmark in where it matters. The

:22:37. > :22:41.fight is absolutely still on. Something needed to change and I

:22:41. > :22:45.needed to be more aggressive. It gave me fuel to get fired up.

:22:45. > :22:50.going to try and give him some dirty air and push him back.

:22:50. > :22:54.have to try and take things into your own hands as much as possible.

:22:54. > :22:58.The Batam of the bay is heading close to shore on Sunday. I got

:22:58. > :23:03.myself back to within two points, so it was whoever beat who in the

:23:03. > :23:07.final race. All our hearts are beating a little quicker. When you

:23:07. > :23:15.are racing, you can't have any emotions, you have to get the job

:23:15. > :23:18.done. He's it. He's the greatest sailing Olympian. Things sink in

:23:18. > :23:22.over 24-48-hours. I'm really proud of what I've achieved in the

:23:22. > :23:31.Olympics, four golds and one silver, you know, I would never have dreamt

:23:31. > :23:37.I would achieve that as a youngster. Big Ben was right on time again at

:23:37. > :23:47.the Olympics. Please welcome, Ben Ainslie.

:23:47. > :24:18.

:24:18. > :24:24.It's gone out! Thank you very much, Ben, you take that while my make-up

:24:24. > :24:28.is melting! Thanks, Bradley!

:24:28. > :24:33.The greatest sailor in Olympic history. That's quite phenomenal,

:24:33. > :24:38.four Olympic golds over a long stretch of time. How do you sustain

:24:38. > :24:42.the ability to keep competing? Well, yes, I mean, I do feel pretty

:24:42. > :24:46.old when you talk about the length of time I've been in the Olympics

:24:46. > :24:51.for, but as Brad was saying, it's about a team and you have got to

:24:51. > :24:56.have the right people behind you to keep you going and to stay fit and

:24:56. > :25:00.healthy. Sailing's also a sport that is really excited because of

:25:00. > :25:05.its diversity and there's always a new challenge out there. You had

:25:05. > :25:08.plenty of challenges this particular year. You seem a

:25:08. > :25:12.pragmatic character, but that Dane made you angry didn't he, he made

:25:12. > :25:16.you cross. Did that really make a difference to you? Yes, it did

:25:16. > :25:20.because, to be honest, I was struggling half way through that

:25:20. > :25:24.event, I wasn't sailing that well, I wasn't that fast and I needed

:25:24. > :25:29.something to fire me up and get me going and that worked. So whilst

:25:29. > :25:33.I've taken a lot of flak for it since about the "Don't make me

:25:33. > :25:37.angry" comment, it changed my Olympics. You have said that's it,

:25:38. > :25:41.but we heard another bloke in a boat say that and he went on for

:25:41. > :25:45.another five. Any chance you might change your mind? I don't think so.

:25:45. > :25:52.I haven't retired from sailing totally, you know, there is an

:25:52. > :25:57.event called the Americas Cup which started around the Isle of Wight in

:25:57. > :26:00.185 1 and we've never won that and it's about time we brought it back.

:26:00. > :26:03.APPLAUSE Absolutely.

:26:04. > :26:08.Don't forget though, Rio is a lovely place, beautiful sailing

:26:08. > :26:18.water around there, so you may change your mind! Ladies and

:26:18. > :26:18.

:26:18. > :27:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:27:13. > :27:18.gentlemen, Ben Ainslie.-Thank The Paralympic Games here in London

:27:18. > :27:23.were immense. You bought tickets in record numbers.. The quality of

:27:23. > :27:28.sport and depth of talent has never been greater. It means to win at

:27:28. > :27:31.successive Paralympic Games, you have to keep on improving and this

:27:32. > :27:38.sensational swimmer did just that. It's Ellie Simmonds.

:27:38. > :27:45.Four years ago, I was just a child. I was 13. Comment she won't be able

:27:45. > :27:50.to believe that. There was no expectation, no prosh sure, I was

:27:50. > :27:53.just having fun -- pressure. London was a bit different. When

:27:53. > :27:57.everyone's looking at you behind the starting block, there Eastons

:27:57. > :28:04.of pressure from the family and the whole country. Pressure from your

:28:04. > :28:14.competitors. But most of all, from yourself. What did I do about it? I

:28:14. > :28:21.

:28:21. > :28:27.5am starts, length after length, all that hard work. Oh yeah and

:28:27. > :28:32.there was school as well. I missed my family, my mates, but I'm not

:28:32. > :28:37.complaining. I enjoyed every second of it. When you line up at the

:28:37. > :28:45.start of a race and everyone's looking at you, you've done

:28:45. > :28:49.everything you can to prepare, the pressure just goes. They are

:28:49. > :28:53.absolutely neck and neck. Here comes Ellie. She's gone past the

:28:53. > :29:01.American. She's unbeatable. An enormous world record. London 2012

:29:01. > :29:08.was different. People expected me to win. It was exhausting. She has

:29:08. > :29:15.won gold again! It was emotional. There is nothing this amazing girl

:29:15. > :29:21.cannot do. It was worth every day of training. And do you know what,

:29:21. > :29:31.it was so much fun. She's a triumphant teenager, ladies

:29:31. > :30:08.

:30:08. > :30:12.Listen to that, look at that. You are sensational, and they love you.

:30:12. > :30:17.Everybody loves you. You must feel as if you have lived an amazing

:30:17. > :30:22.sporting life, and you're just 18. Yes, a age is only a number. If you

:30:23. > :30:26.want to go and achieve something, you can do that. But to be in the

:30:27. > :30:32.top 12, with so many great athletes, and to be in this room with so many

:30:32. > :30:36.amazing people, it is a great honour. But you deserve it. You won

:30:36. > :30:43.four medals in London, two of them gold. We saw the determination on

:30:43. > :30:52.your face. It was so hard. I have got that rivalry with Victoria as

:30:53. > :30:58.well. She broke my world record, so I knew there was a lot of pressure.

:30:58. > :31:04.I thrive on pressure, however, it drives me forward, so that was good.

:31:04. > :31:07.What impact do you think you have had on people your age and younger

:31:07. > :31:14.made and I think it shows that you can do it at any age, if you want

:31:14. > :31:17.to achieve something. Especially with the Paralympics, having three

:31:17. > :31:24.Paralympians in the top 12, I don't think that has ever happened before.

:31:24. > :31:28.It shows how much the Paralympic legacy has had such a big effect.

:31:29. > :31:34.Yours was the image which was on the billboards, you lived up to

:31:34. > :31:44.that. You're fantastic. Well done to Ellie Simmonds, the third and

:31:44. > :32:05.

:32:05. > :32:09.The phone lines will open later in the show. Ellie is a past winner of

:32:09. > :32:16.the Young Sports Personality of the Year, and that was back in 2008.

:32:16. > :32:26.Joining us now, one young man who has won it three tonnes, Tom Daley,

:32:26. > :32:46.

:32:46. > :32:50.Wonderful to see you both here. Tom, we have got to ask you, the

:32:50. > :32:56.pressure of standing on the top of the platform, knowing you had to do

:32:56. > :32:59.that dive to get an Olympic medal - tell us about it. It is terrifying.

:32:59. > :33:04.It is one of those moments way you have to put into practice all of

:33:04. > :33:08.the training you have done and just give it your best shot. I just went

:33:08. > :33:12.out there and had no regrets at the end of the day. I was over the moon

:33:12. > :33:17.with the bronze medal, as you can see. What did it mean to you and to

:33:17. > :33:22.your family to win that Olympic medal? It is not just you, like

:33:22. > :33:26.Bradley said, it is not just you that is competing, it is the

:33:26. > :33:30.support system behind you, coaches, massage therapists,

:33:30. > :33:35.physiotherapists, and most of all, family and friends. It has been a

:33:35. > :33:40.tough couple of years, and a tough journey to get to the Olympic Games,

:33:40. > :33:44.but it means a great deal for me and my family. Ian Thorpe, before

:33:44. > :33:53.this year, everybody said Sydney was the greatest Olympics. You were

:33:53. > :34:00.in London - what did you think? Do not feel intimidated! Clearly, I am

:34:00. > :34:03.intimidated. I have to get home tonight! London was great neat

:34:03. > :34:10.exceptional Olympic Games. The comparison between Sydney and

:34:10. > :34:19.London is valid. Sydney was called the greatest Games ever, and London

:34:19. > :34:24.was extraordinary, but... An Australian at heart, come on.

:34:25. > :34:30.don't think he is going to answer this question. We have got a time

:34:30. > :34:34.line here! And we will move on! The Young Sports Personality of the

:34:34. > :34:42.Year has been chosen by the BBC panel, and they came up with these

:34:42. > :34:52.three contenders. 16-year-old Jessica-Jane Applegate set a new

:34:52. > :34:57.world record on her way to gold in the Paralympic pool. Sheikh won

:34:57. > :35:04.just a month after undergoing an operation on her foot. 15-year-old

:35:04. > :35:12.Josef Craig was Britain's youngest gold medallist at the Olympic Games.

:35:12. > :35:17.He smashed his own world record. 16-year-old Manchester gymnast

:35:17. > :35:23.Rebecca Tunney became the British all-round champion in 2012. Then,

:35:23. > :35:28.she finished 13th in the individual all-round event, as well as helping

:35:28. > :35:34.her team finish sixth. Exceptional talent. Tom, can you do the

:35:34. > :35:44.honours? I can indeed. The winner of Young Sports Personality of the

:35:44. > :36:07.

:36:08. > :36:13.Year is... Josef Craig. They would all like to hear a few

:36:13. > :36:16.words from you. I am not going to keep you too long, because I know

:36:16. > :36:23.there is a schedule. I will just say what I have to say and not

:36:23. > :36:28.rumble. I would just like to say a big thank you to everybody who was

:36:28. > :36:33.involved in me getting that award. It was a big shock. I did not

:36:33. > :36:37.expect it. So, that was just an amazing part of my life. I would

:36:37. > :36:47.just like to thank first of all my mum and dad.

:36:47. > :36:48.

:36:48. > :36:51.APPLAUSE along with the rest of my family and friends, and next, I

:36:51. > :36:58.would like to thank John Atkinson, the performance director of British

:36:58. > :37:03.women. -- of British Swimming. And I would

:37:03. > :37:07.also finally like to thank my friends at British Swimming and the

:37:07. > :37:12.rest of the staff there, many of whom are still in Dubai training

:37:12. > :37:22.hard, which is where I have just come back from. Ladies and

:37:22. > :37:32.

:37:32. > :37:38.Football, and the race for the Premier League title was, as you

:37:38. > :37:46.may recall, pretty dramatic. Sunday May 13th was a day when a city was

:37:46. > :37:49.united in the beautiful game, which had the most unbelievable outcome.

:37:49. > :37:55.Is this the day? Very nervous, cautiously optimistic.

:37:55. > :38:01.COMMENTATOR: Who is going to be over the moon? I could not see

:38:01. > :38:07.Manchester City getting beat. It was always an outside chance. It is

:38:07. > :38:17.United, anything can happen. You never write United off. You do that

:38:17. > :38:27.at your peril. United always come good at the end. When Zabaleta

:38:27. > :38:29.

:38:29. > :38:39.COMMENTATOR: Queens Park Rangers have the lead! Another incredible

:38:39. > :38:42.

:38:42. > :38:49.twist! Typical City, that is what they are saying. The game was in

:38:49. > :38:54.the bag, and we thought it was over. There was maybe a minute left in

:38:54. > :39:03.the game. Manchester United have won but they are still playing at

:39:03. > :39:10.Eastlands. Something was telling me that City was going to get the

:39:10. > :39:20.winner. Grown men were nearly bursting into tears. It felt like

:39:20. > :39:20.

:39:20. > :39:28.the world was literally running in slow motion. I was absolutely

:39:29. > :39:34.gutted. Did that just happen? I thought the world had ended.

:39:34. > :39:38.Unbelievable. COMMENTATOR: an amazing day, the

:39:38. > :39:48.like of which we have never seen. Ladies and gentlemen, please

:39:48. > :39:49.

:39:49. > :40:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:40:34. > :40:37.welcome Premier League winners You can turn around, thank you.

:40:37. > :40:42.Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming. We thought we would lay on

:40:42. > :40:48.that reception, even in London, for you. Vincent, you made your fans

:40:48. > :40:53.suffer on that day, after 44 years, and you must have had doubts?

:40:53. > :40:57.you're never sure that you're going to win, when you need two more

:40:57. > :41:03.goals. But I guess like all of the people we have seen here tonight,

:41:03. > :41:08.the people that are getting on it here tonight, we kept believing.

:41:08. > :41:13.And luckily, we did the right thing, and over was so grateful to this

:41:13. > :41:18.guy for scoring the goal. He is not happy speaking English, so we're

:41:18. > :41:28.going to do it in Spanish. I am going to try to help. Just describe

:41:28. > :41:29.

:41:29. > :41:39.your emotions that you went through in that particular moment...

:41:39. > :41:42.

:41:42. > :41:45.APPLAUSE He said it was all right! No, he said it was a very special

:41:45. > :41:49.moment. He could not quite believe it, but it was a moment to remember.

:41:49. > :41:53.Vincent, finally, it looks like it could be a Manchester thing once

:41:53. > :41:57.again this season - you would settle for the same result late and

:41:57. > :42:02.yes, it will be difficult, but there are still so many Games to

:42:02. > :42:12.play. Things will fall into place, I'm sure. Thank you very much for

:42:12. > :42:28.

:42:28. > :42:33.coming in. We are delighted you We celebrate a success story from

:42:33. > :42:35.Eton Dorney. And we salute a cycling superstar. The history of

:42:35. > :42:42.British sport is punctuated by brothers in arms, quite often in

:42:42. > :42:45.the same team, or coming up against each other. The latest sibling

:42:45. > :42:50.superstars are Jonathan and Alistair, winners of gold and

:42:50. > :42:54.bronze in the triathlon in Hyde Park. Alistair, you seemed to be

:42:54. > :42:59.loving every minute of it. quite all of it, triathlons are

:42:59. > :43:02.quite hard work. You cannot really enjoy it during the race, but the

:43:02. > :43:06.crowd was fantastic, which made it for both of us. We will never be

:43:06. > :43:10.able to experience anything like that again. What about having your

:43:10. > :43:15.brother not too far behind? Once he fell a bit further behind, it was

:43:15. > :43:20.OK. In the early stages, when he was right behind me, it was not so

:43:20. > :43:24.much fun! I am not sure that we like him very much, do we? Well

:43:24. > :43:29.done to you, by the way, for winning the world Championships

:43:29. > :43:39.recently in New Zealand. Thank you. Do you always follow his lead, when

:43:39. > :43:40.

:43:40. > :43:44.you are training? Yes, and it normally goes wrong. This morning,

:43:44. > :43:48.we went for a little run before we came here, like triathletes do, and

:43:48. > :43:52.he thought he knew where he was going, somewhere in west London,

:43:52. > :43:56.and we got completely lost. About two hours later, we were still

:43:56. > :44:02.quite a long way from home. He does not get lost, he just does not know

:44:02. > :44:05.where to go. I need to learn. In the new year, and going to say, I

:44:05. > :44:09.am never going to listen to him again, because I keep getting lost.

:44:09. > :44:14.We are going to be enjoying your exploits in triathlon for many

:44:14. > :44:18.years to come. The Brownlee brothers! In 1936, Fred Perry

:44:18. > :44:22.triumphed at Wimbledon and in the US Open. Back then, it would have

:44:22. > :44:30.been unthinkable that Britain would have to wait 76 years for the next

:44:30. > :44:35.male Grand Slam Singles champion. Well, in 2012, we finally had a

:44:35. > :44:41.special talent serving up the ultimate prize. First, the Olympic

:44:41. > :44:51.title, and then, after all the hurt, there was Major glory for Andy

:44:51. > :44:55.

:44:55. > :44:59.The US Open final. I went for a bathroom break. Anxious moments for

:44:59. > :45:04.the British player. In that moment, I was thinking about having lost in

:45:04. > :45:08.finals before. Just dominated, Andy Murray, tore him apart. I always

:45:08. > :45:14.felt like I had to prove something to myself.

:45:14. > :45:19.I had to prove something to the other players. I can cry like Roger,

:45:19. > :45:24.it's a shame I can't play like him. I knew how it felt after losing in

:45:24. > :45:27.Wimbledon. I knew how hard that was. The support's been incredible, so

:45:27. > :45:33.thank you. I didn't want to let it happen

:45:33. > :45:43.again. The Olympics, I was just thinking about what happened at

:45:43. > :45:44.

:45:44. > :45:54.Wimbledon, was I going to be able to win this one? Winning the gold

:45:54. > :45:56.

:45:56. > :46:01.medal was an incredible feeling. The US Open final, I let the lead

:46:01. > :46:06.slip. There was doubts. No-one had ever lost their first five Grand

:46:06. > :46:14.Slam finals. I told myself out loud that I wasn't going to let this

:46:14. > :46:20.happen. Splashing water on my face. Murray's there again. It's amazing,

:46:20. > :46:27.it's amazing, absolutely staggering. I said, I'm going to go out there

:46:27. > :46:33.and give it everything. Murray gets a double break in the final set.

:46:33. > :46:40.Murray for the US Open. Oh, my goodness, he's gone and done it. He

:46:40. > :46:44.done it the hard way. Pure relief at that moment. Can't believe he's

:46:44. > :46:47.done it. But he has. It was just my time.

:46:47. > :46:52.He's training in Miami getting ready for the new season. I'm

:46:52. > :47:02.delighted to say that he's taken some time out to join us here this

:47:02. > :47:02.

:47:02. > :47:08.evening. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:47:08. > :47:12.Big ovation for you here, Andy. I know you are in-between training

:47:12. > :47:16.sessions so thank you very much for joining us. I've been talking about

:47:16. > :47:20.Fred Perry like the 76 years of hurt. You, like no other player,

:47:20. > :47:25.have had that thrown at you time and time again. Did you ever feel

:47:25. > :47:31.the pressure to deliver? Yes, I felt it a few times. It's been a

:47:31. > :47:36.long road, the last few years, to finally get to the winning the

:47:36. > :47:40.Grand Slam. I've had a lot of tough losss and I had myself questioned a

:47:40. > :47:44.lot of times, I got asked about the 75 years that it's been since a

:47:44. > :47:48.British man had won a Grand Slam. It was nice to finally put that to

:47:48. > :47:52.rest and now I can just move on with the rest of my career.

:47:52. > :47:56.You had to do it the hard way though, didn't you, you had to beat

:47:56. > :48:00.Novak Djokovic in a five-set thriller. It was a really brutal

:48:01. > :48:05.match. What was going through your head, that final game search

:48:05. > :48:11.serving for the Grand Slam? It's hard to explain. I mean, it's still

:48:11. > :48:15.a little bit of a blur. I'd never been in that position before and I

:48:15. > :48:19.think I'd built it up so much in my head that actually when it came to

:48:19. > :48:24.the moment to do it, I didn't actually find it that bad and I

:48:24. > :48:28.can't remember exactly what happened the last game. I was

:48:28. > :48:38.incredibly relieved to win. I remember I also stood up to serve

:48:38. > :48:41.on the wrong side on one of the points. I was out of focus and

:48:41. > :48:46.extremely nervous. It was an amazing feeling to finally do it

:48:46. > :48:50.and I can't remember too much about the last game. I'll tell you, after

:48:50. > :48:54.76 years, 287 Grand Slams, thank you very much for that! I'll take

:48:54. > :48:58.you back to earlier in the summer. It was a different Wimbledon final,

:48:58. > :49:03.wasn't it? The speech, which I know you found very hard to deliver,

:49:03. > :49:08.after the Wimbledon final, but then your response... That was your

:49:08. > :49:12.fault! APPLAUSE. You should have kept the

:49:12. > :49:16.microphone, it was your fault for handing it to me!

:49:17. > :49:20.When you did speak, it really did move a lot of people as well, even

:49:20. > :49:25.though it did take you a while. Your response coming back in the

:49:25. > :49:29.Olympic final. That's some of the best tennis I've ever seen by any

:49:29. > :49:34.player to beat Federer after losing seven games. Was that the best

:49:34. > :49:40.you'd ever played? I think so. I think having lost that Wimbledon

:49:40. > :49:44.final and having that experience of playing against Roger on that court,

:49:44. > :49:47.definitely helped me going into the Olympics and also just the whole

:49:47. > :49:54.momentum of what had happened the night before I was watching on the

:49:54. > :49:58.TV when Jess ennecessary, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford won their golds

:49:58. > :50:00.that Saturday night, it was just a huge, huge boost.

:50:00. > :50:04.APPLAUSE It's been an amazing year. Olympic

:50:04. > :50:08.gold and a Grand Slam title as well. Well done on that and good luck

:50:08. > :50:18.tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Andy Murray.

:50:18. > :50:36.

:50:36. > :50:41.Thank you. Tim Bailey and Adrian stot. Looking

:50:41. > :50:44.good for Great Britain. Such great strength. This could be a medal run

:50:44. > :50:53.for Great Britain. Still out in front. Great Britain are flying

:50:53. > :51:03.here. Oh, my goodness. Through the finish line. They are the Olympic

:51:03. > :51:08.

:51:08. > :51:12.champions. Absolutely brilliant. It's gold for the quiet man. It was

:51:12. > :51:19.the best ever canoeing medal haul and the same was true for the

:51:19. > :51:25.rowers. The Boat Race. They man the thwarts, their arms strained to the

:51:25. > :51:29.oars, strange, they await the signal while throbbing fear and

:51:29. > :51:36.eager passion for glory drain each bounding heart. The final chapter

:51:36. > :51:42.of what's been a remarkable story is now under way. Then, when the

:51:42. > :51:47.clear trumpet sounded, all at once shot forth from their starting

:51:47. > :51:51.places. The mariner shouts "Strike the heavens" as arms are drawn back,

:51:51. > :51:56.the waters turned into foam. They are making history here. They

:51:56. > :52:01.cleave the furrows abreast and all the sea gapes open up torn by the

:52:01. > :52:05.oars and triple pointed beaks. Great Britain are going to be the

:52:05. > :52:10.Olympic champions in the men's four and we done it in style! With such

:52:10. > :52:17.head long speed in the two-horse chariot race, do the cars seize the

:52:17. > :52:21.plane and dart forth from their stalls. They are now the Olympic

:52:21. > :52:30.champions. And they have just been glorious!

:52:30. > :52:40.Then, with applause and shouts of men and zealous cries of partisans,

:52:40. > :52:42.the whole woodland rings and the hills smitten, echo back.

:52:42. > :52:47.Amazing achievements by all the rowers. At the moix, Great

:52:48. > :52:54.Britain's team blew the rest out of the water -- at the Olympics. Women

:52:54. > :52:59.struck gold and for one crew member, a silver cloud was finally dispered.

:52:59. > :53:05.Alongside Anna Watkins, 2012 brought golden jubilation for

:53:05. > :53:09.Katherine Grainger. Great Britain have taken silver.

:53:09. > :53:12.They left it that bit too late to come back.

:53:12. > :53:16.Another silver. Utter disappointment for Katherine

:53:16. > :53:19.Grainger. I definitely considered very

:53:19. > :53:28.seriously retiring after Beijing. It was such a massive

:53:28. > :53:32.disappointment. I decided four more years, yes. The first time we tryed

:53:32. > :53:39.the double together was the training camp in January in 2010.

:53:39. > :53:45.mean it was genuinely in seconds, I thought yes, it's special. We get

:53:45. > :53:49.one chance, it's one take. You start on that starting line, the

:53:49. > :53:52.gun goes. A life could be defined in the next six-and-a-half minutes.

:53:52. > :53:58.Great Britain on a mission. Imagine what's going through their minds

:53:58. > :54:02.here. OK, guys, let's do this, let's finish the story! I was

:54:02. > :54:07.pretty confident early on that the race was going exactly to plan, but

:54:07. > :54:11.Katherine was gritting her teeth. needed to cross the line and have

:54:11. > :54:16.it done, definitely, before I could even open the door to the emotions.

:54:16. > :54:20.What we are seeing right now is that dreams do come true.

:54:20. > :54:24.You look up, you see thousands of people celebrating with you.

:54:24. > :54:34.the crowd are going mad! There is so much between us at that moment

:54:34. > :54:40.that was unsaid, we believed in each other and we did it. It was

:54:40. > :54:45.unbelievable. I cannot believe that dream had just come true.

:54:45. > :54:55.Our rowers are here in force and so too is our next contender. She's a

:54:55. > :54:55.

:54:55. > :55:47.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:55:47. > :55:52.skuller and a scholar, it's Wow. Thank you. They so admire you

:55:52. > :55:57.and it's because you are the modern day Robert the Bruce. If at first

:55:57. > :56:03.you don't succeed, try, try and try again. Without the beard and the

:56:03. > :56:07.cave. Yes. It was worth it. Yes, you know, sport ultimately is about

:56:07. > :56:13.spirit and challenge and heart and getting knocked down and coming

:56:13. > :56:18.back up and having a fight and having a dream. Sometimes you get

:56:18. > :56:24.the perfect set-up. You know, this year it was the home crowd, the

:56:24. > :56:28.home Olympics, this is the best team we have ever created in rowing

:56:28. > :56:32.with the best support, the best coaches and manager and I got the

:56:32. > :56:40.dream partner. The perfect partner and Anna is here and supporting you

:56:40. > :56:45.every step of the way. APPLAUSE

:56:45. > :56:48.Such a good combination? Yes, you know what, I've tried many times

:56:49. > :56:53.and it all came true and it's because of this wonderful lady who

:56:53. > :56:57.is so modest and humble and does amazing work and I couldn't have

:56:57. > :57:01.done anything without her. We worked so hard together along with

:57:02. > :57:05.her coach, Paul, and we believed in it from the very beginning and we

:57:05. > :57:09.had wonderful sport the whole time, but we also crucially had fun. We

:57:09. > :57:13.had fun every step of the way. We always remembered why we wanted to

:57:13. > :57:15.do it, we loved the time we spent together. It was heart and passion

:57:15. > :57:18.on the day and it was about dreams coming true.

:57:18. > :57:22.I know you are still considering your future and whether you would

:57:22. > :57:26.want to go to another Olympic Games, but there is a man over there who's

:57:26. > :57:29.competed at five Olympics and five would be fine for you, would it

:57:29. > :57:35.not? I notice you put all five as my

:57:35. > :57:39.number, I wasn't sure if that was... It's a message! Yes, you know, at

:57:39. > :57:44.the moment, we are still enjoying this experience. None of us

:57:44. > :57:48.expected this incredible summer of success and enjoyment and how it

:57:48. > :57:52.lifted the nation, the Olympics and the Paralympics and we are still

:57:52. > :57:56.all in that soaking that all up and it's almost impossible to move

:57:56. > :57:59.forward right now and even think forward. I'm generally enjoying

:57:59. > :58:05.every day, feel incredibly lucky and I'm loving it. It's great to

:58:05. > :58:10.see you here. You have always been the ultimate Olympian and you are

:58:10. > :58:20.the Olympic golden girl. Thank you, Katherine Grainger.

:58:20. > :58:28.

:58:28. > :58:32.The boat race tangled with a one- swimmer protest in the Thames. Why

:58:33. > :58:40.a swarm of 37,000-strong took to the streets of London. Watson won

:58:40. > :58:43.and wept at the Masters. It would be a wonderfully wet year. Neptune

:58:43. > :58:49.Collange won the Grand National. Harlequins claimed their first

:58:49. > :58:53.premiership title while Len ter won their fird Heineken Cup title.

:58:53. > :58:58.-- Leinster. Ronnie O'Sullivan stepped up and later said he was

:58:59. > :59:03.taking a break. Steven Hendry stepped down for good. Hearts put

:59:03. > :59:07.five past Hib nz the Scottish Cup final but hit financial trouble.

:59:07. > :59:14.Rangers too demoted to the Scottish Third Division. Celtic champions of

:59:14. > :59:19.the SPL20 points clear of Rangers in second place.

:59:19. > :59:22.England's summer Brighton against the West Indies. Carl Froch IBF

:59:22. > :59:27.world champion in home town Nottingham.

:59:27. > :59:34.Kin of the turf Camelot at the Derby. -- King of the turf.

:59:34. > :59:41.King of clay, Rafael Nadal at the French Open. And the Queen of

:59:41. > :59:45.Roland Garros, Maria Sharapova. Our second award is in memory of

:59:45. > :59:48.our beloved colleague, Helen Rollason, a presenter who died 13

:59:48. > :59:54.years ago from cancer. The award recognises, courage, achievements

:59:54. > :59:58.and the ablgts to inspire others in the face of adversity -- the

:59:58. > :00:02.ability. This year's recipient has all the qualities and more. On the

:00:02. > :00:05.7th July, 005, 52 people died in the London terrorist bombings.

:00:05. > :00:15.Hundreds were injured, many were fortunate to live and some that did

:00:15. > :00:19.would see their lives change for For me, the Paralympics was a

:00:19. > :00:23.journey that I was always meant to make. You can go through the most

:00:23. > :00:29.traumatic thing in life and think that your life is over, but new

:00:29. > :00:33.dreams can come out of that. I imagine there are a lot of people

:00:33. > :00:37.who remember 6th July, London winning the bid for the Olympics

:00:37. > :00:41.and the Paralympics. I woke up the next morning, decided to have an

:00:41. > :00:45.extra 10 minutes in bed, because I had been out celebrating the night

:00:45. > :00:54.before, that London had won the Olympic bid. Went off to the

:00:54. > :01:03.station, like I normally did, and jumped on the train. I just had

:01:03. > :01:07.this white flash in front of my our eyes. Smoke everywhere, the smell

:01:07. > :01:12.of burning. All you could hear was screams. Suddenly, I saw this

:01:12. > :01:17.figure coming towards me. Her left leg was squashed into the side of

:01:17. > :01:21.the train, and her right leg, most of it was blown away. She was the

:01:21. > :01:26.most badly injured survivor on that train. It was just a question of

:01:26. > :01:36.trying to stop the bleeding. would not be here if it was not for

:01:36. > :01:37.

:01:37. > :01:44.that lady. 52 people had died that day. That I suppose made me realise

:01:44. > :01:48.that, you know, I have lost my legs, but I am here, and life carries on.

:01:48. > :01:53.Went off to Stoke Mandeville, got out of my chair, and played sitting

:01:53. > :01:58.volleyball for the first time, and absolutely fell in love with it. If

:01:58. > :02:05.you had said to me 7.5 years ago, you're going to be taking part in

:02:06. > :02:11.the Paralympics, I would have said, you are completely off your rocker.

:02:11. > :02:14.I am so proud to know her, it is unbelievable, and to see her in the

:02:14. > :02:18.Olympics has been absolutely amazing. I cannot imagine that

:02:19. > :02:22.someone can come back from what she went through, and do what she did.

:02:22. > :02:25.I truly believe that I was on that Tube train that mourning for a

:02:26. > :02:33.reason, and I believe that reason was to take part in the Paralympics.

:02:33. > :02:40.I have been lucky that I have been able to make that journey. I am

:02:40. > :02:50.delighted to be joined by Denise Lewis and PC Elizabeth kenworthy,

:02:50. > :02:50.

:02:50. > :03:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:03:53. > :04:00.to present this year's Helen I know you would love to say a few

:04:00. > :04:05.words. Firstly, it is just an absolute honour to be here tonight,

:04:05. > :04:10.collecting this award. It is absolutely unbelievable, actually,

:04:10. > :04:15.considering the year we have had. But yes, I do count myself lucky,

:04:15. > :04:20.but I survived that awful day. And I count myself lucky that I have

:04:20. > :04:25.made Britain the incredible journey over the last seven years. But I

:04:25. > :04:31.have not made it on my own, there has been a lot of people behind me,

:04:31. > :04:41.supporting me. What I would like to do is actually accept this award on

:04:41. > :04:45.

:04:45. > :04:53.behalf of them, as well. APPLAUSE that's my husband, who is

:04:53. > :04:55.wonderful, my family, my friends, the absolutely wonderful Elizabeth

:04:55. > :05:05.kenworthy for saving my life that day.

:05:05. > :05:07.

:05:07. > :05:11.APPLAUSE and actually for all the emergency services and the medical

:05:11. > :05:20.staff that day, they did so much. And obviously, I will never

:05:20. > :05:30.forget... I will never forget the 52 people that sadly lost their

:05:30. > :05:36.

:05:36. > :05:43.lives. This is definitely for them But what I would like to say is,

:05:43. > :05:47.thank you all so much for an absolutely fantastic summer.

:05:47. > :05:54.Obviously, thanks to the athletes, but thanks also to the volunteers,

:05:54. > :05:58.to the Games Makers, that made everything so special, and also,

:05:58. > :06:03.thank you to the nation of Great Britain for all your support and

:06:03. > :06:07.spirit. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the time when we need to get

:06:07. > :06:11.together, we need to remember the summer, but we need to build on

:06:11. > :06:17.this legacy that we are all talking about, and go ahead and inspire the

:06:17. > :06:27.nation. Thank you ever so much, and good night. No-one is more

:06:27. > :06:59.

:06:59. > :07:04.inspiring than you. # Listen to the sound of a drama...

:07:04. > :07:14.# I may have never felt like this before.

:07:14. > :07:27.

:07:27. > :07:37.COMMENTATOR: Looked at that time! Listen to the roar! They are

:07:37. > :07:47.

:07:47. > :07:56.Great Britain have won the gold medal! Dani King, what a triumph!

:07:56. > :08:01.Victoria Pendleton takes the gold medal! Laura Trott! Yes, our

:08:01. > :08:06.cyclists at the Olympics and Paralympics proved to be an

:08:06. > :08:12.unstoppable force. For two riders, history was made as they rewrote

:08:12. > :08:22.the record books. The summary of 2012 was all gold and smiles for

:08:22. > :08:29.

:08:29. > :08:35.It was as if all of his career, everything he had learned, was put

:08:35. > :08:42.into that final lap. Shoulder to shoulder, who is going to get it?

:08:42. > :08:52.Chris Hoy! I did not see the last 10 metres, I was jumping up and

:08:52. > :08:56.down, celebrating so much. becomes our greatest Olympian!

:08:56. > :09:03.went on a solo attack, far superior to anybody else on the day. She

:09:03. > :09:08.crossed the line, and I was like, oh, that's 11 gold medals. Sarah

:09:08. > :09:14.Storey=the modern British Paralympic record! Immensely proud.

:09:14. > :09:18.Every single event she entered, she won, in London. It is not just

:09:18. > :09:21.within cycling, it is moving from one sport to another. The drive,

:09:21. > :09:25.the determination, the professionalism, that is what has

:09:25. > :09:29.carried her through both sports. She was the star that had just come

:09:29. > :09:33.back from Barcelona with a handful of gold medals. Who would have

:09:33. > :09:41.thought that one of those years down the line, she would have been

:09:41. > :09:45.winning her 11th gold medal in London? To step into our team, it

:09:45. > :09:50.is amazing. We did not even think of her as a Paralympic athlete,

:09:50. > :09:56.because she is just as good as we are. You can put her in a Time

:09:56. > :10:03.Trial, and she will destroy me. She is just amazing. Equalling Tanni

:10:03. > :10:12.Grey-Thompson's record, Sarah will not want to be just level with

:10:12. > :10:21.somebody, she will want to go past it. Here comes Chris Hoy! The crowd

:10:21. > :10:25.are going absolutely mad! Gold- medal! The longer you spend in the

:10:25. > :10:29.sport, you realise that it is not luck, it is the ones who go out and

:10:30. > :10:35.get it. Chris Hoy is the biggest example of that. Someone who keeps

:10:35. > :10:40.working, and eventually, he will grind you down! The amount of

:10:40. > :10:44.suffering and pain that these guys will push themselves through, it is

:10:44. > :10:48.off the scale, and it sets them apart. There is nobody who trains

:10:48. > :10:55.harder. He helped me to achieve my goals. Having somebody like him

:10:55. > :11:00.doing that to you on a daily basis really drives you to be better.

:11:00. > :11:04.way that he broke Redgrave's record was quite something else. Just

:11:04. > :11:10.incredible, to be able to look up to somebody like that. Chris Hoy is

:11:10. > :11:15.a complete gentleman, he is an inspiration. Well, tonight, they

:11:15. > :11:20.are more than 10,000 miles apart, but united in success. Joining us

:11:20. > :11:30.from Perth, Australia, Sir Chris Hoy, and here in London, Sarah

:11:30. > :11:59.

:11:59. > :12:03.Sarah, we're going to start with you at the Paralympics. World

:12:03. > :12:08.record and four gold medals. But it was the margin of victory which was

:12:08. > :12:11.so amazing - it could not have gone better, could it? No, you are

:12:11. > :12:16.training with a monkey on your back, there is always somebody trying to

:12:16. > :12:19.be due. You are always imagining what it would be like if there was

:12:19. > :12:24.somebody right behind you. When I was in the final of that pursued,

:12:24. > :12:28.on the very first day, I never imagined that I would start to see

:12:28. > :12:32.her so quickly. My schedule for that race was to go over the same

:12:32. > :12:37.distance, and my pacing was horrendous. My coach told me off

:12:37. > :12:41.because my pacing was so bad. it certainly worked! 11 Paralympic

:12:41. > :12:46.gold medals you have won, which takes you are level with Dave

:12:46. > :12:49.Robertson Baroness Tanni Grey- Thompson. Was that important made

:12:49. > :12:54.and I did not realise it was coming so close, until the journalists

:12:54. > :12:57.reminded me. I got to the Time Trial, which was the third of the

:12:57. > :13:01.four, and I was thinking, my goodness, tomorrow is the road race,

:13:01. > :13:06.the biggest lottery of them all. I need to try to stay as calm as

:13:06. > :13:10.possible. When I realised the gap was growing at the front, I tried

:13:10. > :13:14.not to think about it too much. The crowds at Brands Hatch, everybody

:13:14. > :13:21.around the course was screaming my name, and giving me time checks. It

:13:21. > :13:26.was thanks to those guys that they got me round. 10,000 miles away, in

:13:26. > :13:31.Perth, I can tell you, Chris, there is a four-second delay on your

:13:31. > :13:37.answers, but I know they will be worth waiting for. So I will throw

:13:37. > :13:44.two at you. Tell us about that final event on the track, the

:13:44. > :13:54.agonising last lap. And also, how emotional you and a team and your

:13:54. > :13:58.

:13:58. > :14:01.family got after that success. Keirin Was just the culmination of

:14:01. > :14:06.everything, really. The pressure, the build-up, the excitement.

:14:06. > :14:10.Obviously, we have had success in the week, but that is the most

:14:10. > :14:14.unpredictable of the event so I do. I had a game plan to stick to, but

:14:14. > :14:17.there is always something which can happen. The German rider came upon

:14:17. > :14:22.my shoulder with less than a lap to go. I knew that if he got in front

:14:22. > :14:27.of me, then it would be game over, so it was just a matter of driving

:14:27. > :14:32.as hard as I could, and giving it everything. I was not thinking

:14:32. > :14:36.about anything other than my own race, and that last corner, I came

:14:36. > :14:40.back, and I heard the roar, and just to be able to celebrate with

:14:40. > :14:45.the crowd, my family and everybody, it was the highlight of my career.

:14:45. > :14:49.It was my last Olympic event, my last Olympic appearance. What an

:14:49. > :14:52.experience. That was why I was so emotional, when you have that

:14:53. > :14:57.chance to let all of the emotion out. Up until then, you were

:14:57. > :15:01.holding it all in, trying to stay focused, try to stay in the right

:15:01. > :15:10.mental state for competition. Even after the team sprint, when it was

:15:10. > :15:14.still quite emotional, it was nothing like the Kierin. You stand

:15:14. > :15:17.on the podium and you see your friends, your family, your rivals,

:15:17. > :15:22.all of the people who have been on the journey with you, and that is

:15:22. > :15:27.when it hits you. It was a great experience. I will never forget it.

:15:27. > :15:32.We were hoping for a long answer. Thank you very much for that! Also,

:15:32. > :15:35.that was your sixth a Olympic gold, which means you overtake Steve

:15:36. > :15:45.Redgrave as the most successful British Olympian. What did it mean

:15:45. > :15:52.to you to have him there to It was incredible. It was a big

:15:52. > :15:57.surprise too because he was hiding behind illDouglas and she said

:15:57. > :16:02."I've got someone to say congratulations to you" and this

:16:02. > :16:05.big frame came and gave me a big bear hug. He's the most iconic

:16:05. > :16:09.member of the British team ever, the greatest British Olympian ever

:16:09. > :16:15.and to have him there to congratulate me was incredible.

:16:15. > :16:18.Steve was there, it was great for the whole team, he was our good

:16:18. > :16:20.luck mascot. He went around everywhere and was there to

:16:20. > :16:25.commiserate, as well as congratulate, so it was great to

:16:25. > :16:29.have Steve there. I'm not sure Jill would thank you for for the fact

:16:29. > :16:33.that you could disguise Sir Conservative Redgrave. You are

:16:33. > :16:39.going on to Rio. However, training is on hold because a little story.

:16:39. > :16:49.What have you announced this week? Yes, I'm 13 weeks pregnant today.

:16:49. > :16:53.

:16:53. > :16:57.APPLAUSE Traininging's, well racing is on

:16:57. > :17:02.hold, it wouldn't be good to get amongst it, but I plan to train as

:17:02. > :17:05.much as I possibly can and this could be the legacy of the new

:17:05. > :17:09.generation of cyclists or a sporty person anyway, you never know.

:17:09. > :17:19.done to you and Barney and congratulations on a great year and

:17:19. > :17:30.

:17:30. > :17:33.good luck tonight. Sarah Storey and These are the numbers you need to

:17:33. > :17:37.vote for your BBC Sports Personality of the Year. But

:17:37. > :17:47.remember, lines will only open later in the show.

:17:47. > :18:17.

:18:17. > :18:22.From your mobile, you can call: You He is a great, great horse. The

:18:22. > :18:29.world's number one. Best horse in the world. Horse of the year.

:18:29. > :18:32.a superstar. What an amazing racehorse. It's Frankel time.

:18:32. > :18:35.spectacular Frankel. Frankel destroyed them again. This is the

:18:35. > :18:40.best racehorse. The response is astonishing. Anybody will ever

:18:40. > :18:44.see... 13 out of 13. 14 out of 14. Goes to show the sort of horse we

:18:44. > :18:47.are dealing with. We'll never see another like it. The greatest of

:18:47. > :18:50.the greatest. Without doubt one of the greatest

:18:51. > :18:55.in history, certain think best I've ever seen trained by one of the

:18:55. > :18:59.greatest in history, Frankel and Sir Henry Cecil a perfect

:18:59. > :19:03.partnership. Staying with horsepower, our equestrian teams

:19:03. > :19:12.enjoyed a Greenwich meantime with the gold rush led by the star of

:19:12. > :19:19.our next film, Charlotte Dujardin. Horse. Rider. Trust. Skill.

:19:19. > :19:23.Pressure. Dancing. Sitting down sports are our thing, apparently.

:19:23. > :19:29.Although things change if your seat can listen.

:19:29. > :19:37.React. Feel. Obey. Humans and animals as one with the world

:19:37. > :19:41.watching. Don't forget the family! Silver for Great Britain. So, so

:19:41. > :19:46.close. You think that's pressure? It's going to be a jump-off.

:19:46. > :19:54.Doesn't get better than this. years of trying. Definitely worth

:19:54. > :19:58.the wait. And Britain have a gold! Luckily, we didn't have to wait as

:19:58. > :20:03.long. Britain's first ever gold in the team dressage. The world is at

:20:03. > :20:08.their feet. Success breeds success, they say. They are not wrong.

:20:08. > :20:13.Britain win gold and bronze. Charlotte Dujardin has iced the

:20:13. > :20:19.cake in style. Our time was over. But in Greenwich, it's always

:20:19. > :20:24.someone else's time to take the stage. Now, the seat had some

:20:24. > :20:30.different voices to hear. Different partnerships to form. The tension

:20:30. > :20:37.around here is palpable. Some old. Some new. The outcome remained the

:20:37. > :20:40.same. Natasha Baker has won the gold medal here. A great start for

:20:40. > :20:48.Paralympics GB. With the female touch proving popular once again.

:20:48. > :20:52.Here we go. Especially in Sophie's world. Sophie Christiansen wins her

:20:52. > :20:57.third gold. She's been one of the stars. If you win ten golds, you

:20:57. > :21:02.must be doing something right. It's a record performance from the

:21:02. > :21:06.Paralympic team. Absolutely outstanding. So on to Rio and new

:21:06. > :21:09.dances for the horses to learn. I'm thinking Samba.

:21:09. > :21:14.Thanks to Charlotte. She and the dressage team can't be here tonight,

:21:14. > :21:19.they are at Olympia, but I'm thrilled to be joined by so many of

:21:19. > :21:23.our equestrian medallists, including our gold medal-winning

:21:23. > :21:28.show jumping team. Nick Skelton, for you, was it worth the wait?

:21:28. > :21:32.Certainly was, it took 28 years coming. Just amazing when it

:21:32. > :21:37.happened. Everybody played their part? It was amazing. All the

:21:37. > :21:41.Olympic Games I've been to, I think this was the seventh one, this was

:21:41. > :21:46.by far the most special and to do it in London was the greatest

:21:46. > :21:49.honour and achievement that we could ever have had, especially the

:21:49. > :21:54.whole equestrian team and all the backers and the owners and

:21:54. > :21:58.everything. It was amazing. It was a terrific moment at the

:21:58. > :22:08.Paralympics. A gold rush led by Sophie Christiansen. Three golds

:22:08. > :22:08.

:22:08. > :22:14.for you. How come you keep improving? It was absolutely just

:22:14. > :22:17.the whole team and I couldn't have done it without the Riding for the

:22:17. > :22:21.Disabled and of course my horse Rio. Thing's a clue in itself. We hope

:22:21. > :22:26.to see you in four years' time in Rio on Rio!

:22:26. > :22:29.In terms of the medals, they were started by our eventing team, Zara

:22:29. > :22:35.Phillips, you were part of the team riding in the Olympics for the

:22:35. > :22:39.first time. How was it? It was incredible to ride for the British

:22:39. > :22:44.team in London. It was just a massive honour and to be a part of

:22:44. > :22:48.it all. You couldn't ask for anything more. The most equestrian

:22:48. > :22:54.medals ever won across the Olympics and Paralympics by British riders.

:22:54. > :23:04.Well done to all of them. Our Olympic and Paralympic equestrian

:23:04. > :23:05.

:23:05. > :23:12.medallists. APPLAUSE

:23:12. > :23:19.I love London. Man, I love London. And I won Olympic gold here.

:23:19. > :23:25.The pressure was on. Needs these targets to win gold.

:23:25. > :23:32.Bang, bang... I had so hoped to turn around looking suave, but

:23:32. > :23:38.instead... Sinks to his knees. Well done. What a moment. A moment

:23:38. > :23:42.I'll never forget. Well done Olympic gold med

:23:42. > :23:46.alingalist Peter Wilson. -- medallist. Time for a bit of

:23:46. > :23:52.golf now. While the Olympic flame was being extinguished, one man was

:23:52. > :23:55.burning up the course and winning the US PGA Championship. Not you

:23:55. > :24:00.just yet... The major win also helped him top the world rankings

:24:00. > :24:08.and money lists on both sides of the Atlantic. 2012's been another

:24:08. > :24:12.great year for Rory McIlroy. When I grow up, I want to be just

:24:12. > :24:16.like Rory McIlroy. It's a big responsibility to be a role model,

:24:16. > :24:23.but if I can inspire kids to take up the game of golf it's cool,

:24:23. > :24:26.because that's the future of the game. We want to do that. Just

:24:26. > :24:35.before my second birthday when I got my real golf club, it's been a

:24:35. > :24:44.part of my life since I was born, basically. The way he hits the ball,

:24:44. > :24:49.it's amazing. Simple. Just goes for miles. I want to do that.

:24:49. > :24:56.2012 for me was a great year. The greatest achievement was winning

:24:56. > :25:03.the second major, the US PGA. He's done it in grandstand style

:25:03. > :25:09.and just like his first major win. It's by eight shots. Rory just

:25:09. > :25:13.keeps on winning. I wouldn't care if I win by one or ten, as long as

:25:13. > :25:17.my name goes on the trophy I'm happy. It's nice to do it in such

:25:17. > :25:21.style and fashion. The game is magical. It's an area of the game

:25:21. > :25:28.in which I've improved and I've needed to improve to get to this

:25:28. > :25:36.level. I want to do that. So simple and it

:25:36. > :25:40.works. I want to do that. Obviously, he's world number one, so must be

:25:40. > :25:45.quite good. I knew I was playing well and when you are confident in

:25:45. > :25:50.your game, you go out there with less nerves. Everything he does

:25:50. > :25:55.looks so easy. Crash, bang, wallop. We want to do

:25:55. > :26:01.that. You can do it. My inspiration. A

:26:01. > :26:06.picture of me and Rory McIlroy. Kids are so enthusiastic. If I can

:26:06. > :26:09.have this influence on them, great. A great ambassador, not only to the

:26:09. > :26:14.young generation but to every generation.

:26:14. > :26:19.I want to do that. So do I. Fat chance. What a year

:26:19. > :26:25.for Rory and he's one of tonight's contenders. Just to remind you, the

:26:25. > :26:29.phone lines to vote for him or any other are open later. Rory is

:26:29. > :26:32.taking a break in preparation for next season, another chapter in his

:26:32. > :26:37.2012 story came in September though when Europe faced the USA in the

:26:37. > :26:45.Ryder Cup and it's a match that will now go down in history as one

:26:45. > :26:50.of the greatest sporting comebacks of all-time, the miracle that was

:26:50. > :26:57.Medinah. Nothing in golf inspired quite like the Ryder Cup.

:26:57. > :27:04.The ultimate team contest in an individual sport.

:27:04. > :27:08.Support your country, your konts innocent and you shout a little

:27:08. > :27:13.louder -- continent. Ins separation can be taken from many things.

:27:13. > :27:19.History, revenge perhaps. To play for your team-mates for that little

:27:19. > :27:25.trophy -- inspiration. And so it was at Medinah as an

:27:25. > :27:31.inspired US team swept. There was a chemistry, a bond we'd not seen in

:27:31. > :27:35.recent years. Young men, unscarred by previous defeats simply playing.

:27:35. > :27:41.Done it again and he loves it. inspired their elders, challenged

:27:41. > :27:50.them to rise to their roles as mentors. A lead was established and

:27:50. > :27:54.built upon. If your opponent is down, keep them down.

:27:54. > :28:02.American's in absolute prime position. As Europe stared at

:28:02. > :28:09.defeat, one man bellowed a scream of defiance. Inspiration can come

:28:09. > :28:14.when you least expect it. Sometimes just through having a chance. 10-6

:28:14. > :28:19.down, but the comeback was on. The Europeans will hope that's the

:28:19. > :28:23.first of many points. A quiet veteran stood up to be counted.

:28:23. > :28:29.little gem. The world number one was late, but not too late.

:28:29. > :28:34.Brilliant effort from Rory. And of course, the talisman. Where they

:28:34. > :28:40.led, others followed. Where did that come from?!Over Well Ming

:28:40. > :28:46.momentum. This is amazing stuff. Inspiring an entire team to create

:28:46. > :28:52.history. They came back like absolute lions.

:28:52. > :29:02.Perhaps the greatest inspiration was there in every mind but not in

:29:02. > :29:03.

:29:03. > :29:06.body. The miracle of Medinah.

:29:06. > :29:16.It really was something else, wasn't it. Please welcome two of

:29:16. > :29:41.

:29:41. > :29:44.the Ryder Cup heroes, Justin Rose What a vepion and so deserved as

:29:44. > :29:54.well. It was unbelievable, Mission Impossible, wasn't it? At what

:29:54. > :29:54.

:29:54. > :30:01.stage did you start to believe, Friday morning, before it all

:30:01. > :30:04.started, to be honest. It was not looking good, at 10-4. I don't

:30:04. > :30:14.think any of us really believed. But as soon as Sergio and Luke

:30:14. > :30:15.

:30:15. > :30:19.Donald managed to win that game on Saturday afternoon, and then

:30:19. > :30:23.McIlroy did that amazing performance. Justin and the team

:30:23. > :30:28.were pretty pumped full stop we saw what unfolded on Sunday, it was

:30:28. > :30:32.pretty good. It was you that led the way, though - what happens to

:30:32. > :30:37.you in the Ryder Cup? Your eyes were practically bulging out of

:30:37. > :30:41.your head. I don't know, it looks pretty scary, actually! I don't

:30:41. > :30:47.know, I just love the Ryder Cup, ever since going there as a kid. It

:30:47. > :30:53.just brings the best out in May, and I hoped I can do that one day

:30:53. > :31:03.in a Major. Justin Rose, you played your part, with that phenomenal

:31:03. > :31:06.

:31:06. > :31:13.comeback against Mickelson, with that putt on the 17th. Yes. There

:31:13. > :31:17.it is, right behind you! Who said it was travelling fast when it went

:31:17. > :31:22.in? Also, a great response from Mickelson. At that moment, it

:31:22. > :31:26.really looked like it was going your way. Yes, but that is what

:31:26. > :31:32.golf is all about. Fierce competitors going at each other,

:31:32. > :31:35.head-to-head, and Phil's reaction to my putt, and my reaction and I

:31:35. > :31:39.celebrated on 18, but that is important. The crowd in the Ryder

:31:39. > :31:45.Cup, it is like your sport, football. It is incredibly

:31:45. > :31:50.patriotic, but as long as inside the ropes, it is played with the

:31:50. > :31:54.right spirit, it will be fine. just a quick word on of Rory

:31:54. > :32:00.McIlroy. He also played his part in the Ryder Cup, and what a great

:32:00. > :32:04.talent he has. Amazing talent, yes. He seems to turn up late for most

:32:04. > :32:10.things. He might make it in a minute, actually. He might still be

:32:10. > :32:15.on his way. What he has done in the game of golf has been incredible.

:32:15. > :32:21.He has won two Majors, world number 1 comfortably at the minute. It is

:32:21. > :32:28.amazing. It is amazing for golf, golf is in great hands right now.

:32:28. > :32:38.And you have certainly very much played your part. Two members of

:32:38. > :32:44.

:32:45. > :32:54.Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team, Coming up, we box clever with our

:32:54. > :33:03.Olympians. We remember a Super Saturday on the track. And David

:33:03. > :33:13.Weir and his four Paralympic golds. A British winner at Wimbledon.

:33:13. > :33:15.

:33:15. > :33:19.Jonathan Marais in the doubles. And Serena Williams, while at Lydham,

:33:19. > :33:24.Adam Scott. Watching and waiting was Ernie Els. More self

:33:24. > :33:27.destruction. Kevin Pietersen texted and tweeted his way into trouble.

:33:27. > :33:35.England lost the Test series to South Africa. Kevin Pietersen was

:33:36. > :33:39.dropped, and Andrew Strauss later resigned as captain. Warrington won

:33:39. > :33:46.the Challenge Cup. Laura Robson beat Kim Clijsters, and then

:33:46. > :33:56.reached the final in China. Hampshire were county Kings in the

:33:56. > :33:56.

:33:56. > :34:00.one-day game, Warwickshire won the County Championship. Micky burns

:34:00. > :34:04.retained his world Lightweight title. England's women qualified

:34:04. > :34:13.for the European Championships which lie ahead, and some lines

:34:13. > :34:17.from the past were exposed - the truth at last about Hillsborough.

:34:17. > :34:22.Deserved applause. Many sports were hosted here at the ExCel Arena, and

:34:22. > :34:26.history was created here. Women made their debut in Olympic boxing,

:34:26. > :34:33.and the very first champion came from Leeds. Her smile was as big as

:34:33. > :34:37.her right hook. It is Nicola rain as! It is a lonely existence being

:34:37. > :34:42.a fighter. -- Nicola Adams. You have to be tough, strong,

:34:42. > :34:47.determined, and you have to make a lot of sacrifices. Before boxing

:34:47. > :34:51.became an Olympic sport for women, I did shadow-boxing, and I was

:34:51. > :34:57.always thinking, one day, that will be beef. I had to work hard to keep

:34:57. > :35:05.my dream alive. There have been times when people had said, women

:35:05. > :35:11.boxing, what is that all about? I was like, I will show you! People

:35:11. > :35:16.said, I was not expecting you to be that good. You can see the

:35:16. > :35:23.confidence, the swagger. Overall always had a smile on my face, even

:35:23. > :35:30.when I was boxing. I don't know how I managed to it, but...! In the

:35:30. > :35:33.final, am thinking to myself, this is going to be a tough fight.

:35:33. > :35:37.remember looking at the crowd, cheering, and they are cheering

:35:37. > :35:45.back, then going over to the neutral corner. Focus again, she is

:35:45. > :35:51.getting up! I remember watching that fight, thinking, wow!

:35:51. > :35:55.could see the look in her eye, you could see that she was in the zone.

:35:55. > :36:00.I remember having goose pimples all over me. I was thinking, yes, I

:36:01. > :36:05.have done this for Great Britain. It meant everything to me. To be

:36:05. > :36:08.the first, it is amazing, nobody can take that away from you. A lot

:36:08. > :36:12.of people's attitudes and opinions will be changed for the better

:36:12. > :36:18.after these Olympics. If you follow your dream, you can achieve

:36:18. > :36:22.anything. Well, Nicola raised the roof here, and we want you to do it

:36:22. > :36:29.again, as we celebrate some of the great combat performance of the

:36:29. > :36:33.Olympics. First off, from North Wales, at just 19 years of age, she

:36:33. > :36:43.became a Brit the Olympic taekwondo champion. Please welcome Jade

:36:43. > :36:46.

:36:46. > :36:56.Next, she boxed clever to win Ireland's only gold of the Olympic

:36:56. > :37:02.

:37:02. > :37:12.From Hull, he packed one hell of a punch as he took the bantamweight

:37:12. > :37:21.

:37:21. > :37:27.title. Ladies and gentlemen, Luke Next up, from Watford, the Olympic

:37:27. > :37:31.super-heavyweight champion, please welcome Anthony Joshua!

:37:31. > :37:39.COMMENTATOR: He has completed the most meteoric rise in amateur

:37:39. > :37:48.boxing! And finally, she became the very first woman in the world to

:37:48. > :37:52.win an Olympic boxing title. She is the one, the only Nicola Adams!

:37:52. > :38:02.Nicola Adams has just made history by brilliantly boxing her way to

:38:02. > :38:24.

:38:24. > :38:29.the first ever women's Olympic This is your Arena - it looks a bit

:38:29. > :38:33.different. Yes, it does. This is the first time I have been back

:38:33. > :38:37.since I boxed here. It is great to see everybody here. For those

:38:37. > :38:43.people watching you in the ring at the Olympics, just explain what you

:38:43. > :38:47.have been through in the last three or four years. In 2009, I had a

:38:47. > :38:52.really serious back injury, which left me out of doing boxing for one

:38:52. > :38:58.year. I was left in bed for three months. I could not train, I could

:38:58. > :39:03.not walk, could not run, could not do anything. For me, I am such a

:39:03. > :39:08.get-up-and-go person, it was really hard. I have just got to say thank

:39:08. > :39:14.you to my mum and my family and all the team, who worked so hard behind

:39:14. > :39:18.me, to get me back up to working speed and strength.. It is an

:39:18. > :39:25.amazing, amazing story. And when you had your opportunity, my word,

:39:25. > :39:29.you took it. Yes, I did. I was so focused. I just had this

:39:29. > :39:33.determination, once I got back together again and got moving, that

:39:33. > :39:37.was it, I was not going to let anything stand immobile. I wanted

:39:37. > :39:42.that gold so much. To be the first woman to ever do that, it was

:39:42. > :39:47.fantastic for me, especially to put boxing back on the map, with these

:39:47. > :39:51.guys stood here as well. It was the best Olympic Games ever for boxing.

:39:51. > :39:54.You have had the most terrific impact, not just in the ring, but

:39:54. > :39:58.out of it as well. There are an awful lot of young women who will

:39:58. > :40:02.look up to you, and you may well have changed the world.

:40:02. > :40:12.Congratulations to you all, most of all to our history maker, Nicola

:40:12. > :40:16.

:40:16. > :40:23.Adams. And good luck tonight. COMMENTATOR: The biggest cheer of

:40:23. > :40:29.all will be reserved for this lady. She got away to a good start. Now,

:40:29. > :40:37.she is beginning to put away on the inside. This is a tremendous run.

:40:37. > :40:42.Oh, my goodness! The power of the crowd carried Jess Ennis. On the

:40:42. > :40:45.seventh day of the Olympics at Latics programme was up and running,

:40:45. > :40:50.and so was the athlete who had been the face of the Olympic Games,

:40:50. > :41:00.Jessica Ennis. Her event could not have started better. But what was

:41:00. > :41:01.

:41:01. > :41:04.to follow 1.5 days later would-be a real moment never-to-be-forgotten.

:41:04. > :41:14.It was 46 minutes of magic in track-and-field that we will never

:41:14. > :41:21.

:41:22. > :41:27.PAUL DICKENSON: So much expectation on the slender shoulders of Jessica

:41:27. > :41:33.Ennis. When I look back, I do feel that there was so much pressure.

:41:33. > :41:38.my goodness, the fastest time ever by a heptathlete. Jess Ennis is

:41:38. > :41:43.flying! The heptathlon was nerve- racking, every event, in a

:41:44. > :41:53.different way. But the 800m, it was that feeling of, you have got so

:41:54. > :41:54.

:41:54. > :42:00.far, you are practically there, you can almost touch it. And here she

:42:00. > :42:04.goes! She is going to be the Olympic champion! Everybody is on

:42:04. > :42:14.their feet to! The pride of Sheffield, the pride of Great

:42:14. > :42:42.

:42:42. > :42:46.I have done it! It was just pure Greg Rutherford, can he feed off

:42:46. > :42:56.this atmosphere? It is big... Can you believe what is happening in

:42:56. > :43:01.

:43:01. > :43:05.the stadium? 8m 31! That is going There was a lot of pressure, but

:43:05. > :43:11.you try to forget about that, think about yourself, and think about how

:43:11. > :43:18.hard you work. STEVE CRAM: The 10,000m final is

:43:18. > :43:28.under way. Only one athlete now can deny Greg Rutherford from Olympic

:43:28. > :43:30.

:43:30. > :43:40.That is a foul, and Greg Rutherford is the Olympic champion! I don't

:43:40. > :43:58.

:43:59. > :44:03.think he can quite believe it. The crowd a lifting him, cheering

:44:04. > :44:08.him on! Mo Farah, into the home straight, has he got enough? Mo

:44:08. > :44:18.Farah is going for it! It is going to be a glorious, glorious win. Mo

:44:18. > :44:27.

:44:27. > :44:37.Farah, for Great Britain, it is Did that really happen? Of course

:44:37. > :44:46.

:44:46. > :44:52.it happened! Three gold medals for What a night indeed. She was the

:44:52. > :44:55.poster girl for London 2012, and boy, did she deliver? Make some

:44:55. > :45:05.noise for the greatest female all- round athlete on the planet,

:45:05. > :45:05.

:45:05. > :46:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:46:11. > :46:16.They love you, Jess. Now, watching that, we all got goose bumps

:46:16. > :46:19.watching that. Did it bring it back to you? Yes, it does, it's such a

:46:19. > :46:23.nice feeling to sit here with all these amazing sportsmen and women

:46:23. > :46:27.in this room and look back at those memories of what we achieved. It's

:46:27. > :46:30.incredible. You were the poster girl, a lot of pressure on you, but

:46:30. > :46:34.people forget it was your first Olympics because you were injured

:46:34. > :46:37.four years ago. If that wasn't daunting enough, what was that

:46:37. > :46:41.welcome like on the first morning when you were introduced to the

:46:41. > :46:45.crowd? It was like nothing I've ever experienced before. Obviously,

:46:45. > :46:48.it was my first Olympics, I was hoping to be in Beijing and had the

:46:48. > :46:51.disappointment of injury so I came into this year knowing not to get

:46:51. > :46:56.too ahead of myself and not to take anything for granted and then to be

:46:56. > :47:00.part of the Olympics in such a huge way. All the ad campaigns were

:47:00. > :47:05.something I'd never even thought about and then to get to London and

:47:05. > :47:09.be there in the best shape you could possibly be, I had no

:47:09. > :47:13.injuries, no worries, I was just ready, the team were behind me

:47:13. > :47:16.supporting me every step of the way and I was ready to compete.

:47:16. > :47:20.pressure was on you because everybody expected gold and you

:47:20. > :47:24.need add good start. Talk about the 100 hurdles? It's one of my

:47:24. > :47:28.favourite events, I was looking forward to it. I was conscious not

:47:28. > :47:32.to go down to the stadium too much before. My first real experience

:47:32. > :47:36.was stepping out for the hurdles and the crowd were incredible. The

:47:36. > :47:39.sun was shining and I was ready to go. When I saw the time on the

:47:39. > :47:43.clock, I couldn't believe it, there are lots of pictures of me like

:47:43. > :47:47.this! I couldn't believe I'd run that time. It was absolutely

:47:47. > :47:54.brilliant. And that time would have won Jess the gold medal in the

:47:54. > :47:58.individual event in Beijing four years ago. That's how fast it was.

:47:58. > :48:04.APPLAUSE You put in one personal best after

:48:04. > :48:09.another and going into the final event, the 800, you were so far

:48:09. > :48:15.ahead, you could have enjoy add final lap after honour but you

:48:15. > :48:19.didn't? Yes, I had to beat the girl by seven or eight seconds. I was in

:48:19. > :48:24.this amazing position of having the luxury of knowing that I just had

:48:24. > :48:28.to do something really stupid to mess it up and I could enjoy the

:48:28. > :48:31.race as much as you can enjoy the 800. I'd done all the hard training,

:48:31. > :48:36.killed myself on the track on numerous occasions doing the 800m,

:48:36. > :48:39.so I wanted to finish it off in style, cross the line first and I

:48:39. > :48:44.wanted to celebrate and have that moment with me for the rest of my

:48:44. > :48:48.life. We celebrated with you, it was fantastic. Good luck with the

:48:48. > :48:52.wedding next year and congratulations, good luck tonight

:48:52. > :49:02.as well. Ladies and gentlemen, Jessica Ennis!

:49:02. > :49:06.

:49:06. > :49:12.Well, for Mo, his work was only half done. The long distance double

:49:12. > :49:22.was in his sights. Seven days after his 10,000 metres victory, cue

:49:22. > :49:23.

:49:23. > :49:27.another golden moment. He's running for the medal position.

:49:27. > :49:33.Farah holding the inside kerb. That will be a help. The crowd are on

:49:33. > :49:38.their feet trying to roar him home. Mo Farah gritting his teeth now.

:49:38. > :49:44.The arms have got to come up high. He's got to look for something

:49:44. > :49:52.extra. Come on, Mo Farah. He's going to make it two golds for

:49:52. > :49:57.Great Britain! Beautiful! He's a double Olympic champion! My

:49:57. > :50:05.words can not do justice to how I feel. Have you ever seen anything

:50:05. > :50:15.like that? Skhrm --! Incredible. He raced to a double Olympic gold.

:50:15. > :50:49.

:50:49. > :50:52.Please welcome Mo Farah. Glad you didn't go the wrong way

:50:52. > :50:55.when you kept going round that track, Mo, but it's great that you

:50:55. > :50:59.are here. It's been unbelievable. You've done everything in your

:50:59. > :51:02.sport anyway and it's been an astonishing year, you even beat the

:51:02. > :51:07.Cube, for crying out loud, but the Olympics is something special. That

:51:07. > :51:10.changes everything? Yes. The Olympics is special for every one

:51:11. > :51:15.of us as an athlete. You train for so many years and to have the

:51:15. > :51:19.Olympics in London was amazing for me personally, you know, to be

:51:19. > :51:21.running in your home town. It was incredible. Must have been quite

:51:21. > :51:27.something. APPLAUSE

:51:27. > :51:30.Mo, you did the double gold. First guy to do it. Incredible

:51:30. > :51:34.achievement. If you could compare the two, because obviously the

:51:34. > :51:37.first was early on, part of the magic 46 minutes, but the second

:51:37. > :51:41.one, it's like every great story needs a great ending and you

:51:41. > :51:45.provided it didn't you. Which did you prefer? I definitely preferred

:51:45. > :51:50.the 5k by far, the reason why is everybody was watching me, I was

:51:50. > :51:54.really tired going into it and the athletes knew they had to beat me

:51:54. > :51:58.and that's it and they knew what I did in the 10k and also the guys

:51:58. > :52:03.were working together as a team, so it was just myself and at that

:52:03. > :52:07.point I didn't see my training partner so that was by far the

:52:07. > :52:14.hardest. There's no many athletes done that and I'm glad I've done

:52:14. > :52:20.that right and for me, watching Seb Coe, Ovett, steam cram, you know,

:52:20. > :52:26.to have -- Steve Cram, you know, to have the guys like that in England

:52:26. > :52:36.where it all started. It was unbelievable to watch. I've got to

:52:36. > :52:37.

:52:37. > :52:41.ask you, it's become part of your legend, the old Mobot. Everyone

:52:41. > :52:47.must want you to do it now, I mean you just do that little thing now

:52:48. > :52:53.and everyone must ask you where you go to do it? There are so many

:52:53. > :52:55.people now want youg to do it. If you take a step back and see what

:52:55. > :53:00.we've achieved after we announced the Olympics, we never thought we

:53:00. > :53:06.could pull it off, but to pull it off and to win so many medals. For

:53:06. > :53:10.me, the people in the street were so nice and doing the Mobot, I

:53:10. > :53:15.never knew it would take off so much. Clare Balding, it came from

:53:15. > :53:21.her, seriously. Clare's to blame. Well done, Clare, you started

:53:21. > :53:23.something amazing. You are amazing. Mo, one final question. You are

:53:23. > :53:29.heavily in training now. What is the hardest, training or looking

:53:29. > :53:32.after the twins? God... They are both as hard. It's amazing, you

:53:32. > :53:38.know, to have two beautiful girls is amazing, it couldn't happen to

:53:38. > :53:42.me in a year it happened, two golds and my wife giving birth to two

:53:42. > :53:47.lovely girls, that's it. I'm back in training now and will hopefully

:53:47. > :53:53.take myself away to Kenya to do six weeks' training. What a year it's

:53:53. > :54:03.been for you. Mo, thanks for joining us, good luck tonight.

:54:03. > :54:17.

:54:17. > :54:27.Mo Farah! Is she going to be the first gold

:54:27. > :54:34.

:54:34. > :54:44.medallist in the stadium? Double Here comes Richard whitehead. Gold

:54:44. > :54:46.

:54:46. > :54:56.for Whitehead. It's the tenth gold medal for Britain in the athletics.

:54:56. > :55:00.

:55:00. > :55:10.Bushell wins. 80,000 people chanting one man's name. What a

:55:10. > :55:10.

:55:10. > :55:15.performance! He's here! Power- packed performances from the track

:55:15. > :55:20.and field stars there. The leader of that pack a man whose strength,

:55:21. > :55:26.speed and will drove him to four golds this summer. He is the

:55:26. > :55:30.phenomenal David Weir. I was brought up on a council

:55:30. > :55:40.estate and I wanted to be a boxer. It was never toing to happen so I

:55:40. > :55:41.

:55:41. > :55:45.had to find a sport that I liked. I knew I was going to be great in the

:55:45. > :55:48.future. Once I get on that track, I'm like a different person. Like

:55:48. > :55:51.an animal. That's my track. That showed in London. No-one was going

:55:51. > :55:56.to beat me there and this is my turf.

:55:56. > :56:01.And Weir is pushing for glory. aim was to get off to a winning

:56:01. > :56:05.start. It was relief, I've done what I've wanted to do for seven

:56:05. > :56:11.years, to win a gold in your home Games. Rushing for glory for the

:56:11. > :56:16.second time in the Games. Every lap was just a roar, it was following

:56:16. > :56:19.you like a wave and it felt like that wave was pushing you to that

:56:19. > :56:25.finish line. You are crying to not cry. You know that thousands are

:56:25. > :56:32.there for you and that's it. But then I had to pull myself together

:56:32. > :56:36.for the marathon which was tough. The first five miles, I was

:56:36. > :56:40.literally blowing and I thought, I can't do that. They were all

:56:40. > :56:45.talking and teaming up to try and beat me and I thought, right, I'm

:56:45. > :56:50.going to really hurt you, I'm going to really, really push you to your

:56:50. > :56:56.limit. And Weir wins again. Shell- shocked really I think. I always

:56:56. > :57:00.thought that getting four golds would be a no-no. David Weir four

:57:00. > :57:08.times gold medallist. I still don't believe it now sometimes. I feel

:57:08. > :57:14.like someone's going to wake me up and say "You are racing in ten

:57:14. > :57:23.minutes". Bolt's there, you have got Mo, the Mobot. He's the

:57:23. > :57:33.greatest athlete in the wheelchair. It's David Weir. He starred in

:57:33. > :57:56.

:57:56. > :58:00.You did thrill us, you really did, over a range of distances from 800m

:58:00. > :58:03.to the marathon. It's not just the versatility of your racing, it's

:58:04. > :58:08.also the recovery time. You are amazing? Yes, there wasn't much

:58:08. > :58:15.recovery. Obviously, I planned the week in my head for about a year

:58:15. > :58:19.obviously and I know how long I am in doping, I know how long I have

:58:19. > :58:23.for sleep, but when you are racing in your home city, the emotions are

:58:23. > :58:29.totally blown out the water and the plan goes out the window. I was in

:58:29. > :58:33.dope until 3 o'clock and the first night and had to be up at 6 for the

:58:33. > :58:37.next 1500 heat. I was running off adrenaline so I was all right.

:58:37. > :58:42.award is all about personality, as well as achievement and you change

:58:42. > :58:48.from being a really sweet, gentle, very quiet guy to getting on the

:58:48. > :58:57.track and being different?! Yes, to tell you the truth though, the

:58:57. > :59:03.first race, the Ak, I was bricking it. I was in my room and I couldn't

:59:03. > :59:06.keep still. Ask Dan Grieves, I was up and down, up and down, I was

:59:06. > :59:13.wasting energy, I thought I would be nervous because it was a home

:59:13. > :59:16.Games. I went in in the best shape ever I've been in and once I get on

:59:16. > :59:19.the track though, everything just goes and I know that they are all

:59:20. > :59:24.going to fall into my hands hopefully and if I just race clever

:59:24. > :59:27.and stay out of trouble, hopefully no-one's going to beat me.

:59:27. > :59:37.Now, since the Olympic Games, and we saw you there with your son,

:59:37. > :59:41.Mason, you have now got a daughter. What's her full name? It is Tillia

:59:41. > :59:46.Grace, London Weir. London will be in your family for ever. That's how

:59:46. > :59:50.it should be! He led the way at the best Olympic Games ever staged and

:59:50. > :00:00.it genuinely did feel parallel to the Paralympics as its should.

:00:00. > :00:06.

:00:06. > :00:11.Tonight's final contender, David APPLAUSE

:00:11. > :00:14.We have seen all 12 contenders battling it out to become the

:00:14. > :00:18.Sports Personality of the Year. I can now announce the phone lines

:00:18. > :00:23.are open. So, here are the names and those

:00:23. > :00:33.all-important numbers you need to vote for your winner. Calls cost

:00:33. > :00:33.

:00:33. > :02:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:02:59. > :03:03.15p from a mobile and BT landline Please dial carefully, and if the

:03:03. > :03:09.lines are busy, keep trying. You have approximately half an hour.

:03:09. > :03:14.Back to football, and a returned to a season of high drama. It has been

:03:14. > :03:18.a managerial merry-go-round at Chelsea, no surprises there. But

:03:19. > :03:24.sandwiched between the sackings, Roberto Di Matteo masterminded a

:03:24. > :03:30.minor miracle. They won the FA Cup Final against Liverpool, and that

:03:30. > :03:36.was followed by a memorable and remarkable European adventure.

:03:36. > :03:45.is almost like being told you're going to be knocked out. If there

:03:45. > :03:50.is one team they do not like playing, it is us. It is so big,

:03:50. > :03:53.you can feel a bit lost. I have never felt so lost as I did there.

:03:54. > :03:57.When they got their second goal, with John Terry getting sent off,

:03:57. > :04:04.we thought we had better Batten down the hatches, because it could

:04:04. > :04:12.have been a bit of an embarrassment. Once we had a goal and something to

:04:13. > :04:22.cling on to, we did just that. There was just a feeling about us

:04:22. > :04:32.as we travelled out there for that weekend. We thought, OK, we have

:04:32. > :04:38.

:04:38. > :04:46.had a great run, and we thought, OK, Didier Drogba, big players, saved

:04:46. > :04:54.the day. That save from Petr Cech kept us in the game. We were in the

:04:54. > :04:59.safest hands you could possibly be in, so I had no doubts at all. When

:04:59. > :05:05.we won it, I had a few words with him upstairs, and just said how

:05:05. > :05:11.much he deserved it. I spoke to many a Chelsea fan who was there,

:05:11. > :05:16.and they all said it was the best weekend of their life. I know how

:05:16. > :05:26.they field, because it was the best weekend for us as well. He inspired

:05:26. > :05:42.

:05:42. > :05:45.that Champions League final victory, Great show of appreciation for all

:05:45. > :05:50.you have done for football in this country, and it was merely the

:05:50. > :05:56.dream for Chelsea, and their owner, that Champions League, and in many

:05:56. > :06:06.ways, perhaps it came when it was least expected. Yes, I think it was

:06:06. > :06:10.the season where we had I think our worst season in the league. I don't

:06:10. > :06:15.know how we managed to change this. The team was fantastic, the spirit

:06:15. > :06:21.we heard. People like frank east, John Terry, Petr Cech, all of these

:06:21. > :06:26.players, we managed to bring the new players with us, to go for it..

:06:26. > :06:30.As for you, you have shown it throughout your career, you're a

:06:30. > :06:36.big-game player. We saw it in the FA Cup, in the Champions League -

:06:36. > :06:40.what is it about you which brings the best out of you, in those big

:06:40. > :06:45.Games? I just want to have fun on the pitch. Every turn right onto

:06:45. > :06:51.the pitch, I feel like a kid. I feel like when I was six years old,

:06:51. > :06:57.starting to run after the ball, start kicking the ball. Thanks for

:06:57. > :07:02.being with us tonight. There is plenty more coming up. Still to

:07:02. > :07:11.come - we celebrate more a Olympic and Paralympic success. We catch up

:07:11. > :07:14.with the fastest man on earth. And we will reveal the 2012 BBC Sports

:07:14. > :07:18.Personality of the Year. I know you're busy voting at home, but the

:07:18. > :07:22.Formula 1 season had the usual thrills and spills, but there were

:07:23. > :07:32.also tears and tantrums. By the time Brazil came around, emotion

:07:33. > :07:40.

:07:40. > :07:44.was high, but crucially, the title This has been a season filled with

:07:44. > :07:52.drama, and it goes right to the end. Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso,

:07:52. > :08:00.we are about to find out. Sebastian Vettel has been hit! Alonso has

:08:00. > :08:04.gone wide! And they have touched! Hamilton's final race at McLaren

:08:04. > :08:09.comes to an end. Jenson Button, a brilliant drive from him this

:08:09. > :08:14.afternoon. But with sixth place, Sebastian Vettel is the 2012

:08:14. > :08:23.Formula 1 world champion! You are the triple world champion, your

:08:23. > :08:27.other magician on 17th March, Tottenham faced Bolton in an FA Cup

:08:27. > :08:32.tie at White Hart Lane. More than 30,000 people were watching, as

:08:32. > :08:40.well as a live TV audience at home. Everything seemed fine, until the

:08:40. > :08:43.41st minute. Like many other people, we noticed a player had collapsed

:08:43. > :08:49.near the middle of the pitch. Very quickly it became apparent that

:08:49. > :08:52.this was more serious than a normal injury. I ran through the crowds,

:08:52. > :08:59.then straight onto the pitch. They were just in the process of giving

:08:59. > :09:05.an electric shock to Fabrice Muamba. Oxygen was getting to his brain,

:09:05. > :09:09.but his heart was not working. We heard in the hospital but a

:09:09. > :09:12.Premiership footballer had had a cardiac arrest. We had no idea

:09:12. > :09:16.about the circumstances, but it was immediately clear that something

:09:16. > :09:19.catastrophic had happened. We will persist with resuscitation for as

:09:19. > :09:24.long as we think that there is even a small chance of having a good

:09:24. > :09:31.outcome. An hour or so into resuscitation, we start to get very

:09:31. > :09:34.worried. Very frustrated. Eventually, after 78 minutes, we

:09:34. > :09:40.started to see movement of the heart muscle, and at that point, we

:09:40. > :09:50.thought there was a chance we would get him back. 78 minutes is an

:09:50. > :09:51.

:09:51. > :09:56.awful long time. We are joined on stage tonight by close friends, as

:09:56. > :10:06.well as the medical staff who saved his life, and it gives me great

:10:06. > :10:06.

:10:06. > :11:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:11:08. > :11:18.Fabrice, they seem quite pleased to see you, as do we all. First and

:11:18. > :11:18.

:11:18. > :11:21.foremost, how are you? Physically, I am much better than I was. It is

:11:21. > :11:25.a great honour to be here with so many great sports people. It is

:11:25. > :11:30.lovely to have you. A lot of people here have been very important for

:11:30. > :11:36.you - have you got something you would like to say to them? I don't

:11:36. > :11:41.know where to start. All these people, they mean the world to me.

:11:41. > :11:47.Sometimes, when I think about it, life is great. Footballers, we get

:11:47. > :11:51.bad press, this and that, but these people, it will be forever in debt

:11:52. > :11:59.to them. They were there for a reason. They did a great job with

:11:59. > :12:09.me, every single one of them, to keep me where I am right now.

:12:09. > :12:12.

:12:12. > :12:15.said, Fabrice. What does the future hold for you? I have finished

:12:15. > :12:19.recording Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, which was pretty

:12:19. > :12:24.fun. I am trying to promote a campaign about cardiac arrest, to

:12:24. > :12:28.raise awareness about the issue. I am more interested in the political

:12:28. > :12:33.side, not just in football, because I think I can add something. But

:12:33. > :12:36.for me, it is just to be able to enjoy Christmas, because I have got

:12:36. > :12:40.training the next day. Just being able to spend time with my friends

:12:40. > :12:46.and family, which is what it will be doing. It is wonderful to have

:12:46. > :12:52.you here tonight. And I know you're going to stay with us to present

:12:52. > :12:56.our next trophy. Yes, up next, it is our Unsung Hero Award, to

:12:56. > :13:01.recognise the special people in our communities, who give up their time

:13:01. > :13:04.to help others. Over the past weeks, the nominees have been announced

:13:04. > :13:08.from the different regions, and they are all here tonight. Every

:13:08. > :13:12.one of them has made such a huge difference, so picking an overall

:13:12. > :13:16.winner has been difficult. But the judges have had to make a decision,

:13:16. > :13:23.so here is the story of the winner. It started with somewhere to play

:13:23. > :13:27.bowls. 25 years on, this derelict wasteland in this village in

:13:27. > :13:32.Leicestershire has been transformed thanks to these two. They have

:13:32. > :13:35.spent every spare hour coming down here. You cannot buy that kind of

:13:36. > :13:39.effort and sensitivity. A couple who wanted somewhere for their

:13:39. > :13:43.children to take part in sport have build a leisure centre that most

:13:43. > :13:49.towns would be proud of. Thanks to the millions they have raised,

:13:49. > :13:54.people of all ages have got access to an outstanding complex away from

:13:54. > :13:58.the big city, taking referrals from GPs to prescribe exercise. They

:13:58. > :14:02.believe in sport for all, and have exclusive days, giving over the

:14:02. > :14:08.entire facility to groups who do not normally have the opportunity.

:14:08. > :14:11.They are the heart and soul of this village. Without people like them,

:14:11. > :14:15.villages can die. They have changed thousands of lives. They do not

:14:15. > :14:25.think they're doing anything special, but they are. Ladies and

:14:25. > :14:57.

:14:57. > :15:02.gentlemen, please welcome 2012's Who is going to say a few words?

:15:02. > :15:06.is just tremendous. This trophy is for many of the dozens of coaches,

:15:06. > :15:14.and the many volunteers, who actually make it work. Without them,

:15:14. > :15:18.it would not work at all. George Bernard Shaw said that the

:15:18. > :15:24.reasonable adapt themselves to the ways of the world. The unreasonable

:15:24. > :15:28.persist in adapting the world to themselves. So, be unreasonable,

:15:28. > :15:33.dream huge dreams, and with a good team around you, it is amazing what

:15:33. > :15:43.you can achieve! Ladies and gentlemen, our unsung heroes, Sue

:15:43. > :15:43.

:15:43. > :16:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:16:41. > :16:47.APPLAUSE Lance Armstrong, his doping exposed,

:16:47. > :16:51.his records expelled. Leeds successfully defended their

:16:51. > :16:55.Super League title. Kevin Sinfield - precision itself.

:16:55. > :17:00.England's women at the World Twenty20, narrowly losing to

:17:00. > :17:10.Australia. Heather Watson won the Japan Open.

:17:10. > :17:15.The extreme end of sport, Leander Cave and Johnny Bramley, world

:17:15. > :17:21.triathlon. MotoGP champion, Lorenzo, podium finishes for Critchlow too.

:17:21. > :17:26.Novak Djokovic, champion of the ATP World Tour Finals at the 02 Arena,

:17:26. > :17:34.not so memorable, Ricky Hatton's return to the ring. Celtic get to

:17:35. > :17:39.the last 16 of the Champions League. More tears to. - more tears. The

:17:39. > :17:43.autumn of rugby was gloomy until England and, in style, beat New

:17:43. > :17:47.Zealand. England's women did exactly the

:17:47. > :17:54.same. And a lamp of redemption burned in

:17:54. > :18:00.India. Alastair Cook, a wonderful finish to this wonder year.

:18:00. > :18:04.And we now can turn our attention to the Team of the Year award. Over

:18:04. > :18:09.these 12 magnificent months, we have seen what team spirit means

:18:09. > :18:15.and what it can achieve. Never before have we been blessed with

:18:15. > :18:17.such outstanding contenders. At Newmarket, Sir Henry Cecil, he haar

:18:17. > :18:24.nansed Frankel. Chelsea's incredible Champions League triumph

:18:24. > :18:28.and the most amazing comeback from Europe to beat the USA at the Ryder

:18:28. > :18:33.Cup -- harnessed Frankel. They deserve huge praise among others.

:18:33. > :18:42.In 2012, as far as teams go, there was one stand out performance.

:18:42. > :18:46.Actually, there were two. Somebody said it couldn't be done.

:18:46. > :18:49.But he, with a chuckle replied "Maybe it couldn't" but he would be

:18:49. > :18:55.one that wouldn't say so until he tried.

:18:55. > :19:00.So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin on his face, if he

:19:00. > :19:10.worried he hid it, and he started to sing, as he tackled the thing

:19:10. > :19:25.

:19:25. > :19:29.Somebody said "You will never do that", at least no-one's ever done

:19:29. > :19:33.it. He took off his coat and he took off his hat and the next thing

:19:33. > :19:37.you knew he'd begun it. With the lift of his chin and a bit of a

:19:37. > :19:47.grin, without any doubt or quitting, he tackled the thing that couldn't

:19:47. > :19:52.

:19:52. > :19:56.be done, and he turned around and did it!

:19:56. > :20:00.There were thousands to tell you it couldn't be done, thousands to

:20:00. > :20:05.prophecy failure, thousands to point out to you one by one the

:20:05. > :20:11.dangers that wait to assail you, but just buckle in with a bit of a

:20:11. > :20:21.grin, take off your coat and go for it. You will start to sing as you

:20:21. > :20:50.

:20:50. > :20:59.tackle the thing that could not be Thank you. A wonderful performance

:20:59. > :21:05.there from id rib Elle BA, -- Idris Elba.

:21:05. > :21:12.What an amazing achievement it was at London 2012. Great Britain won

:21:12. > :21:17.185 medals, made up of 63 golds, 60 silver and 62 bronze. And because

:21:17. > :21:22.of that incredible success, the judging panel voted unanimously

:21:22. > :21:25.that the Team of the Year should go to Team GB and Paralympics GB.

:21:25. > :21:32.To present the award, we are delighted to have with us the first

:21:32. > :21:37.man ever to run a sub four-minute mile, Sir Roger Bannister.

:21:38. > :21:47.And just like him, they've inspired a generation, please welcome 12

:21:48. > :21:48.

:21:48. > :22:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:22:30. > :22:33.representatives from our 2012 Team Many, many congratulations to you.

:22:33. > :22:37.Victoria Pendleton, you won another gold. How proud were you to be part

:22:37. > :22:43.of such a phenomenally successful Team GB?

:22:43. > :22:46.Well, I mean, it's a once in a lifetime experience. It was an

:22:46. > :22:50.incredible atmosphere. It's wonderful to be presented with this

:22:50. > :22:55.award, as part of Team GB, but there are so many people behind the

:22:55. > :22:59.scenes that help us get to where we are today, from the support staff,

:22:59. > :23:05.you know, our governing bodies, our family, our friends, the Great

:23:05. > :23:08.British public who lifted us and carried us all the way through the

:23:08. > :23:12.Olympics... APPLAUSE The volunteers, the Games-

:23:12. > :23:17.makers and the military. I mean, they are all part of how we

:23:17. > :23:22.achieved that so I would just like to say thank you very much. Johnny

:23:22. > :23:26.Peacock, your success in the 100m is one of the highlights of the

:23:26. > :23:34.Paralympics... APPLAUSE

:23:34. > :23:38.Day after day it was an amazing success story for Paralympics GB?

:23:38. > :23:41.You know what, that's exactly the same as what Victoria said. It's

:23:41. > :23:44.really down to the support team around you. Coming from athletics,

:23:44. > :23:49.the support team that we have around us, that's all it's down to

:23:49. > :23:53.and I don't think, as athletes, it's us that stand on the podium at

:23:53. > :23:57.the end of the day, but it's down to thousands of other people. We

:23:57. > :24:01.all put towards 100 medal table, so I think we got 100 or something in

:24:01. > :24:05.the Paralympics, that was just one part of it so there are so many

:24:05. > :24:10.more faces behind that. So many of them here tonight. One more time

:24:10. > :24:20.for the Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

:24:20. > :24:28.

:24:28. > :24:34.For the last time, these are the numbers you need to vote for your

:24:34. > :24:44.Sports Personality of the Year. Lines are still open but will close

:24:44. > :25:14.

:25:14. > :25:17.It's an important call, so make it now. Early summer, we travelled to

:25:17. > :25:21.the European championships with a new coach and Captain, Roy Hodgson.

:25:21. > :25:26.Less than a month to prepare his squad, therefore expectations were

:25:26. > :25:30.unusually low. The end came in the quarter-finals with the now

:25:30. > :25:37.customary penalty shoot-out, agony for the three Lions, but the

:25:37. > :25:43.ecstasy was provided again by Spain. A multicamera age demands something

:25:43. > :25:51.worth watching. Some waited weeks for this. Some

:25:51. > :25:57.years. A whole career waiting for yet another Coronation. European

:25:57. > :26:07.Championship, World Cup, European Championship. Remember the old

:26:07. > :26:09.

:26:09. > :26:16.football? Spain beaten, coaches, sounds dull now, but is this

:26:16. > :26:21.boring? This? A terrific run. The usual precise Spanish prowess.

:26:21. > :26:27.the conclusion. You can win this way. Now, every nation looks at its

:26:27. > :26:36.own relationship with the ball. plan's worked. What a finish from

:26:36. > :26:46.Welbeck. Do we spend enough time together? No. Jay beaten again in a

:26:46. > :26:46.

:26:46. > :26:51.penalty shoot-out. Silva has struck gold for Spain. Three major

:26:51. > :26:58.trophies. And it's Spain again. Changing history, making history.

:26:58. > :27:03.But how does it end? After all, nothing lasts for ever. And for

:27:03. > :27:10.everyone else, that's the best hope we have.

:27:10. > :27:14.As we just saw, the best out of his players for the Spanish team coach.

:27:14. > :27:18.This is coach of the year, which has been decided by an expert panel.

:27:18. > :27:22.Full details are on the website to. Present the award, please welcome

:27:22. > :27:29.the most successful tennis player of all-time, the man who captained

:27:29. > :27:39.England to become the world's number one test team, it's Martina

:27:39. > :27:47.

:27:47. > :27:50.Great to see both of you here. Martina, what difference do you

:27:51. > :27:55.think this summer's events in London have made to women's sport

:27:55. > :27:59.around the globe? I think a lot of athletes tonight talked about

:27:59. > :28:02.dreams and women like Ellie Simmonds and Kate Walsh, the

:28:02. > :28:08.Captain of the field hockey team who played with a broken jaw and

:28:08. > :28:13.won the bronze medal for Great Britain,... APPLAUSE Yes, exactly,

:28:13. > :28:16.and women like Jessica Ennis who came through with immense pressure

:28:16. > :28:19.and all the women athletes, what they gave to the girls around the

:28:19. > :28:23.world was the possibility of a dream and they were given role

:28:23. > :28:27.models, so they don't need to dream what's not been done before so it's

:28:27. > :28:31.easier for the girls to strive for something. It really gives them

:28:31. > :28:34.belief. Andrew, you very much helped give the England cricket

:28:35. > :28:37.team belief and how well are they doing in India? They are on the

:28:37. > :28:40.threshold of achieving something really special out there. They need

:28:41. > :28:45.to play well tomorrow. It's been great to watch them come back so

:28:45. > :28:48.strongly after a trick eye year for English cricket. The omens are

:28:48. > :28:54.really good for them to have a sustained period of excellence over

:28:54. > :29:01.the next few years. Jonathan Trott this morning sums it up! Let's take

:29:01. > :29:06.a look at the nominations for this award. Dave Brailsford enjoyed

:29:06. > :29:09.another glorious year. He oversaw Bradley Wiggins' triumph and

:29:09. > :29:18.masterminded Britain's golden dominance in the cycling at the

:29:18. > :29:23.Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tony minute cello's coached Jessica

:29:23. > :29:26.Ennis since he was 11 and guided her to the ultimate prize, Olympic

:29:26. > :29:30.gold. At London, he helped her deliver under huge pressure to top

:29:30. > :29:34.the podium with three personal bests.

:29:34. > :29:40.Paul Thompson had the Midas touch, training three British women crews

:29:40. > :29:46.to gold, the double, light weight double and pair were all victorious

:29:46. > :29:51.at Eton Dorney, a total of five medals were had here.

:29:51. > :29:55.Let's find out who has won. If you could open the envelope, please,

:29:55. > :30:05.Martina? I shall. And the winner of the coach of the

:30:05. > :30:37.

:30:37. > :30:41.Would you like to say a few words? Thank you very much. It is a huge

:30:41. > :30:45.privilege to get this award, this year of for years, when it has been

:30:45. > :30:49.such a fantastic year. I guess I am the lucky one who gets to come up

:30:49. > :30:53.and collect the award, because behind me, we have got a fantastic

:30:53. > :30:57.team in British cycling and Team Sky. My job is to look after other

:30:57. > :31:02.people, and get them to be better on the course. We will only ever be

:31:02. > :31:06.as good as our riders. There has been a lot spoken about the coaches,

:31:06. > :31:10.but it is about the athletes, it is about the riders. We have got a

:31:10. > :31:15.brilliant team in British cycling and in Team Sky. Given that this is

:31:15. > :31:23.a coaching award, I would particularly like to thank the head

:31:23. > :31:29.coach of British cycling, Shane Sutton, and his team, for the work

:31:29. > :31:36.they have done. They did such a good job at the Olympic Games, that

:31:36. > :31:41.the French even thought our wheels were more ground than there's! And

:31:41. > :31:51.of course, at Team Sky, I would like to thank the team there as

:31:51. > :31:51.

:31:51. > :31:55.well. The chief executive of British Cycling, Brian Cookson.

:31:55. > :32:02.Four years ago, everybody sniggered when we said we were going to win

:32:02. > :32:06.the Tour de France within five years with a British rider. It is

:32:06. > :32:10.absolutely remarkable, what this man has masterminded. He tries to

:32:10. > :32:20.improve everything by a very small amount, and it works. Dave

:32:20. > :32:26.

:32:26. > :32:30.Congratulations on another outstanding year. You will be able

:32:30. > :32:34.to hear more from him and from all tonight's winners on the red button,

:32:35. > :32:38.and on Radio 5 Live, at the end of this show. The lines will be

:32:38. > :32:44.closing in approximately five minutes, so hurry up if you have

:32:44. > :32:48.not made your call yet. If some of these next stars were British, they

:32:48. > :32:57.would all have a chance of winning the main award, after the starring

:32:57. > :33:01.roles at the Olympics. STEVE CRAM: Hottest favourite at

:33:01. > :33:05.these Olympic Games - let's see what he has in store for us tonight.

:33:05. > :33:13.David Rudisha striding away to become the Olympic champion! How

:33:13. > :33:23.quickly be? Prso the world record! Simply unbelievable! Shelly-Ann

:33:23. > :33:27.

:33:27. > :33:33.Fraser Price really blasted it. Sanchez takes the gold medal! And

:33:33. > :33:38.that's a cracker! It is unbelievable! Three times the

:33:38. > :33:48.Olympic beach volleyball champions. Look at that, Missy Franklin, of

:33:48. > :33:49.

:33:49. > :33:59.the USA! The crowd starting to stand up and salute the greatest

:33:59. > :33:59.

:33:59. > :34:07.Olympian in history, his 18th Olympic gold medal. My goodness me.

:34:07. > :34:17.My beautiful boy, look at that! Oh, my God! For many people, away from

:34:17. > :34:23.the sporting achievements, he was the highlight of the Olympics, and

:34:24. > :34:27.it is unbelievable to see you. a show, BBC, well done. I think the

:34:27. > :34:31.reason everybody took you to their hearts was that you personified

:34:31. > :34:36.parental pride, you said it, and all of the parents in this arena

:34:36. > :34:43.identified with you. I'm sure there are other parents here who have got

:34:43. > :34:47.gold medals, their children, and I know how they feel. I still do not

:34:47. > :34:55.believe it, but thank you very much for making the famous. You, of

:34:55. > :35:01.course! 30 years too late, and 40 kilos today to! But you appreciate

:35:01. > :35:06.it more at this age! You were very generous in your praise of London

:35:06. > :35:12.as a host city. Wonderful. I cannot believe it. Unbelievable, really, I

:35:12. > :35:17.mean that. You a great sports people. All the negatives you hear

:35:17. > :35:27.about it, but if they come here to London, to see how the London

:35:27. > :35:27.

:35:27. > :35:32.people behaved, I am not joking... Dunkirk thank you for spreading the

:35:32. > :35:37.message. Well, Bert le Clos is quite a character, and he certainly

:35:37. > :35:47.enjoyed the Olympics. But the man who lit up the Olympic Games like

:35:47. > :35:58.

:35:58. > :36:08.no other was that shy and retiring Sunday 5th August, 9:52pm. Life in

:36:08. > :36:17.

:36:17. > :36:24.STEVE CRAM: Here comes Usain Bolt, he is pulling away! The Champion

:36:24. > :36:31.becomes a legend! In sprinting history, few men have announced

:36:31. > :36:36.their greatness like Usain Bolt. But even fewer men have defended

:36:36. > :36:40.their sprint title, and no man has ever won the double double. As

:36:40. > :36:49.Usain Bolt crossed the finish line to win the 200m, he became the

:36:49. > :36:59.greatest sprinter of all time. And as he took the baton for Jamaica in

:36:59. > :36:59.

:37:00. > :37:09.the 4x100 metres final, he became a legend. The double triple. There

:37:10. > :37:12.

:37:12. > :37:20.are no limits to what this man can do. Whisper it quietly - in Rio,

:37:20. > :37:24.the triple triple is on. Thanks to the great Michael Johnson

:37:24. > :37:29.for doing that. Because of his great record-breaking achievements,

:37:29. > :37:34.the judges' panel voted Usain Bolt as the Overseas Sports Personality

:37:34. > :37:37.of the Year, and he send this message. Thank you very much. I

:37:37. > :37:42.would like to thank everybody at the BBC for this award. I would

:37:42. > :37:47.like to thank my fans. It was a great Olympics, it was a great year,

:37:47. > :37:51.I really worked hard. It is an honour to get this award, and I

:37:51. > :37:55.will keep working hard, keep staying focused, and do my best to

:37:55. > :38:04.make everybody and my fans and myself proud. Thank you very much.

:38:04. > :38:14.Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Usain Bolt Jiyai Shin -- Usain

:38:14. > :38:15.

:38:15. > :38:22.Just imagine what he could achieve with a bit of self confidence! We

:38:22. > :38:25.are very close to announcing the winner of the 2012 BBC Sports

:38:25. > :38:30.Personality of the Year, and I can now tell you, the phone lines are

:38:30. > :38:34.closed. Please do not call, because your vote will not count, but you

:38:34. > :38:39.may be charged. We are all part of one big sporting family, and a

:38:39. > :38:43.great thing about sport is, we never forget our own. Before the

:38:43. > :38:53.final two awards, let's take time to remember some of her friends and

:38:53. > :39:00.

:39:00. > :39:03.heroes who are sadly no longer with # If you're looking for the big

:39:03. > :39:05.adventure # And gold is all that's on your

:39:06. > :39:10.mind # If all you want's someone to take

:39:10. > :39:20.your picture # Then I won't waste your time

:39:20. > :39:21.

:39:21. > :39:25.# See, maybe I'm too quiet for you. # You probably never noticed me

:39:25. > :39:31.# But if you're too big to follow rivers how you ever gonna find the

:39:31. > :39:38.rivers how you ever gonna find the sea?

:39:38. > :39:46.# So follow me, I'll be your river # River, I'll do the running for

:39:46. > :39:53.# Follow me, I'll be your river, river

:39:53. > :40:00.# I'll move the mountains for you # Follow me, I'll be your river,

:40:00. > :40:07.river # I'm here to keep you floating

:40:08. > :40:14.# Follow me, I'll be your river, river

:40:14. > :40:21.# River, river, yeah # If all you want are answers to

:40:22. > :40:28.your questions A# nd you can't seem to find no love for free

:40:28. > :40:35.# If you're looking for the right direction

:40:35. > :40:42.# Then darling, look for me # See, I can make the load much

:40:42. > :40:47.lighter # I just need you to confide in me

:40:47. > :40:54.# But if you're too proud to follow rivers

:40:55. > :41:02.# How you ever gonna find the sea? # Follow me, I'll be your river,

:41:02. > :41:08.river # I'll do the running for you

:41:08. > :41:12.# Follow me, I'll be your river, river

:41:12. > :41:22.# I'll move the mountains for you, follow me

:41:22. > :41:22.

:41:22. > :41:28.# I'll be your river, river # I'm here to keep you floating

:41:28. > :41:38.# Follow me, I'll be your river, river

:41:38. > :41:54.

:41:54. > :42:00.# Wherever you're standing, I will A lovely tribute, thank you very

:42:00. > :42:03.much, Emeli Sande. Now, it is time for our Lifetime Achievement Award,

:42:03. > :42:09.to recognise that special person who has made a global impact in

:42:09. > :42:12.their sport. Please welcome the recipient of this award from 2010,

:42:12. > :42:22.and one of a very special guests here tonight, ladies and gentlemen,

:42:22. > :42:47.

:42:48. > :42:52.David, it is all yours. It is truly a great honour for me to introduce

:42:52. > :42:57.this award this evening. I know he will not like me for pointing this

:42:57. > :43:02.out, but I remember as a nine-year- old, watching the Los Angeles

:43:02. > :43:06.Olympics with complete admiration, when this athlete showed guts,

:43:06. > :43:10.determination and the competitive spirit to win Olympic gold. Fast

:43:11. > :43:14.forward 20 years, the same man is face-to-face with me, in an office,

:43:14. > :43:17.taking me through plans for an Olympics in London. I could see

:43:17. > :43:21.then that the same competitive spirit and determination he had

:43:21. > :43:27.shown on the track had now crossed over in his desire to win the

:43:27. > :43:31.Olympics for London and for Britain. This special man, receiving his

:43:31. > :43:35.award tonight, never doubted our chances, or the ambition of our

:43:35. > :43:39.country. It was a team effort, but he was our leader, and never

:43:39. > :43:42.faltered in his belief. At the end of what has been the most

:43:42. > :43:46.incredible year of sport in my lifetime, we have a lot to thank

:43:46. > :43:51.him for. There have been the most amazing memories, but more

:43:51. > :43:57.importantly than anything else, he understood that our country had the

:43:57. > :44:01.capacity to do great things. He knew that we could put on the

:44:01. > :44:04.Greatest Show on Earth, and that we could surpass everybody's

:44:04. > :44:10.expectations. He is a great sportsman, a great competitor,

:44:10. > :44:20.great person of Great Britain, a man that has one the Olympics and

:44:20. > :44:22.

:44:22. > :44:30.run the Olympics. To the City of London! When our time came, we did

:44:30. > :44:33.it right. That extraordinary moment, when you fail at something that you

:44:33. > :44:40.thought you were going to win, pick yourself up, get back on the track

:44:40. > :44:46.and then go and do something which people did not expect you to do.

:44:46. > :44:50.Steve Ovett coming home to take the gold medal, beating Sebastian Coe!

:44:50. > :44:58.Sebastian Coe was the world record holder at the 800 metres, and he

:44:58. > :45:03.got beaten. The period between that 800 final and the 1,500 final was

:45:03. > :45:07.probably the most important part of his career. Everywhere I went, I

:45:07. > :45:12.could hear conversations, your key is never going to do it, how can he

:45:12. > :45:18.expect to do it?. The press were loading the guns, waiting to fire

:45:18. > :45:28.them, almost on that particular day. Sebastian Coe gets the revenge he

:45:28. > :45:28.

:45:28. > :45:33.wants! And what a comeback for Sebastian Coe! Had he not turned it

:45:33. > :45:43.around at that time, I don't think he would have been able to come

:45:43. > :45:45.

:45:45. > :45:54.The world would have said he's a failure. The mental strength to do

:45:54. > :45:59.what he did was something else. Sebastien co back at his best is

:46:00. > :46:05.the Olympic champion again and he's done what he did in Moscow four

:46:05. > :46:13.years ago -- Seb Assistant European Coe. He became the most successful

:46:13. > :46:17.1500 m runner of all-time. For me to have looked back on what he

:46:17. > :46:21.achieved as an athlete and what he's done moving forward in his

:46:21. > :46:25.career is incredible. His role was crucial to the bid. There is no

:46:25. > :46:30.doubt that his reputation helped him gain access to everybody he

:46:30. > :46:35.needed to meet. I felt a great respect for him straightaway. He

:46:35. > :46:40.had a clear vision and it is a visionary that people needed to see

:46:40. > :46:43.this. It's correct. We needed to join together. I think he'd be the

:46:43. > :46:48.first to say that he could not have done it without the team he had in

:46:48. > :46:51.place, but we would all say yes, but you need good leadership.

:46:51. > :46:57.don't think I could think of anybody else who could possibly

:46:57. > :47:03.have delivered the Games in the way that he did. Maybe just the stars

:47:03. > :47:13.aligned for us in 2012 in getting Seb. He's now gone on to become a

:47:13. > :47:22.

:47:22. > :47:32.legend. London 2012 made in Britain. We are delighted that joining David

:47:32. > :47:33.

:47:33. > :47:43.are many of hi friends, family, and cauldron-lighters and they are all

:47:43. > :47:43.

:47:43. > :49:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:49:02. > :49:07.here to pay tribute to the lifetime What an ovation for you, Seb. We'll

:49:07. > :49:13.give you a few moments to compose yourself. To present this special

:49:13. > :49:23.award, we are so delighted to be joined this evening by Her Royal

:49:23. > :49:23.

:49:23. > :50:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:50:27. > :50:34.Your Royal highness, I guess it's just another quiet night in East

:50:34. > :50:39.London in an Olympic venue. I'm so flattered and so honoured to be the

:50:39. > :50:43.recipient of this trophy tonight. You only have to tiptoe through the

:50:43. > :50:49.names of the previous winners, some of them on this platform this

:50:49. > :50:54.evening, to just know just how flattered I am. I'm also incredibly

:50:54. > :50:58.lucky because for the larger part of my life I've woken up each day

:50:58. > :51:04.knowing that sport was going to shape that day. I've been

:51:04. > :51:10.incredibly lucky, as somebody who has competed, trained, supported

:51:10. > :51:20.and in the last few years, delivered.

:51:20. > :51:27.

:51:27. > :51:31.I guess that there are a few thanks due tonight. The thanks to the

:51:31. > :51:41.extraordinary athletes that we've celebrated this evening, the

:51:41. > :51:42.

:51:42. > :51:47.Olympians and the paralympians that made this year what it has been.

:51:47. > :51:52.Thanks to the millions of people, the length and breadth of this

:51:52. > :51:56.kuntrirbgs whose generosity of spirit also made these games what

:51:56. > :52:05.they are -- length and breadth of this country, whose generosity of

:52:05. > :52:07.spirit also made these Games what they are and also, the Games-makers.

:52:07. > :52:10.APPLAUSE I've also been help aid long the

:52:11. > :52:14.way by some incredible people. I think it's already been said

:52:14. > :52:18.tonight that for all of us, it pretty much starts off with our

:52:19. > :52:23.parents. My father was my coach, my mother lent the balance in the

:52:23. > :52:30.family that allowed me to do what I did and I really wish they had been

:52:30. > :52:35.here this evening and been able to share the Olympics with me. I'm

:52:35. > :52:40.also endebted to extraordinary teachers, PE teachers and coaches

:52:40. > :52:46.at every level that have worked with me over the 20-odd years of my

:52:46. > :52:51.career. But I'm also endebted to the people that I've worked

:52:51. > :52:56.alongside during this extraordinary ten year journey, Paul Dyton and

:52:56. > :53:06.his extraordinary teams at LOCOG that helped choreograph the amazing

:53:06. > :53:12.

:53:12. > :53:18.Nobody could have done this alone. To the millions of people that

:53:18. > :53:23.joined our Games, either at home or in the venues, as fishes,

:53:23. > :53:28.spectators or volunteers, right the way through to those athletes that

:53:28. > :53:32.performed at the very highest level. It's really to all of you this

:53:32. > :53:42.evening that I share this trophy. It has been an extraordinary night

:53:42. > :53:44.

:53:44. > :53:53.for me. Thank you so much. I will never forget ifplt -- forget it.

:53:53. > :54:03.Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Sebastien Coe.

:54:03. > :54:07.

:54:07. > :54:17.Follow that, as they say, and we will, as it's almost time to reveal

:54:17. > :54:22.

:54:22. > :54:25.the BBC Sports Personality of the I never visioned being nominated

:54:25. > :54:29.for Sports Personality of the Year, so if I won, I'd be absolutely

:54:29. > :54:32.blown away. To win would be a dream. Amazing for me and for sailing.

:54:32. > :54:35.It's such an honour to have been nominated. There are so many

:54:35. > :54:38.athletes that have performed amazingly this year. It would mean

:54:38. > :54:42.a lot to win Sports Personality of the Year. Such great athletes. To

:54:42. > :54:48.add your name on that list would be amazing. To be selected for that

:54:48. > :54:53.list of 12, I do feel very, very lucky and, just humbled. To win

:54:53. > :54:59.again would be almost unthinkable. It would be amazing.

:54:59. > :55:04.It would be a great honour to win. It would be huge. Winning

:55:04. > :55:09.especially this year would be an incredible achievement. This year's

:55:09. > :55:13.been such a great year. It will be the icing on the cake really, it

:55:13. > :55:19.would. I can't get quite over being nominate sod I think I would pass

:55:19. > :55:23.out if I won. To win it, I wouldn't even know what to say, but it would

:55:23. > :55:26.be a special time in my life. would be a huge honour to receive

:55:26. > :55:30.from the British public who actually take the time to ring up

:55:30. > :55:36.and vote. I just hope you get to keep the trophy.

:55:36. > :55:40.It is time to reveal the winner of the BBC Sports personality of the

:55:40. > :55:45.year for 2012 and Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge

:55:45. > :55:48.and David are on hand to do the honours. 1.5 million votes have

:55:48. > :55:54.been cast tonight and all have been counted and independently verified

:55:54. > :56:01.for what is surely one of the most eagerly anticipated results in the

:56:01. > :56:11.show's 59-year history. David, tell us, please, who is in third place?

:56:11. > :56:19.

:56:19. > :56:24.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Well done to Andy and, to present

:56:24. > :56:34.the award out in Miami, his good friend and a former winner of this

:56:34. > :56:38.

:56:38. > :56:48.award, Lennox Lewis. LAUGHTER

:56:48. > :56:49.

:56:49. > :56:54.Well done, Andy, it's yours and well deserved. Well done!

:56:54. > :57:04.Congratulations to Andy and David, could you tell us who the runner-up

:57:04. > :57:30.

:57:30. > :57:35.is, please? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:57:35. > :57:41.Well done, Jess. David, could you please reveal the BBC Sports

:57:41. > :57:51.Personality of the Year for 2012? The BBC Sports Personality of the

:57:51. > :57:51.

:57:51. > :58:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

:58:37. > :58:47.Can't wait for this. We want you to say a few words.

:58:47. > :58:48.

:58:48. > :58:51.CHANTING Look, I'm not going to swear

:58:52. > :58:56.tonight so I'm just going to say thank you very much to everyone who

:58:56. > :58:58.picked the phone up and voted. We've had all that jungle stuff and

:58:58. > :59:03.The X Factor the last couple of weeks, so for people in half an

:59:03. > :59:06.hour to pick up and pay �1.50 to vote, thank you very much. And me

:59:06. > :59:12.nan, the cheque's in the post because you pushed redial God knows

:59:12. > :59:15.how many times! Ben, Bella, you can go to bed now.

:59:15. > :59:21.Thank you very much to everyone. What a year! To stand on this stage

:59:21. > :59:24.with the likes of these people next to me. It's incredible and I would

:59:24. > :59:31.like to thank my team-mates because again, without them I wouldn't be

:59:31. > :59:39.here tonight. I wouldn't be stood on this stage. I would like to

:59:39. > :59:47.thank David, Tim, because again... APPLAUSE

:59:47. > :59:50.British Cycling, Sky for paying me and again, just all the Olympians

:59:50. > :59:54.that are here tonight because again it would be nothing stood here

:59:54. > :59:59.without the incredible year that we've had. So thanks to everyone.

:59:59. > :00:05.There is a free bar round the back paid for by the BBC so hope you are

:00:05. > :00:10.all going to go there tonight! Good night and God bless. Have a great

:00:10. > :00:13.Christmas everyone. See ya. Ladies and gentlemen, the 2012 Sports