2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Look at that, look at the river. 2012, a year which will be engraved

in the memory, a year full of glory. A sporting success story which we

mean never see the like of again. It is gold! It has been a year when

the entire nation glory it, swept up in a mass movement of support.

Everyone, everywhere, gripped by the drama. It is a year we do not

want to end, but it must end, and as it draws to a close, we can look

back at the sporting story of this incredible year. It is up to you to

make the most difficult sporting decision of the Mall, who to choose

as the 2012 BBC Sports Personality There is a truth to sport, a purity,

drama and intensity, a spirit which makes it irresistible to take part

in, and irresistible to watch. This # If no one ever hears it how we

gonna learn your song? # So come, on come on Come on, come

# You've got a heart as loud as lions

# So why let your voice be tamed? # Baby we're a little different

# There's no need to be ashamed # You've got the light to fight the

shadows # So stop hiding it away

# Come on, Come on # I wanna sing, I wanna shout

# I wanna scream till the words dry # So put it in all of the papers,

# I'm not afraid they can read all about it

# Read all about it # Oh oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh

oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh # At night we're waking up the

neighbours # While we sing away the blues

# Making sure that we remember yeah # And now we are finally finding

# I wanna sing, I wanna shout # I wanna scream till the words dry

# So put it in all of the papers, # I'm not afraid they can read all

about it # Read all about it

# Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh oh- oh-oh oh-oh-oh

# I wanna sing, I wanna shout # I wanna scream till the words dry

# So put it in all of the papers # I'm not afraid they can read all

about it # Read all about it

# Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh. Oh-oh-oh Emeli Sande, ladies and gentlemen.

Tar and now to welcome your hosts for this very special evening, Sue

Barker, Clare Balding and Gary Thank you very much and welcome to

the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, live from the ExCeL in London.

It has been a magnificent sporting year, and tonight, we will

celebrate the never-ending success story which has been 2012. It is

the 59th you of the awards, but this is by far the biggest show in

its history. It is a privilege to be joined by so many of the

athletes who have made this year so special. It is also wonderful to be

joined by all of you at home, as well as by the 16,000 people here

in this arena. This place hosted so many events during the Olympics,

under this roof. And with this crowd, we have got to watch those

rafters! Over the next 2.5 hours, we will be looking back on the

moments which brought the country together. We will be giving out

eight awards, with the highlight being the crowning of the BBC

Sports Personality of the Year for 2012. But who will that be? It is

the toughest of decisions. First, let's bring on the main prize, with

the main man from last year. Marching alongside some of the

stars from the summer, including some of the Games Makers, and

members of the Armed Forces, please welcome cycling sprint king Mark

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How special was winning that for you last year? It was incredible.

You know, you can work towards anything in your sport, and the

goal is winning at the end of it. But this award is special because

it is bestowed upon you, it has been voted for by the public. That

is like something which you cannot measure yourself, it means so much

to you. It is great to watch your back, Mark, and also great to see

all of you here tonight. We are delighted to have with us 500 out

of the 70,000 volunteers who were among the heroes of the summer.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Olympic Thank you so much all of you for

being here, and for wearing your magnificent uniforms. But now, let

us meet the contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, as

well as revealing those all- important numbers that you will be

needing for later to pick your winner. The lines will not be open

until we have revealed all of the 12 contenders. One of these stars

will be crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. To vote

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Good evening, Mr Bond. Good evening. So, from the Queen to Mr Bean,

Danny Boyle's Opening Ceremony had it all. It also had a special guest

appearance from a cyclist who kicked off Britain's some more of

success. First, he created history on the streets of France, before

burning up the streets of London. What a year it has been for Brad

Wiggins. I told a teacher at school that I wanted to wear the yellow

jersey in the Tour de France and I wanted to be the Olympic champion.

She told me I was mad. Life is a journey for us all, and not

everybody goes the same way. Kids from London to knock over go on to

win the Tour the France. Everything was coming right. Being different

has never bothered him. He enjoys being different, and he loves

nothing more than proving people wrong. You are nothing without a

strong team behind you. Every one of those guys, including Chris

Froome, played their part. They said a Briton could not win the

Tour the France. A track cyclist - no chance. Prove them wrong, Brad.

I house and the Tour de France, didn't I? Brilliant. He did it his

way, with style. We're just going to draw the raffle numbers now. And

I did not even have a drink inside me when I did that. But no time to

celebrate, not yet. My child needed the toilet, and that was right back

down to earth, with a bang. They said you could not win the Tour the

France and Olympic gold in the same year. Prove them wrong, Brad.

will never forget it, it was a year to be British, really, wasn't it?

You see, this story is about more than winning races, this is about a

moment in history which a generation will remember for ever.

That is it now, it is never going to get any better than that.

2012, the colours were all yellow and gold for Britain's cycling

superstar. Please welcome Bradley I was handing you the microphone,

not the trophy. I know, it's Mark Cavendish's. Never mind. It was

such an amazing year and you made history becoming the first Briton

to win the Tour de France? Look, Susan, it was brilliant. Incredible.

I mean, just looking at that now, you know what I mean, I feel

embarrassed because so many other people played a part of this

sporting year and I don't say that just to brown-nose everybody, it

was incredible. I'm sat behind David Weir over there and I'm

saying to Kath, and sat by Chris act boo si and I'm sat by my wife

and saying it's phenomenal. What an evening. We were stood in the bar

before and some of the sporting faces of 2012, it was incredible.

I'll never forget it. But come on, you made history. No-one thought

Britain would win the Tour de France and you did it, dominated

from stage seven? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I'll say it if you won't! But, you know, look, cycling is a

team sport and I couldn't have done it without the team that I had

behind me. The team of riders and the personnel behind the team as

well. I mean, all the athletes will know here tonight that we are not

alone with what we do, it's the people behind us that make it

happen. At the end of the day, we are just the athletes. That sounds

really demeaning to what divo, but there is an incredible team of

people behind every athlete -- what we do, but there is an incredible

team of people. An incredible team? Yes, including Gary Lineker with

the make-up! Incredible team behind him!

I knew this was going to be hard! But you talk about the team. At the

Olympics, it was all you because that was... No, it wasn't just me.

I was on the first day, Susan, so I was very fortunate because we were

waiting for that gold medal and the ladies produced it in the morning

and I was lucky enough to produce in the afternoon. It was incredible.

It started the ball rolling. If I'd stood here tonight as the only gold

medallist, it would mean nothing, it was what happened afterwards

with that and the Paralympics which made everyone in the room here

tonight be here. Come on, Susan, that's what it's all about.

Yes. You are being very modest. Wiggo-mania's hit the nation and

you have got people cycling. From Susan to Bradley, congratulations

and good luck tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Bradley Wiggins!

The year the sporting world came to us. Non-Paralympic arrows Adrian

Lewis, Christian kissed the roadwork from Holland in Frimley

Green. There was sport in other places, Victoria Azarenka in

Melbourne. A third Australian title for Novak

Djokovic. Against Australians, a Third World

club challenge title for the Leeds Rhinos.

Cricket's offering in this one- dayer, not so wonderful at first

against Pakistan. They than Cleverly successfully

defending his world title in Cardiff -- Nathan Cleverly.

The League Cup. More than �67 million raised for Sport Relief.

Kilmarnock winning the Scottish League Cup for the first time,

something new. Nothing new here, AP McCoy winning

the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Synchronised and on his way to a

17th consecutive jockey title. Bradley made reference to it

earlier. Everywhere you look tonight, there are stars and these

men started the year in style. March was the month when they again

celebrated the Grand Slam. The Six Nations - where will the

drama come from this year? We are off an running...

Dramatic. Controversial. He begins the regime with a victory. Wales

Not good enough. The dream at the Crossroads. No try. Wales have come

away with the honours. Four of the five pieces of the jig jigsaw now

in place. Wales have won the Grand Slam. It's been a belter. Three

Grand Slams in eight years for Wales, great stuff. But in terms of

the numbers game, this man has one of the best records around. He

struck gold for a fourth time in succession to become the most

successful sailor in Olympic history, I'm talking of course

about Big Ben Ainsley. I enjoy the sport I do. It's

something I've always wanted to do and I'm thankful I've been

successful. He is the greatest sailor in the world. You are there

racing, you are in the Olympic Games, you have the crowd there,

the level of expectation is much more obvious. Ben ains hi is yet to

beat -- Ainsley is yet to beat Christiansen. Christiansen is

extending his lead. And Ben Ainslie is doing a penalty turn. We were

two guys who thought we'd hit the mark. At that point, they were

looking for anything they could get to hold me back and that's the

problem with being the favourite. Made a big mistake because I'm

angry and he didn't want to make me angry.

Ainsley is reeling the man from Denmark in where it matters. The

fight is absolutely still on. Something needed to change and I

needed to be more aggressive. It gave me fuel to get fired up.

going to try and give him some dirty air and push him back.

have to try and take things into your own hands as much as possible.

The Batam of the bay is heading close to shore on Sunday. I got

myself back to within two points, so it was whoever beat who in the

final race. All our hearts are beating a little quicker. When you

are racing, you can't have any emotions, you have to get the job

done. He's it. He's the greatest sailing Olympian. Things sink in

over 24-48-hours. I'm really proud of what I've achieved in the

Olympics, four golds and one silver, you know, I would never have dreamt

I would achieve that as a youngster. Big Ben was right on time again at

the Olympics. Please welcome, Ben Ainslie.

It's gone out! Thank you very much, Ben, you take that while my make-up

is melting! Thanks, Bradley!

The greatest sailor in Olympic history. That's quite phenomenal,

four Olympic golds over a long stretch of time. How do you sustain

the ability to keep competing? Well, yes, I mean, I do feel pretty

old when you talk about the length of time I've been in the Olympics

for, but as Brad was saying, it's about a team and you have got to

have the right people behind you to keep you going and to stay fit and

healthy. Sailing's also a sport that is really excited because of

its diversity and there's always a new challenge out there. You had

plenty of challenges this particular year. You seem a

pragmatic character, but that Dane made you angry didn't he, he made

you cross. Did that really make a difference to you? Yes, it did

because, to be honest, I was struggling half way through that

event, I wasn't sailing that well, I wasn't that fast and I needed

something to fire me up and get me going and that worked. So whilst

I've taken a lot of flak for it since about the "Don't make me

angry" comment, it changed my Olympics. You have said that's it,

but we heard another bloke in a boat say that and he went on for

another five. Any chance you might change your mind? I don't think so.

I haven't retired from sailing totally, you know, there is an

event called the Americas Cup which started around the Isle of Wight in

185 1 and we've never won that and it's about time we brought it back.

APPLAUSE Absolutely.

Don't forget though, Rio is a lovely place, beautiful sailing

water around there, so you may change your mind! Ladies and

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gentlemen, Ben Ainslie.-Thank The Paralympic Games here in London

were immense. You bought tickets in record numbers.. The quality of

sport and depth of talent has never been greater. It means to win at

successive Paralympic Games, you have to keep on improving and this

sensational swimmer did just that. It's Ellie Simmonds.

Four years ago, I was just a child. I was 13. Comment she won't be able

to believe that. There was no expectation, no prosh sure, I was

just having fun -- pressure. London was a bit different. When

everyone's looking at you behind the starting block, there Eastons

of pressure from the family and the whole country. Pressure from your

competitors. But most of all, from yourself. What did I do about it? I

5am starts, length after length, all that hard work. Oh yeah and

there was school as well. I missed my family, my mates, but I'm not

complaining. I enjoyed every second of it. When you line up at the

start of a race and everyone's looking at you, you've done

everything you can to prepare, the pressure just goes. They are

absolutely neck and neck. Here comes Ellie. She's gone past the

American. She's unbeatable. An enormous world record. London 2012

was different. People expected me to win. It was exhausting. She has

won gold again! It was emotional. There is nothing this amazing girl

cannot do. It was worth every day of training. And do you know what,

it was so much fun. She's a triumphant teenager, ladies

Listen to that, look at that. You are sensational, and they love you.

Everybody loves you. You must feel as if you have lived an amazing

sporting life, and you're just 18. Yes, a age is only a number. If you

want to go and achieve something, you can do that. But to be in the

top 12, with so many great athletes, and to be in this room with so many

amazing people, it is a great honour. But you deserve it. You won

four medals in London, two of them gold. We saw the determination on

your face. It was so hard. I have got that rivalry with Victoria as

well. She broke my world record, so I knew there was a lot of pressure.

I thrive on pressure, however, it drives me forward, so that was good.

What impact do you think you have had on people your age and younger

made and I think it shows that you can do it at any age, if you want

to achieve something. Especially with the Paralympics, having three

Paralympians in the top 12, I don't think that has ever happened before.

It shows how much the Paralympic legacy has had such a big effect.

Yours was the image which was on the billboards, you lived up to

that. You're fantastic. Well done to Ellie Simmonds, the third and

The phone lines will open later in the show. Ellie is a past winner of

the Young Sports Personality of the Year, and that was back in 2008.

Joining us now, one young man who has won it three tonnes, Tom Daley,

Wonderful to see you both here. Tom, we have got to ask you, the

pressure of standing on the top of the platform, knowing you had to do

that dive to get an Olympic medal - tell us about it. It is terrifying.

It is one of those moments way you have to put into practice all of

the training you have done and just give it your best shot. I just went

out there and had no regrets at the end of the day. I was over the moon

with the bronze medal, as you can see. What did it mean to you and to

your family to win that Olympic medal? It is not just you, like

Bradley said, it is not just you that is competing, it is the

support system behind you, coaches, massage therapists,

physiotherapists, and most of all, family and friends. It has been a

tough couple of years, and a tough journey to get to the Olympic Games,

but it means a great deal for me and my family. Ian Thorpe, before

this year, everybody said Sydney was the greatest Olympics. You were

in London - what did you think? Do not feel intimidated! Clearly, I am

intimidated. I have to get home tonight! London was great neat

exceptional Olympic Games. The comparison between Sydney and

London is valid. Sydney was called the greatest Games ever, and London

was extraordinary, but... An Australian at heart, come on.

don't think he is going to answer this question. We have got a time

line here! And we will move on! The Young Sports Personality of the

Year has been chosen by the BBC panel, and they came up with these

three contenders. 16-year-old Jessica-Jane Applegate set a new

world record on her way to gold in the Paralympic pool. Sheikh won

just a month after undergoing an operation on her foot. 15-year-old

Josef Craig was Britain's youngest gold medallist at the Olympic Games.

He smashed his own world record. 16-year-old Manchester gymnast

Rebecca Tunney became the British all-round champion in 2012. Then,

she finished 13th in the individual all-round event, as well as helping

her team finish sixth. Exceptional talent. Tom, can you do the

honours? I can indeed. The winner of Young Sports Personality of the

Year is... Josef Craig. They would all like to hear a few

words from you. I am not going to keep you too long, because I know

there is a schedule. I will just say what I have to say and not

rumble. I would just like to say a big thank you to everybody who was

involved in me getting that award. It was a big shock. I did not

expect it. So, that was just an amazing part of my life. I would

just like to thank first of all my mum and dad.

APPLAUSE along with the rest of my family and friends, and next, I

would like to thank John Atkinson, the performance director of British

women. -- of British Swimming. And I would

also finally like to thank my friends at British Swimming and the

rest of the staff there, many of whom are still in Dubai training

hard, which is where I have just come back from. Ladies and

Football, and the race for the Premier League title was, as you

may recall, pretty dramatic. Sunday May 13th was a day when a city was

united in the beautiful game, which had the most unbelievable outcome.

Is this the day? Very nervous, cautiously optimistic.

COMMENTATOR: Who is going to be over the moon? I could not see

Manchester City getting beat. It was always an outside chance. It is

United, anything can happen. You never write United off. You do that

at your peril. United always come good at the end. When Zabaleta

COMMENTATOR: Queens Park Rangers have the lead! Another incredible

twist! Typical City, that is what they are saying. The game was in

the bag, and we thought it was over. There was maybe a minute left in

the game. Manchester United have won but they are still playing at

Eastlands. Something was telling me that City was going to get the

winner. Grown men were nearly bursting into tears. It felt like

the world was literally running in slow motion. I was absolutely

gutted. Did that just happen? I thought the world had ended.

Unbelievable. COMMENTATOR: an amazing day, the

like of which we have never seen. Ladies and gentlemen, please

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welcome Premier League winners You can turn around, thank you.

Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming. We thought we would lay on

that reception, even in London, for you. Vincent, you made your fans

suffer on that day, after 44 years, and you must have had doubts?

you're never sure that you're going to win, when you need two more

goals. But I guess like all of the people we have seen here tonight,

the people that are getting on it here tonight, we kept believing.

And luckily, we did the right thing, and over was so grateful to this

guy for scoring the goal. He is not happy speaking English, so we're

going to do it in Spanish. I am going to try to help. Just describe

your emotions that you went through in that particular moment...

APPLAUSE He said it was all right! No, he said it was a very special

moment. He could not quite believe it, but it was a moment to remember.

Vincent, finally, it looks like it could be a Manchester thing once

again this season - you would settle for the same result late and

yes, it will be difficult, but there are still so many Games to

play. Things will fall into place, I'm sure. Thank you very much for

coming in. We are delighted you We celebrate a success story from

Eton Dorney. And we salute a cycling superstar. The history of

British sport is punctuated by brothers in arms, quite often in

the same team, or coming up against each other. The latest sibling

superstars are Jonathan and Alistair, winners of gold and

bronze in the triathlon in Hyde Park. Alistair, you seemed to be

loving every minute of it. quite all of it, triathlons are

quite hard work. You cannot really enjoy it during the race, but the

crowd was fantastic, which made it for both of us. We will never be

able to experience anything like that again. What about having your

brother not too far behind? Once he fell a bit further behind, it was

OK. In the early stages, when he was right behind me, it was not so

much fun! I am not sure that we like him very much, do we? Well

done to you, by the way, for winning the world Championships

recently in New Zealand. Thank you. Do you always follow his lead, when

you are training? Yes, and it normally goes wrong. This morning,

we went for a little run before we came here, like triathletes do, and

he thought he knew where he was going, somewhere in west London,

and we got completely lost. About two hours later, we were still

quite a long way from home. He does not get lost, he just does not know

where to go. I need to learn. In the new year, and going to say, I

am never going to listen to him again, because I keep getting lost.

We are going to be enjoying your exploits in triathlon for many

years to come. The Brownlee brothers! In 1936, Fred Perry

triumphed at Wimbledon and in the US Open. Back then, it would have

been unthinkable that Britain would have to wait 76 years for the next

male Grand Slam Singles champion. Well, in 2012, we finally had a

special talent serving up the ultimate prize. First, the Olympic

title, and then, after all the hurt, there was Major glory for Andy

The US Open final. I went for a bathroom break. Anxious moments for

the British player. In that moment, I was thinking about having lost in

finals before. Just dominated, Andy Murray, tore him apart. I always

felt like I had to prove something to myself.

I had to prove something to the other players. I can cry like Roger,

it's a shame I can't play like him. I knew how it felt after losing in

Wimbledon. I knew how hard that was. The support's been incredible, so

thank you. I didn't want to let it happen

again. The Olympics, I was just thinking about what happened at

Wimbledon, was I going to be able to win this one? Winning the gold

medal was an incredible feeling. The US Open final, I let the lead

slip. There was doubts. No-one had ever lost their first five Grand

Slam finals. I told myself out loud that I wasn't going to let this

happen. Splashing water on my face. Murray's there again. It's amazing,

it's amazing, absolutely staggering. I said, I'm going to go out there

and give it everything. Murray gets a double break in the final set.

Murray for the US Open. Oh, my goodness, he's gone and done it. He

done it the hard way. Pure relief at that moment. Can't believe he's

done it. But he has. It was just my time.

He's training in Miami getting ready for the new season. I'm

delighted to say that he's taken some time out to join us here this

evening. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Big ovation for you here, Andy. I know you are in-between training

sessions so thank you very much for joining us. I've been talking about

Fred Perry like the 76 years of hurt. You, like no other player,

have had that thrown at you time and time again. Did you ever feel

the pressure to deliver? Yes, I felt it a few times. It's been a

long road, the last few years, to finally get to the winning the

Grand Slam. I've had a lot of tough losss and I had myself questioned a

lot of times, I got asked about the 75 years that it's been since a

British man had won a Grand Slam. It was nice to finally put that to

rest and now I can just move on with the rest of my career.

You had to do it the hard way though, didn't you, you had to beat

Novak Djokovic in a five-set thriller. It was a really brutal

match. What was going through your head, that final game search

serving for the Grand Slam? It's hard to explain. I mean, it's still

a little bit of a blur. I'd never been in that position before and I

think I'd built it up so much in my head that actually when it came to

the moment to do it, I didn't actually find it that bad and I

can't remember exactly what happened the last game. I was

incredibly relieved to win. I remember I also stood up to serve

on the wrong side on one of the points. I was out of focus and

extremely nervous. It was an amazing feeling to finally do it

and I can't remember too much about the last game. I'll tell you, after

76 years, 287 Grand Slams, thank you very much for that! I'll take

you back to earlier in the summer. It was a different Wimbledon final,

wasn't it? The speech, which I know you found very hard to deliver,

after the Wimbledon final, but then your response... That was your

fault! APPLAUSE. You should have kept the

microphone, it was your fault for handing it to me!

When you did speak, it really did move a lot of people as well, even

though it did take you a while. Your response coming back in the

Olympic final. That's some of the best tennis I've ever seen by any

player to beat Federer after losing seven games. Was that the best

you'd ever played? I think so. I think having lost that Wimbledon

final and having that experience of playing against Roger on that court,

definitely helped me going into the Olympics and also just the whole

momentum of what had happened the night before I was watching on the

TV when Jess ennecessary, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford won their golds

that Saturday night, it was just a huge, huge boost.

APPLAUSE It's been an amazing year. Olympic

gold and a Grand Slam title as well. Well done on that and good luck

tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Andy Murray.

Thank you. Tim Bailey and Adrian stot. Looking

good for Great Britain. Such great strength. This could be a medal run

for Great Britain. Still out in front. Great Britain are flying

here. Oh, my goodness. Through the finish line. They are the Olympic

champions. Absolutely brilliant. It's gold for the quiet man. It was

the best ever canoeing medal haul and the same was true for the

rowers. The Boat Race. They man the thwarts, their arms strained to the

oars, strange, they await the signal while throbbing fear and

eager passion for glory drain each bounding heart. The final chapter

of what's been a remarkable story is now under way. Then, when the

clear trumpet sounded, all at once shot forth from their starting

places. The mariner shouts "Strike the heavens" as arms are drawn back,

the waters turned into foam. They are making history here. They

cleave the furrows abreast and all the sea gapes open up torn by the

oars and triple pointed beaks. Great Britain are going to be the

Olympic champions in the men's four and we done it in style! With such

head long speed in the two-horse chariot race, do the cars seize the

plane and dart forth from their stalls. They are now the Olympic

champions. And they have just been glorious!

Then, with applause and shouts of men and zealous cries of partisans,

the whole woodland rings and the hills smitten, echo back.

Amazing achievements by all the rowers. At the moix, Great

Britain's team blew the rest out of the water -- at the Olympics. Women

struck gold and for one crew member, a silver cloud was finally dispered.

Alongside Anna Watkins, 2012 brought golden jubilation for

Katherine Grainger. Great Britain have taken silver.

They left it that bit too late to come back.

Another silver. Utter disappointment for Katherine

Grainger. I definitely considered very

seriously retiring after Beijing. It was such a massive

disappointment. I decided four more years, yes. The first time we tryed

the double together was the training camp in January in 2010.

mean it was genuinely in seconds, I thought yes, it's special. We get

one chance, it's one take. You start on that starting line, the

gun goes. A life could be defined in the next six-and-a-half minutes.

Great Britain on a mission. Imagine what's going through their minds

here. OK, guys, let's do this, let's finish the story! I was

pretty confident early on that the race was going exactly to plan, but

Katherine was gritting her teeth. needed to cross the line and have

it done, definitely, before I could even open the door to the emotions.

What we are seeing right now is that dreams do come true.

You look up, you see thousands of people celebrating with you.

the crowd are going mad! There is so much between us at that moment

that was unsaid, we believed in each other and we did it. It was

unbelievable. I cannot believe that dream had just come true.

Our rowers are here in force and so too is our next contender. She's a

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skuller and a scholar, it's Wow. Thank you. They so admire you

and it's because you are the modern day Robert the Bruce. If at first

you don't succeed, try, try and try again. Without the beard and the

cave. Yes. It was worth it. Yes, you know, sport ultimately is about

spirit and challenge and heart and getting knocked down and coming

back up and having a fight and having a dream. Sometimes you get

the perfect set-up. You know, this year it was the home crowd, the

home Olympics, this is the best team we have ever created in rowing

with the best support, the best coaches and manager and I got the

dream partner. The perfect partner and Anna is here and supporting you

every step of the way. APPLAUSE

Such a good combination? Yes, you know what, I've tried many times

and it all came true and it's because of this wonderful lady who

is so modest and humble and does amazing work and I couldn't have

done anything without her. We worked so hard together along with

her coach, Paul, and we believed in it from the very beginning and we

had wonderful sport the whole time, but we also crucially had fun. We

had fun every step of the way. We always remembered why we wanted to

do it, we loved the time we spent together. It was heart and passion

on the day and it was about dreams coming true.

I know you are still considering your future and whether you would

want to go to another Olympic Games, but there is a man over there who's

competed at five Olympics and five would be fine for you, would it

not? I notice you put all five as my

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

the moment, we are still enjoying this experience. None of us

expected this incredible summer of success and enjoyment and how it

lifted the nation, the Olympics and the Paralympics and we are still

all in that soaking that all up and it's almost impossible to move

forward right now and even think forward. I'm generally enjoying

every day, feel incredibly lucky and I'm loving it. It's great to

see you here. You have always been the ultimate Olympian and you are

the Olympic golden girl. Thank you, Katherine Grainger.

The boat race tangled with a one- swimmer protest in the Thames. Why

a swarm of 37,000-strong took to the streets of London. Watson won

and wept at the Masters. It would be a wonderfully wet year. Neptune

Collange won the Grand National. Harlequins claimed their first

premiership title while Len ter won their fird Heineken Cup title.

-- Leinster. Ronnie O'Sullivan stepped up and later said he was

taking a break. Steven Hendry stepped down for good. Hearts put

five past Hib nz the Scottish Cup final but hit financial trouble.

Rangers too demoted to the Scottish Third Division. Celtic champions of

the SPL20 points clear of Rangers in second place.

England's summer Brighton against the West Indies. Carl Froch IBF

world champion in home town Nottingham.

Kin of the turf Camelot at the Derby. -- King of the turf.

King of clay, Rafael Nadal at the French Open. And the Queen of

Roland Garros, Maria Sharapova. Our second award is in memory of

our beloved colleague, Helen Rollason, a presenter who died 13

years ago from cancer. The award recognises, courage, achievements

and the ablgts to inspire others in the face of adversity -- the

ability. This year's recipient has all the qualities and more. On the

7th July, 005, 52 people died in the London terrorist bombings.

Hundreds were injured, many were fortunate to live and some that did

would see their lives change for For me, the Paralympics was a

journey that I was always meant to make. You can go through the most

traumatic thing in life and think that your life is over, but new

dreams can come out of that. I imagine there are a lot of people

who remember 6th July, London winning the bid for the Olympics

and the Paralympics. I woke up the next morning, decided to have an

extra 10 minutes in bed, because I had been out celebrating the night

before, that London had won the Olympic bid. Went off to the

station, like I normally did, and jumped on the train. I just had

this white flash in front of my our eyes. Smoke everywhere, the smell

of burning. All you could hear was screams. Suddenly, I saw this

figure coming towards me. Her left leg was squashed into the side of

the train, and her right leg, most of it was blown away. She was the

most badly injured survivor on that train. It was just a question of

trying to stop the bleeding. would not be here if it was not for

that lady. 52 people had died that day. That I suppose made me realise

that, you know, I have lost my legs, but I am here, and life carries on.

Went off to Stoke Mandeville, got out of my chair, and played sitting

volleyball for the first time, and absolutely fell in love with it. If

you had said to me 7.5 years ago, you're going to be taking part in

the Paralympics, I would have said, you are completely off your rocker.

I am so proud to know her, it is unbelievable, and to see her in the

Olympics has been absolutely amazing. I cannot imagine that

someone can come back from what she went through, and do what she did.

I truly believe that I was on that Tube train that mourning for a

reason, and I believe that reason was to take part in the Paralympics.

I have been lucky that I have been able to make that journey. I am

delighted to be joined by Denise Lewis and PC Elizabeth kenworthy,

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

to present this year's Helen I know you would love to say a few

words. Firstly, it is just an absolute honour to be here tonight,

collecting this award. It is absolutely unbelievable, actually,

considering the year we have had. But yes, I do count myself lucky,

but I survived that awful day. And I count myself lucky that I have

made Britain the incredible journey over the last seven years. But I

have not made it on my own, there has been a lot of people behind me,

supporting me. What I would like to do is actually accept this award on

behalf of them, as well. APPLAUSE that's my husband, who is

wonderful, my family, my friends, the absolutely wonderful Elizabeth

kenworthy for saving my life that day.

APPLAUSE and actually for all the emergency services and the medical

staff that day, they did so much. And obviously, I will never

forget... I will never forget the 52 people that sadly lost their

lives. This is definitely for them But what I would like to say is,

thank you all so much for an absolutely fantastic summer.

Obviously, thanks to the athletes, but thanks also to the volunteers,

to the Games Makers, that made everything so special, and also,

thank you to the nation of Great Britain for all your support and

spirit. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the time when we need to get

together, we need to remember the summer, but we need to build on

this legacy that we are all talking about, and go ahead and inspire the

nation. Thank you ever so much, and good night. No-one is more

inspiring than you. # Listen to the sound of a drama...

# I may have never felt like this before.

COMMENTATOR: Looked at that time! Listen to the roar! They are

Great Britain have won the gold medal! Dani King, what a triumph!

Victoria Pendleton takes the gold medal! Laura Trott! Yes, our

cyclists at the Olympics and Paralympics proved to be an

unstoppable force. For two riders, history was made as they rewrote

the record books. The summary of 2012 was all gold and smiles for

It was as if all of his career, everything he had learned, was put

into that final lap. Shoulder to shoulder, who is going to get it?

Chris Hoy! I did not see the last 10 metres, I was jumping up and

down, celebrating so much. becomes our greatest Olympian!

went on a solo attack, far superior to anybody else on the day. She

crossed the line, and I was like, oh, that's 11 gold medals. Sarah

Storey=the modern British Paralympic record! Immensely proud.

Every single event she entered, she won, in London. It is not just

within cycling, it is moving from one sport to another. The drive,

the determination, the professionalism, that is what has

carried her through both sports. She was the star that had just come

back from Barcelona with a handful of gold medals. Who would have

thought that one of those years down the line, she would have been

winning her 11th gold medal in London? To step into our team, it

is amazing. We did not even think of her as a Paralympic athlete,

because she is just as good as we are. You can put her in a Time

Trial, and she will destroy me. She is just amazing. Equalling Tanni

Grey-Thompson's record, Sarah will not want to be just level with

somebody, she will want to go past it. Here comes Chris Hoy! The crowd

are going absolutely mad! Gold- medal! The longer you spend in the

sport, you realise that it is not luck, it is the ones who go out and

get it. Chris Hoy is the biggest example of that. Someone who keeps

working, and eventually, he will grind you down! The amount of

suffering and pain that these guys will push themselves through, it is

off the scale, and it sets them apart. There is nobody who trains

harder. He helped me to achieve my goals. Having somebody like him

doing that to you on a daily basis really drives you to be better.

way that he broke Redgrave's record was quite something else. Just

incredible, to be able to look up to somebody like that. Chris Hoy is

a complete gentleman, he is an inspiration. Well, tonight, they

are more than 10,000 miles apart, but united in success. Joining us

from Perth, Australia, Sir Chris Hoy, and here in London, Sarah

Sarah, we're going to start with you at the Paralympics. World

record and four gold medals. But it was the margin of victory which was

so amazing - it could not have gone better, could it? No, you are

training with a monkey on your back, there is always somebody trying to

be due. You are always imagining what it would be like if there was

somebody right behind you. When I was in the final of that pursued,

on the very first day, I never imagined that I would start to see

her so quickly. My schedule for that race was to go over the same

distance, and my pacing was horrendous. My coach told me off

because my pacing was so bad. it certainly worked! 11 Paralympic

gold medals you have won, which takes you are level with Dave

Robertson Baroness Tanni Grey- Thompson. Was that important made

and I did not realise it was coming so close, until the journalists

reminded me. I got to the Time Trial, which was the third of the

four, and I was thinking, my goodness, tomorrow is the road race,

the biggest lottery of them all. I need to try to stay as calm as

possible. When I realised the gap was growing at the front, I tried

not to think about it too much. The crowds at Brands Hatch, everybody

around the course was screaming my name, and giving me time checks. It

was thanks to those guys that they got me round. 10,000 miles away, in

Perth, I can tell you, Chris, there is a four-second delay on your

answers, but I know they will be worth waiting for. So I will throw

two at you. Tell us about that final event on the track, the

agonising last lap. And also, how emotional you and a team and your

family got after that success. Keirin Was just the culmination of

everything, really. The pressure, the build-up, the excitement.

Obviously, we have had success in the week, but that is the most

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

there is always something which can happen. The German rider came upon

my shoulder with less than a lap to go. I knew that if he got in front

of me, then it would be game over, so it was just a matter of driving

as hard as I could, and giving it everything. I was not thinking

about anything other than my own race, and that last corner, I came

back, and I heard the roar, and just to be able to celebrate with

the crowd, my family and everybody, it was the highlight of my career.

It was my last Olympic event, my last Olympic appearance. What an

experience. That was why I was so emotional, when you have that

chance to let all of the emotion out. Up until then, you were

holding it all in, trying to stay focused, try to stay in the right

mental state for competition. Even after the team sprint, when it was

still quite emotional, it was nothing like the Kierin. You stand

on the podium and you see your friends, your family, your rivals,

all of the people who have been on the journey with you, and that is

when it hits you. It was a great experience. I will never forget it.

We were hoping for a long answer. Thank you very much for that! Also,

that was your sixth a Olympic gold, which means you overtake Steve

Redgrave as the most successful British Olympian. What did it mean

to you to have him there to It was incredible. It was a big

surprise too because he was hiding behind illDouglas and she said

"I've got someone to say congratulations to you" and this

big frame came and gave me a big bear hug. He's the most iconic

member of the British team ever, the greatest British Olympian ever

and to have him there to congratulate me was incredible.

Steve was there, it was great for the whole team, he was our good

luck mascot. He went around everywhere and was there to

commiserate, as well as congratulate, so it was great to

have Steve there. I'm not sure Jill would thank you for for the fact

that you could disguise Sir Conservative Redgrave. You are

going on to Rio. However, training is on hold because a little story.

What have you announced this week? Yes, I'm 13 weeks pregnant today.

APPLAUSE Traininging's, well racing is on

hold, it wouldn't be good to get amongst it, but I plan to train as

much as I possibly can and this could be the legacy of the new

generation of cyclists or a sporty person anyway, you never know.

done to you and Barney and congratulations on a great year and

good luck tonight. Sarah Storey and These are the numbers you need to

vote for your BBC Sports Personality of the Year. But

remember, lines will only open later in the show.

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

world's number one. Best horse in the world. Horse of the year.

a superstar. What an amazing racehorse. It's Frankel time.

spectacular Frankel. Frankel destroyed them again. This is the

best racehorse. The response is astonishing. Anybody will ever

see... 13 out of 13. 14 out of 14. Goes to show the sort of horse we

are dealing with. We'll never see another like it. The greatest of

the greatest. Without doubt one of the greatest

in history, certain think best I've ever seen trained by one of the

greatest in history, Frankel and Sir Henry Cecil a perfect

partnership. Staying with horsepower, our equestrian teams

enjoyed a Greenwich meantime with the gold rush led by the star of

our next film, Charlotte Dujardin. Horse. Rider. Trust. Skill.

Pressure. Dancing. Sitting down sports are our thing, apparently.

Although things change if your seat can listen.

React. Feel. Obey. Humans and animals as one with the world

watching. Don't forget the family! Silver for Great Britain. So, so

close. You think that's pressure? It's going to be a jump-off.

Doesn't get better than this. years of trying. Definitely worth

the wait. And Britain have a gold! Luckily, we didn't have to wait as

long. Britain's first ever gold in the team dressage. The world is at

their feet. Success breeds success, they say. They are not wrong.

Britain win gold and bronze. Charlotte Dujardin has iced the

cake in style. Our time was over. But in Greenwich, it's always

someone else's time to take the stage. Now, the seat had some

different voices to hear. Different partnerships to form. The tension

around here is palpable. Some old. Some new. The outcome remained the

same. Natasha Baker has won the gold medal here. A great start for

Paralympics GB. With the female touch proving popular once again.

Here we go. Especially in Sophie's world. Sophie Christiansen wins her

third gold. She's been one of the stars. If you win ten golds, you

must be doing something right. It's a record performance from the

Paralympic team. Absolutely outstanding. So on to Rio and new

dances for the horses to learn. I'm thinking Samba.

Thanks to Charlotte. She and the dressage team can't be here tonight,

they are at Olympia, but I'm thrilled to be joined by so many of

our equestrian medallists, including our gold medal-winning

show jumping team. Nick Skelton, for you, was it worth the wait?

Certainly was, it took 28 years coming. Just amazing when it

happened. Everybody played their part? It was amazing. All the

Olympic Games I've been to, I think this was the seventh one, this was

by far the most special and to do it in London was the greatest

honour and achievement that we could ever have had, especially the

whole equestrian team and all the backers and the owners and

everything. It was amazing. It was a terrific moment at the

Paralympics. A gold rush led by Sophie Christiansen. Three golds

for you. How come you keep improving? It was absolutely just

the whole team and I couldn't have done it without the Riding for the

Disabled and of course my horse Rio. Thing's a clue in itself. We hope

to see you in four years' time in Rio on Rio!

In terms of the medals, they were started by our eventing team, Zara

Phillips, you were part of the team riding in the Olympics for the

first time. How was it? It was incredible to ride for the British

team in London. It was just a massive honour and to be a part of

it all. You couldn't ask for anything more. The most equestrian

medals ever won across the Olympics and Paralympics by British riders.

Well done to all of them. Our Olympic and Paralympic equestrian

medallists. APPLAUSE

I love London. Man, I love London. And I won Olympic gold here.

The pressure was on. Needs these targets to win gold.

Bang, bang... I had so hoped to turn around looking suave, but

instead... Sinks to his knees. Well done. What a moment. A moment

I'll never forget. Well done Olympic gold med

alingalist Peter Wilson. -- medallist. Time for a bit of

golf now. While the Olympic flame was being extinguished, one man was

burning up the course and winning the US PGA Championship. Not you

just yet... The major win also helped him top the world rankings

and money lists on both sides of the Atlantic. 2012's been another

great year for Rory McIlroy. When I grow up, I want to be just

like Rory McIlroy. It's a big responsibility to be a role model,

but if I can inspire kids to take up the game of golf it's cool,

because that's the future of the game. We want to do that. Just

before my second birthday when I got my real golf club, it's been a

part of my life since I was born, basically. The way he hits the ball,

it's amazing. Simple. Just goes for miles. I want to do that.

2012 for me was a great year. The greatest achievement was winning

the second major, the US PGA. He's done it in grandstand style

and just like his first major win. It's by eight shots. Rory just

keeps on winning. I wouldn't care if I win by one or ten, as long as

my name goes on the trophy I'm happy. It's nice to do it in such

style and fashion. The game is magical. It's an area of the game

in which I've improved and I've needed to improve to get to this

level. I want to do that. So simple and it

works. I want to do that. Obviously, he's world number one, so must be

quite good. I knew I was playing well and when you are confident in

your game, you go out there with less nerves. Everything he does

looks so easy. Crash, bang, wallop. We want to do

that. You can do it. My inspiration. A

picture of me and Rory McIlroy. Kids are so enthusiastic. If I can

have this influence on them, great. A great ambassador, not only to the

young generation but to every generation.

I want to do that. So do I. Fat chance. What a year

for Rory and he's one of tonight's contenders. Just to remind you, the

phone lines to vote for him or any other are open later. Rory is

taking a break in preparation for next season, another chapter in his

2012 story came in September though when Europe faced the USA in the

Ryder Cup and it's a match that will now go down in history as one

of the greatest sporting comebacks of all-time, the miracle that was

Medinah. Nothing in golf inspired quite like the Ryder Cup.

The ultimate team contest in an individual sport.

Support your country, your konts innocent and you shout a little

louder -- continent. Ins separation can be taken from many things.

History, revenge perhaps. To play for your team-mates for that little

trophy -- inspiration. And so it was at Medinah as an

inspired US team swept. There was a chemistry, a bond we'd not seen in

recent years. Young men, unscarred by previous defeats simply playing.

Done it again and he loves it. inspired their elders, challenged

them to rise to their roles as mentors. A lead was established and

built upon. If your opponent is down, keep them down.

American's in absolute prime position. As Europe stared at

defeat, one man bellowed a scream of defiance. Inspiration can come

when you least expect it. Sometimes just through having a chance. 10-6

down, but the comeback was on. The Europeans will hope that's the

first of many points. A quiet veteran stood up to be counted.

little gem. The world number one was late, but not too late.

Brilliant effort from Rory. And of course, the talisman. Where they

led, others followed. Where did that come from?!Over Well Ming

momentum. This is amazing stuff. Inspiring an entire team to create

history. They came back like absolute lions.

Perhaps the greatest inspiration was there in every mind but not in

body. The miracle of Medinah.

It really was something else, wasn't it. Please welcome two of

the Ryder Cup heroes, Justin Rose What a vepion and so deserved as

well. It was unbelievable, Mission Impossible, wasn't it? At what

stage did you start to believe, Friday morning, before it all

started, to be honest. It was not looking good, at 10-4. I don't

think any of us really believed. But as soon as Sergio and Luke

Donald managed to win that game on Saturday afternoon, and then

McIlroy did that amazing performance. Justin and the team

were pretty pumped full stop we saw what unfolded on Sunday, it was

pretty good. It was you that led the way, though - what happens to

you in the Ryder Cup? Your eyes were practically bulging out of

your head. I don't know, it looks pretty scary, actually! I don't

know, I just love the Ryder Cup, ever since going there as a kid. It

just brings the best out in May, and I hoped I can do that one day

in a Major. Justin Rose, you played your part, with that phenomenal

comeback against Mickelson, with that putt on the 17th. Yes. There

it is, right behind you! Who said it was travelling fast when it went

in? Also, a great response from Mickelson. At that moment, it

really looked like it was going your way. Yes, but that is what

golf is all about. Fierce competitors going at each other,

head-to-head, and Phil's reaction to my putt, and my reaction and I

celebrated on 18, but that is important. The crowd in the Ryder

Cup, it is like your sport, football. It is incredibly

patriotic, but as long as inside the ropes, it is played with the

right spirit, it will be fine. just a quick word on of Rory

McIlroy. He also played his part in the Ryder Cup, and what a great

talent he has. Amazing talent, yes. He seems to turn up late for most

things. He might make it in a minute, actually. He might still be

on his way. What he has done in the game of golf has been incredible.

He has won two Majors, world number 1 comfortably at the minute. It is

amazing. It is amazing for golf, golf is in great hands right now.

And you have certainly very much played your part. Two members of

Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team, Coming up, we box clever with our

Olympians. We remember a Super Saturday on the track. And David

Weir and his four Paralympic golds. A British winner at Wimbledon.

Jonathan Marais in the doubles. And Serena Williams, while at Lydham,

Adam Scott. Watching and waiting was Ernie Els. More self

destruction. Kevin Pietersen texted and tweeted his way into trouble.

England lost the Test series to South Africa. Kevin Pietersen was

dropped, and Andrew Strauss later resigned as captain. Warrington won

the Challenge Cup. Laura Robson beat Kim Clijsters, and then

reached the final in China. Hampshire were county Kings in the

one-day game, Warwickshire won the County Championship. Micky burns

retained his world Lightweight title. England's women qualified

for the European Championships which lie ahead, and some lines

from the past were exposed - the truth at last about Hillsborough.

Deserved applause. Many sports were hosted here at the ExCel Arena, and

history was created here. Women made their debut in Olympic boxing,

and the very first champion came from Leeds. Her smile was as big as

her right hook. It is Nicola rain as! It is a lonely existence being

a fighter. -- Nicola Adams. You have to be tough, strong,

determined, and you have to make a lot of sacrifices. Before boxing

became an Olympic sport for women, I did shadow-boxing, and I was

always thinking, one day, that will be beef. I had to work hard to keep

my dream alive. There have been times when people had said, women

boxing, what is that all about? I was like, I will show you! People

said, I was not expecting you to be that good. You can see the

confidence, the swagger. Overall always had a smile on my face, even

when I was boxing. I don't know how I managed to it, but...! In the

final, am thinking to myself, this is going to be a tough fight.

remember looking at the crowd, cheering, and they are cheering

back, then going over to the neutral corner. Focus again, she is

getting up! I remember watching that fight, thinking, wow!

could see the look in her eye, you could see that she was in the zone.

I remember having goose pimples all over me. I was thinking, yes, I

have done this for Great Britain. It meant everything to me. To be

the first, it is amazing, nobody can take that away from you. A lot

of people's attitudes and opinions will be changed for the better

after these Olympics. If you follow your dream, you can achieve

anything. Well, Nicola raised the roof here, and we want you to do it

again, as we celebrate some of the great combat performance of the

Olympics. First off, from North Wales, at just 19 years of age, she

became a Brit the Olympic taekwondo champion. Please welcome Jade

Next, she boxed clever to win Ireland's only gold of the Olympic

From Hull, he packed one hell of a punch as he took the bantamweight

title. Ladies and gentlemen, Luke Next up, from Watford, the Olympic

super-heavyweight champion, please welcome Anthony Joshua!

COMMENTATOR: He has completed the most meteoric rise in amateur

boxing! And finally, she became the very first woman in the world to

win an Olympic boxing title. She is the one, the only Nicola Adams!

Nicola Adams has just made history by brilliantly boxing her way to

the first ever women's Olympic This is your Arena - it looks a bit

different. Yes, it does. This is the first time I have been back

since I boxed here. It is great to see everybody here. For those

people watching you in the ring at the Olympics, just explain what you

have been through in the last three or four years. In 2009, I had a

really serious back injury, which left me out of doing boxing for one

year. I was left in bed for three months. I could not train, I could

not walk, could not run, could not do anything. For me, I am such a

get-up-and-go person, it was really hard. I have just got to say thank

you to my mum and my family and all the team, who worked so hard behind

me, to get me back up to working speed and strength.. It is an

amazing, amazing story. And when you had your opportunity, my word,

you took it. Yes, I did. I was so focused. I just had this

determination, once I got back together again and got moving, that

was it, I was not going to let anything stand immobile. I wanted

that gold so much. To be the first woman to ever do that, it was

fantastic for me, especially to put boxing back on the map, with these

guys stood here as well. It was the best Olympic Games ever for boxing.

You have had the most terrific impact, not just in the ring, but

out of it as well. There are an awful lot of young women who will

look up to you, and you may well have changed the world.

Congratulations to you all, most of all to our history maker, Nicola

Adams. And good luck tonight. COMMENTATOR: The biggest cheer of

all will be reserved for this lady. She got away to a good start. Now,

she is beginning to put away on the inside. This is a tremendous run.

Oh, my goodness! The power of the crowd carried Jess Ennis. On the

seventh day of the Olympics at Latics programme was up and running,

and so was the athlete who had been the face of the Olympic Games,

Jessica Ennis. Her event could not have started better. But what was

to follow 1.5 days later would-be a real moment never-to-be-forgotten.

It was 46 minutes of magic in track-and-field that we will never

PAUL DICKENSON: So much expectation on the slender shoulders of Jessica

Ennis. When I look back, I do feel that there was so much pressure.

my goodness, the fastest time ever by a heptathlete. Jess Ennis is

flying! The heptathlon was nerve- racking, every event, in a

different way. But the 800m, it was that feeling of, you have got so

far, you are practically there, you can almost touch it. And here she

goes! She is going to be the Olympic champion! Everybody is on

their feet to! The pride of Sheffield, the pride of Great

I have done it! It was just pure Greg Rutherford, can he feed off

this atmosphere? It is big... Can you believe what is happening in

the stadium? 8m 31! That is going There was a lot of pressure, but

you try to forget about that, think about yourself, and think about how

hard you work. STEVE CRAM: The 10,000m final is

under way. Only one athlete now can deny Greg Rutherford from Olympic

That is a foul, and Greg Rutherford is the Olympic champion! I don't

think he can quite believe it. The crowd a lifting him, cheering

him on! Mo Farah, into the home straight, has he got enough? Mo

Farah is going for it! It is going to be a glorious, glorious win. Mo

Farah, for Great Britain, it is Did that really happen? Of course

it happened! Three gold medals for What a night indeed. She was the

poster girl for London 2012, and boy, did she deliver? Make some

noise for the greatest female all- round athlete on the planet,

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They love you, Jess. Now, watching that, we all got goose bumps

watching that. Did it bring it back to you? Yes, it does, it's such a

nice feeling to sit here with all these amazing sportsmen and women

in this room and look back at those memories of what we achieved. It's

incredible. You were the poster girl, a lot of pressure on you, but

people forget it was your first Olympics because you were injured

four years ago. If that wasn't daunting enough, what was that

welcome like on the first morning when you were introduced to the

crowd? It was like nothing I've ever experienced before. Obviously,

it was my first Olympics, I was hoping to be in Beijing and had the

disappointment of injury so I came into this year knowing not to get

too ahead of myself and not to take anything for granted and then to be

part of the Olympics in such a huge way. All the ad campaigns were

something I'd never even thought about and then to get to London and

be there in the best shape you could possibly be, I had no

injuries, no worries, I was just ready, the team were behind me

supporting me every step of the way and I was ready to compete.

pressure was on you because everybody expected gold and you

need add good start. Talk about the 100 hurdles? It's one of my

favourite events, I was looking forward to it. I was conscious not

to go down to the stadium too much before. My first real experience

was stepping out for the hurdles and the crowd were incredible. The

sun was shining and I was ready to go. When I saw the time on the

clock, I couldn't believe it, there are lots of pictures of me like

this! I couldn't believe I'd run that time. It was absolutely

brilliant. And that time would have won Jess the gold medal in the

individual event in Beijing four years ago. That's how fast it was.

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another and going into the final event, the 800, you were so far

ahead, you could have enjoy add final lap after honour but you

didn't? Yes, I had to beat the girl by seven or eight seconds. I was in

this amazing position of having the luxury of knowing that I just had

to do something really stupid to mess it up and I could enjoy the

race as much as you can enjoy the 800. I'd done all the hard training,

killed myself on the track on numerous occasions doing the 800m,

so I wanted to finish it off in style, cross the line first and I

wanted to celebrate and have that moment with me for the rest of my

life. We celebrated with you, it was fantastic. Good luck with the

wedding next year and congratulations, good luck tonight

as well. Ladies and gentlemen, Jessica Ennis!

Well, for Mo, his work was only half done. The long distance double

was in his sights. Seven days after his 10,000 metres victory, cue

another golden moment. He's running for the medal position.

Farah holding the inside kerb. That will be a help. The crowd are on

their feet trying to roar him home. Mo Farah gritting his teeth now.

The arms have got to come up high. He's got to look for something

extra. Come on, Mo Farah. He's going to make it two golds for

Great Britain! Beautiful! He's a double Olympic champion! My

words can not do justice to how I feel. Have you ever seen anything

like that? Skhrm --! Incredible. He raced to a double Olympic gold.

Please welcome Mo Farah. Glad you didn't go the wrong way

when you kept going round that track, Mo, but it's great that you

are here. It's been unbelievable. You've done everything in your

sport anyway and it's been an astonishing year, you even beat the

Cube, for crying out loud, but the Olympics is something special. That

changes everything? Yes. The Olympics is special for every one

of us as an athlete. You train for so many years and to have the

Olympics in London was amazing for me personally, you know, to be

running in your home town. It was incredible. Must have been quite

something. APPLAUSE

Mo, you did the double gold. First guy to do it. Incredible

achievement. If you could compare the two, because obviously the

first was early on, part of the magic 46 minutes, but the second

one, it's like every great story needs a great ending and you

provided it didn't you. Which did you prefer? I definitely preferred

the 5k by far, the reason why is everybody was watching me, I was

really tired going into it and the athletes knew they had to beat me

and that's it and they knew what I did in the 10k and also the guys

were working together as a team, so it was just myself and at that

point I didn't see my training partner so that was by far the

hardest. There's no many athletes done that and I'm glad I've done

that right and for me, watching Seb Coe, Ovett, steam cram, you know,

to have -- Steve Cram, you know, to have the guys like that in England

where it all started. It was unbelievable to watch. I've got to

ask you, it's become part of your legend, the old Mobot. Everyone

must want you to do it now, I mean you just do that little thing now

and everyone must ask you where you go to do it? There are so many

people now want youg to do it. If you take a step back and see what

we've achieved after we announced the Olympics, we never thought we

could pull it off, but to pull it off and to win so many medals. For

me, the people in the street were so nice and doing the Mobot, I

never knew it would take off so much. Clare Balding, it came from

her, seriously. Clare's to blame. Well done, Clare, you started

something amazing. You are amazing. Mo, one final question. You are

heavily in training now. What is the hardest, training or looking

after the twins? God... They are both as hard. It's amazing, you

know, to have two beautiful girls is amazing, it couldn't happen to

me in a year it happened, two golds and my wife giving birth to two

lovely girls, that's it. I'm back in training now and will hopefully

take myself away to Kenya to do six weeks' training. What a year it's

been for you. Mo, thanks for joining us, good luck tonight.

Mo Farah! Is she going to be the first gold

medallist in the stadium? Double Here comes Richard whitehead. Gold

for Whitehead. It's the tenth gold medal for Britain in the athletics.

Bushell wins. 80,000 people chanting one man's name. What a

performance! He's here! Power- packed performances from the track

and field stars there. The leader of that pack a man whose strength,

speed and will drove him to four golds this summer. He is the

phenomenal David Weir. I was brought up on a council

estate and I wanted to be a boxer. It was never toing to happen so I

had to find a sport that I liked. I knew I was going to be great in the

future. Once I get on that track, I'm like a different person. Like

an animal. That's my track. That showed in London. No-one was going

to beat me there and this is my turf.

And Weir is pushing for glory. aim was to get off to a winning

start. It was relief, I've done what I've wanted to do for seven

years, to win a gold in your home Games. Rushing for glory for the

second time in the Games. Every lap was just a roar, it was following

you like a wave and it felt like that wave was pushing you to that

finish line. You are crying to not cry. You know that thousands are

there for you and that's it. But then I had to pull myself together

for the marathon which was tough. The first five miles, I was

literally blowing and I thought, I can't do that. They were all

talking and teaming up to try and beat me and I thought, right, I'm

going to really hurt you, I'm going to really, really push you to your

limit. And Weir wins again. Shell- shocked really I think. I always

thought that getting four golds would be a no-no. David Weir four

times gold medallist. I still don't believe it now sometimes. I feel

like someone's going to wake me up and say "You are racing in ten

minutes". Bolt's there, you have got Mo, the Mobot. He's the

greatest athlete in the wheelchair. It's David Weir. He starred in

You did thrill us, you really did, over a range of distances from 800m

to the marathon. It's not just the versatility of your racing, it's

also the recovery time. You are amazing? Yes, there wasn't much

recovery. Obviously, I planned the week in my head for about a year

obviously and I know how long I am in doping, I know how long I have

for sleep, but when you are racing in your home city, the emotions are

totally blown out the water and the plan goes out the window. I was in

dope until 3 o'clock and the first night and had to be up at 6 for the

next 1500 heat. I was running off adrenaline so I was all right.

award is all about personality, as well as achievement and you change

from being a really sweet, gentle, very quiet guy to getting on the

track and being different?! Yes, to tell you the truth though, the

first race, the Ak, I was bricking it. I was in my room and I couldn't

keep still. Ask Dan Grieves, I was up and down, up and down, I was

wasting energy, I thought I would be nervous because it was a home

Games. I went in in the best shape ever I've been in and once I get on

the track though, everything just goes and I know that they are all

going to fall into my hands hopefully and if I just race clever

and stay out of trouble, hopefully no-one's going to beat me.

Now, since the Olympic Games, and we saw you there with your son,

Mason, you have now got a daughter. What's her full name? It is Tillia

Grace, London Weir. London will be in your family for ever. That's how

it should be! He led the way at the best Olympic Games ever staged and

it genuinely did feel parallel to the Paralympics as its should.

Tonight's final contender, David APPLAUSE

We have seen all 12 contenders battling it out to become the

Sports Personality of the Year. I can now announce the phone lines

are open. So, here are the names and those

all-important numbers you need to vote for your winner. Calls cost

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15p from a mobile and BT landline Please dial carefully, and if the

lines are busy, keep trying. You have approximately half an hour.

Back to football, and a returned to a season of high drama. It has been

a managerial merry-go-round at Chelsea, no surprises there. But

sandwiched between the sackings, Roberto Di Matteo masterminded a

minor miracle. They won the FA Cup Final against Liverpool, and that

was followed by a memorable and remarkable European adventure.

is almost like being told you're going to be knocked out. If there

is one team they do not like playing, it is us. It is so big,

you can feel a bit lost. I have never felt so lost as I did there.

When they got their second goal, with John Terry getting sent off,

we thought we had better Batten down the hatches, because it could

have been a bit of an embarrassment. Once we had a goal and something to

cling on to, we did just that. There was just a feeling about us

as we travelled out there for that weekend. We thought, OK, we have

had a great run, and we thought, OK, Didier Drogba, big players, saved

the day. That save from Petr Cech kept us in the game. We were in the

safest hands you could possibly be in, so I had no doubts at all. When

we won it, I had a few words with him upstairs, and just said how

much he deserved it. I spoke to many a Chelsea fan who was there,

and they all said it was the best weekend of their life. I know how

they field, because it was the best weekend for us as well. He inspired

that Champions League final victory, Great show of appreciation for all

you have done for football in this country, and it was merely the

dream for Chelsea, and their owner, that Champions League, and in many

ways, perhaps it came when it was least expected. Yes, I think it was

the season where we had I think our worst season in the league. I don't

know how we managed to change this. The team was fantastic, the spirit

we heard. People like frank east, John Terry, Petr Cech, all of these

players, we managed to bring the new players with us, to go for it..

As for you, you have shown it throughout your career, you're a

big-game player. We saw it in the FA Cup, in the Champions League -

what is it about you which brings the best out of you, in those big

Games? I just want to have fun on the pitch. Every turn right onto

the pitch, I feel like a kid. I feel like when I was six years old,

starting to run after the ball, start kicking the ball. Thanks for

being with us tonight. There is plenty more coming up. Still to

come - we celebrate more a Olympic and Paralympic success. We catch up

with the fastest man on earth. And we will reveal the 2012 BBC Sports

Personality of the Year. I know you're busy voting at home, but the

Formula 1 season had the usual thrills and spills, but there were

also tears and tantrums. By the time Brazil came around, emotion

was high, but crucially, the title This has been a season filled with

drama, and it goes right to the end. Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso,

we are about to find out. Sebastian Vettel has been hit! Alonso has

gone wide! And they have touched! Hamilton's final race at McLaren

comes to an end. Jenson Button, a brilliant drive from him this

afternoon. But with sixth place, Sebastian Vettel is the 2012

Formula 1 world champion! You are the triple world champion, your

other magician on 17th March, Tottenham faced Bolton in an FA Cup

tie at White Hart Lane. More than 30,000 people were watching, as

well as a live TV audience at home. Everything seemed fine, until the

41st minute. Like many other people, we noticed a player had collapsed

near the middle of the pitch. Very quickly it became apparent that

this was more serious than a normal injury. I ran through the crowds,

then straight onto the pitch. They were just in the process of giving

an electric shock to Fabrice Muamba. Oxygen was getting to his brain,

but his heart was not working. We heard in the hospital but a

Premiership footballer had had a cardiac arrest. We had no idea

about the circumstances, but it was immediately clear that something

catastrophic had happened. We will persist with resuscitation for as

long as we think that there is even a small chance of having a good

outcome. An hour or so into resuscitation, we start to get very

worried. Very frustrated. Eventually, after 78 minutes, we

started to see movement of the heart muscle, and at that point, we

thought there was a chance we would get him back. 78 minutes is an

awful long time. We are joined on stage tonight by close friends, as

well as the medical staff who saved his life, and it gives me great

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Fabrice, they seem quite pleased to see you, as do we all. First and

foremost, how are you? Physically, I am much better than I was. It is

a great honour to be here with so many great sports people. It is

lovely to have you. A lot of people here have been very important for

you - have you got something you would like to say to them? I don't

know where to start. All these people, they mean the world to me.

Sometimes, when I think about it, life is great. Footballers, we get

bad press, this and that, but these people, it will be forever in debt

to them. They were there for a reason. They did a great job with

me, every single one of them, to keep me where I am right now.

said, Fabrice. What does the future hold for you? I have finished

recording Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, which was pretty

fun. I am trying to promote a campaign about cardiac arrest, to

raise awareness about the issue. I am more interested in the political

side, not just in football, because I think I can add something. But

for me, it is just to be able to enjoy Christmas, because I have got

training the next day. Just being able to spend time with my friends

and family, which is what it will be doing. It is wonderful to have

you here tonight. And I know you're going to stay with us to present

our next trophy. Yes, up next, it is our Unsung Hero Award, to

recognise the special people in our communities, who give up their time

to help others. Over the past weeks, the nominees have been announced

from the different regions, and they are all here tonight. Every

one of them has made such a huge difference, so picking an overall

winner has been difficult. But the judges have had to make a decision,

so here is the story of the winner. It started with somewhere to play

bowls. 25 years on, this derelict wasteland in this village in

Leicestershire has been transformed thanks to these two. They have

spent every spare hour coming down here. You cannot buy that kind of

effort and sensitivity. A couple who wanted somewhere for their

children to take part in sport have build a leisure centre that most

towns would be proud of. Thanks to the millions they have raised,

people of all ages have got access to an outstanding complex away from

the big city, taking referrals from GPs to prescribe exercise. They

believe in sport for all, and have exclusive days, giving over the

entire facility to groups who do not normally have the opportunity.

They are the heart and soul of this village. Without people like them,

villages can die. They have changed thousands of lives. They do not

think they're doing anything special, but they are. Ladies and

gentlemen, please welcome 2012's Who is going to say a few words?

is just tremendous. This trophy is for many of the dozens of coaches,

and the many volunteers, who actually make it work. Without them,

it would not work at all. George Bernard Shaw said that the

reasonable adapt themselves to the ways of the world. The unreasonable

persist in adapting the world to themselves. So, be unreasonable,

dream huge dreams, and with a good team around you, it is amazing what

you can achieve! Ladies and gentlemen, our unsung heroes, Sue

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APPLAUSE Lance Armstrong, his doping exposed,

his records expelled. Leeds successfully defended their

Super League title. Kevin Sinfield - precision itself.

England's women at the World Twenty20, narrowly losing to

Australia. Heather Watson won the Japan Open.

The extreme end of sport, Leander Cave and Johnny Bramley, world

triathlon. MotoGP champion, Lorenzo, podium finishes for Critchlow too.

Novak Djokovic, champion of the ATP World Tour Finals at the 02 Arena,

not so memorable, Ricky Hatton's return to the ring. Celtic get to

the last 16 of the Champions League. More tears to. - more tears. The

autumn of rugby was gloomy until England and, in style, beat New

Zealand. England's women did exactly the

same. And a lamp of redemption burned in

India. Alastair Cook, a wonderful finish to this wonder year.

And we now can turn our attention to the Team of the Year award. Over

these 12 magnificent months, we have seen what team spirit means

and what it can achieve. Never before have we been blessed with

such outstanding contenders. At Newmarket, Sir Henry Cecil, he haar

nansed Frankel. Chelsea's incredible Champions League triumph

and the most amazing comeback from Europe to beat the USA at the Ryder

Cup -- harnessed Frankel. They deserve huge praise among others.

In 2012, as far as teams go, there was one stand out performance.

Actually, there were two. Somebody said it couldn't be done.

But he, with a chuckle replied "Maybe it couldn't" but he would be

one that wouldn't say so until he tried.

So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin on his face, if he

worried he hid it, and he started to sing, as he tackled the thing

Somebody said "You will never do that", at least no-one's ever done