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Can't find a thread for BBC Sport personality of the year.
MY vote goes to the wonderful Dame Sarah Storey.
There's plenty of time left to vote
Good to see Sir Chris looking well and chipper. No better person to tell us about the Olympics.
Cav should be in this year’s award
Seems odd to just have it on a Tuesday?
It should be Jasmine Paris for completing the Barkley Marathon. A far bigger achievement than any of those nominated.
Cav should be in this year’s award
Why...? What's he achieved THIS year...? ??♂️
He's an absolute shoe in for the lifetime award though...
Realistically, fantastic though some of the other individual performances have been, Joe Root has absolutely dominated Test cricket batting rankings in 2024, and is now 5th on the list of all time run scorers and showing no sign of slowing up!
Luke Littler should be a shoe in for young sports personality of the year though...
Seems odd to just have it on a Tuesday?
They keep doing it on a weekday the last few years for some reason... Was always much better when it was on a Sunday night!
Why do they keep saying triathalon?
I thought it was already announced that he was getting the lifetime achievement award? Or have I let something slip now?
Why do they keep saying triathalon?
Because they had hours and hours of elocution lessons to stop them saying "tri-aff-a-lon"...
Cav won SPOTY in 2011/12? Absolutely deserves the Lifetime award, but then so does Sarah Storey - remember she didn't start as a cyclist!
but then so does Sarah Storey – remember she didn’t start as a cyclist!
Yes... But she hasn't retired yet!
I suspect when she does, they'll award it to her that year.
Was it a massively downscaled event this year?
I know historically it was in a fairly big arena/venue
Felt much smaller scale in the Salford studio this year
Stupid telly. I recorded the whole programme (had to go out for a while), watched it and just as Sir Chris is about to answer the winner, then it clicks off, they must have overrun. arrgghh.
You can watch it on iPlayer
I suspect that it's been done before, and I fully expect to get flamed, but darts? And has he actually won anything. Watched him get whooped by the other Luke in the final so.......
Keeley Hodgkinson a worthy winner for her bravado and domination of her event this year.
Cav so deserves the lifetime achievement, he started winning before my son#2 was born, and still going this year.. ...part of the reason I have enjoyed the TdF these last few years, and had a few tears when he did 30-34 and again this summer
No nomination for Pogacar for international sportsperson. What does a man have to do!?!
I suspect that it’s been done before, and I fully expect to get flamed, but dart
Judging by the amount of boo'ing he got....I guess others thought the same.
Disappointed for yee. But unless you watched that olympic triathlon event the magnitude of what he did has no significance.
+1 on Jasmine Paris massively inspirational and bringing exposure to ultra racing to the(limited) masses
Keely's a worthy winner though. Mass media inspiration for generations following the Olympics. I'd have been more annoyed if the darts had taken top spot.
I suspect that it’s been done before, and I fully expect to get flamed, but darts? And has he actually won anything.
Yes, it even told you during the show. Grand Slam, PC Finals and World Series that not bad at 17 which is why there were lot of cheers.
I was hoping for Root as he’s achievement is pretty incredible but I’m happy Keeley won as well deserved.
No nomination for Pogacar for international sportsperson. What does a man have to do!?!
I'd imagine he was in the discussion but it's really hard to say they got it wrong with Mondo. He's not lost an event this year (I think didn't lose one last year either), broken the outdoor world record twice, won the Olympic title, he's currently also the reigning world indoor and outdoor champion and indoor world record holder. And for shitz n gigz he had a 100m race with Jacob Ingebritsen and won with a sub 10.37.
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You can watch it on iPlayer
Indeed, it's exactly what I did. Was a bit annoyed that Sir Chris got cut off at the big moment.
Sad that Dame Sarah didn't even get to second or third.
Delighted that KH won.
A genuinely great personality as well as an inspirational athlete.
It's decided by committee isn't it? I'm 100% certain they'd have had the "is darts a sport and will we look silly if we give it to LL?" chat.
It’s decided by committee isn’t it? I’m 100% certain they’d have had the “is darts a sport and will we look silly if we give it to LL?” chat.
Public vote.
Public vote.
Haha, then I'm almost surprised there wasn't an organised push for LL to win it as a prank.
Sad that Dame Sarah didn’t even get to second or third.
She was never going to, I bet she came last. Incredible athlete but has never really been in the general public consciousness (probably as a result of the lack of coverage of parasports).
It's an interesting event isn't it?
10 years ago it felt like a huge event, prime Sunday night TV, huge arena, all the stars at the venue, I watched it religiously as it was a brilliant wrap up of the year in sport. But 8pm on a Tuesday in a studio in Salford feels much lower key, maybe the format is on its last legs?
Anyway, Keeley Hodgkinson is a very worthy winner, I'd voted Joe Root but Keeley is awesome.
It’s not booing. It’s people going “luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke”
In some strange accent? When he went up for young spoty. It was distinctly boo'ing.
When he wen up for second place in the main spoty. It was louder backing music with luukke faded over the top.
But 8pm on a Tuesday in a studio in Salford feels much lower key
There's a lot of 'dislike' comments for the current format on the BBC website - I think the guy sat with a dart board around his neck summed it up for me.
(Also def KH or Yee for the win and Chris Hoy was a class ... as always)
In some strange accent? When he went up for young spoty. It was distinctly boo’ing.
It wasn’t anything like a booo.
I'm glad you found the recorded version.
I agree no boo'ing on that. But the walk on music is also dubbed loudly over the crowd- similar to his second walk on. Like the guy in charge wasn't going to let it happen again.
There was distinct boo'ing on the live broadcast. Quite a few comments on it across x at the time
There was distinct boo’ing on the live broadcast
Its the same thing that happens to LUKE Donald at the golf
Go to a Bruce Springsteen concert and you'll hear loads of people shouting "Bruuuuuuuuuuce" in unison which also sounds like booing
Absolutely no one in that tiny studio of invited guests and fellow sportspeople was booing
I watched the live version, there was no booing.
I watched the live version, there was no booing.
That's cute.
Its the same thing that happens to LUKE Donald at the golf
And Lukas Jutkiewicz for Birminghsm City at St Andrews - we're going "Juuuuuuuuuuuke". Sounds like a boo - not a boo.
I got annoyed when they started having live artists for the "who's passed away this year" segment, then focussing on the artist rather than the recently-passed. I don't watch it any more for that reason, and yes I am that petty.
Quite a few comments on it across x at the time
Oh right - if it was on X then it must be right 😉
I got annoyed when they started having live artists for the “who’s passed away this year” segment, then focussing on the artist rather than the recently-passed. I don’t watch it any more for that reason, and yes I am that petty
They don't do that anymore, they've gone back to the montage with a song played underneath
That’s cute
You can just admit you were wrong btw
They don’t do that anymore, they’ve gone back to the montage with a song played underneath
Then the complaints have worked! Thanks for the heads-up, I can watch it again now. 🙂
You can just admit you were wrong btw
If you say so. But unfortunately I've not heard the live broadcast again to verify. -btw.
I heard it as boo. And according to the internet so did others.
But not the elder population of stw . Might be a hearing frequency thing;)
Did he look as though he thought he was being booed?
according to the internet so did others.
As my parents used to say, whenever I messed up as a kid and tried to say it was my mates fault
"If the internet told you to jump off a cliff would you do it?"