arise sir chris!!
chris hoy now has the same amount of golds as sir matthew pinsent and 5 olympic medals in total, never mind the worlds hes won.
but will he be knighted?
is rowing a higher profile sport than cycling?
thoughts please
but will he be knighted?
is rowing a higher profile sport than cycling?
thoughts please
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And it seems that a fair few other people agree with you, story here.
Come 2012 he'll be 36 and on home soil, he'll surely win more and surpass Redgrave, Pinsent etc.
Richie
However, I reckon the biggest block to him winning any golds in 2012 will be the GB cycling team. I reckon some of these young guns will be just too good for him in 4 years.
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Do you mean Clive Woodward (maybe getting him mixed up with ex-Schools Inspectorate bloke turned Times columnist Chris Woodhead)? Anyhow, sorry to be pedantic; I agree, definitely worthy of it in recognition of his achievements. Getting his name in lights on the new Commonwealth Games velodrome isn't a bad start.
On a related note, there now surely has to be a decent chance of a cyclist getting the Beeb Sports Personality of the Year award?
David
Agreed, and surely the 'Team award' would have to go to GB Cycling would it not?
The football team weren't present for the Europeans in the summer, so they are not in with a chance, Rugby team, seems unlikely, so if they do class them as a team (Do they?) then it should be theirs.
Or maybe only the pursuit team etc would qualify for the team prize?
I don't think there has ever been a stronger case for a cyclist to win the award, for whatever it is worth, as nothing this high profile, in recent times, has occurred on the track, and or road - especially with Cav's 4 stage wins in the tour as an added headline maker.
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I think you're probably right
But David Brailsford will win coach of the year (i know he doesn't do any coaching - but he's the figurehead) and Sir Chris must win SPOTY (particularly with the well known powerful reality TV Scottish vote)
I expect no less than
Sir Chris Hoy
Sir Peter Keen
Bradley Wiggins CBE
David Brailsford CBE
MBEs for all the other gold medallists + Cav
Hoy to carry the flag at the closing ceremony and Wiggins (as a Londoner) to light the torch in 2012
She won Commonwealth gold in 1994 and 2002, but her other eight medals in major champs (World, World Indoors, Commonwealth, European and Olympics) were all silver or bronze until she landed the two golds in Athens.
It hardly compares with Redgrave and Pinsent getting gold over five and four Olympics, respectively.
What it does mean, though, is that when Rebecca Adlington gets a couple of golds, people (perhaps with tongue in cheek) ask for her to be made a Dame. Hmmm. If she repeats it in 2012, maybe.
And, at the same time, Holmes was at the end of her career.
I think that Hoy and Wiggins may well end up with knighthoods - but it will be once they retire, and not just as a result of what they have done in Beijing.
I feel that Holmes' DBE was a little over the top, especially when you consider that Sally Gunnell had a more successful athletics career. In 1994 she held the titles of European Champion, Commonwealth Champion, World Champion, Olympic Champion and World record holder in the 400m hurdles, all at the same time!
I think this feat has only ever been repeated by Daley Thompson, Linford Christie and Jonathan Edwards.
Surely it should be Dame Sally Gunnell?
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If it shouldn't move and does, use the tape.
Cav may not have got an Olympic medal, but his TdF achievements ought to add weight to any prospect of getting an MBE.
David
What a great idea - it's (a) straightforward, (c) effective and (c) relatively inexpensive. Hope someone at British Cycling is reading this and gets on the blower to a firm of signmakers soonish....
David
But don't forget, on the other hand, that Yorkshire is home of those legendary "Championship Beers". Anyone fancy a pint?
David