Bradley Wiggins knighted in 2013 New Year Honours List

[TRF_Cymro]

Cyclist Bradley Wiggins has been knighted in the New Year Honours list after winning the Tour de France and then gold at the 2012 London Olympics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20852564

Outside of Sport these people were recognized: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20858353​

 

[lucky number 7]

Young Rod Stewart

 

[jeffb]

Justly deserved in my opinion, plus he's an avid League fan .

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Good on him.
A little surprised he's got it now, would've thought he'd get it when he retired or something - but very well deserved.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Meh.

 

[j'nuh]

Don't think sportsmen should be knighted.

Humbug.

 

[lucky number 7]

I agree with j nuh.


Historically knight were defenders of the realm. Despite sports being the most common battlefield these days between nations , I still believe that knghting someone for cycling really fast when historically knights were men who put themselves in the way of very sharp lumps of metal and tried to put very sharp lumps of metal in other knights.

Same goes for inauguration to the legion d'honneur in France .

 

[Peat]

Don't think sportsmen should be knighted.

Humbug.

Fair enough, but at least fifty years out of date.

Having set the precedent, him and ainslie are outstanding candidates.

 

[psychic duck]

What an idiot this guy is. He got a CBE yet has gone has moaning to the press about how he should have been knighted.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...dressage-rider-Lee-Pearson.html#ixzz2GjLihBGD

They also bring up Kelly Holmes achievement, but forgetting that part of that was that for her services to the Army as well as the Golds in 2004 Olympics.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sitting on a horse isn't a sport anyway.
Horse dancing should be at the horse equivalent of Crufts, not the olympics.

 

[McTallshort]

If they can give them to poncey actors and bankers who cock the economy up then why not give them to a sportsman.