I agree with you but I would not put Darren Campbell in that category. He came over as quite realistic about his abilities and he did win a silver medal in the 200m at Sydney (where the gold was won by a Greek guy that later got banned for drugs...) and a gold medal in the 4 x 100m relay in Athens, so he got a good return from his ability.

With MLF he ran a sub 10 second time while he was still a teenager and he was hyped up as the fastest junior in the world so people thought he would go on to be a great...he got made into a celebrity before he had achieved anything at senior level. Although in fairness he does have a relay gold as well in that same team as Campbell.

I can't understand why everyone is crazy about winning gold / silver / bronze. We need to get rid of all this winning stuff and medals, and go back to just 'taking part' for the fun of it.

All this competitive nonsense has destroyed sport.

As this is post number 2012 for me on RL Fans, thought I'd use it to say what a great spectacle the opening ceremony was. It's not often I feel proud to be British, but this was one of those rare occasions celebrating the music and people that put the 'Great' into Great Britain.

Only managed to get some football tickets so have been watching most of it on the TV so far, and despite the lack of medals for the host nation it has been a great festival of sport so far. Hopefully it will inspire a generation of kids to pursue more active lifestyles.

To all the moaners: there's more to life than rugby league.

Well if everyone else took the same drugs as Gatlin they'd probably finish a bit closer.

Been brilliant today, Wiggins is an absolute champion in every sense of the word.

Not much chance of any decent odds from the bookies for the Sports Personality of the Year then, if any bets taken at all.

I just saw on Twitter that SkyBet are offering 1/6 on him, so no decent odds at all. They may as well give him the award now!

Correct and totally well deserved. The only way he will 'lose it' is if they find a banned jet pack in his 'sidies'

i really enjoyed the opening ceremony, especially how it told the history of Great Britain. My favourite bit was the parade with all the different countries we've conquered.

At least Wiggins has a 'personality' too, the bloke is top class full stop.

Peerless, a proud day for the town in Belgium where he was born.*

*that's a joke before anyone's head explodes, although he was born in Belgium.

A massive Wigan fan Wiggins as well which is great exposure for Rl. true champion.

Great so we will have to have the BBC gushing their praise to some dude that rides a bike....what about all the many deserving rugby league players that will be once again overlooked for Sports Personality of the Year?

Sorry Sam Tomkins you're in the wrong sport if you want to get media recognition.

Sam Tomkins is on first name terms with Sir Bradley.