BBC Sports Personality of the Year – in pictures
Bradley Wiggins capped his remarkable sporting year by taking home the big prize at the ceremony in London
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Presenters Gary Lineker, Clare Balding (left) and Sue Barker (right) during the awards ceremony at the ExCeL in LondonPhotograph: David Davies/PA
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Zara Phillips (second right) talks onstage with fellow equestrian Nick Skelton
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Sailor Ben Ainslie, who won Olympic gold in the Finn class for the third time this year, enters the stage carrying a flare
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Jessica Ennis and fiance Andy Hill
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Sue and Jim Houghton, winners of the unsung hero award, with Sue Barker and Fabrice Muamba. The Houghtons have spent 25 years helping to transform a derelict Leicestershire sports ground into a community centre
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Paralympic swimmer Josef Craig (centre), winner of the young sports personality of the year award, receives his trophy from Ian Thorpe and Tom Daley
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Bradley Wiggins strikes a pose during the awards ceremony
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Clare Balding on stage with Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds
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Martine Wright (centre), winner of the Helen Rollason award, with PC Elizabeth Kenworthy, who saved her life in the July 7 bombings. Wright played sitting volleyball for Team GB at the 2012 Paralympics
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Jessica Ennis shares the stage with Sue Barker
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Sir Steve Redgrave – who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 2000 – watches on from the audience
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Mo Farah in conversation with Gary Lineker
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Wheelchair athlete David Weir – winner of four golds at the 2012 Paralympics – looks out over the audience
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Victoria Pendleton collects the award for team of the year on behalf of Team GB and Paralympics GB from Roger Bannister, as Jonnie Peacock, who won gold in the T44 men's 100 metres at the Paralympic Games, looks on
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Bradley Wiggins poses alongside David Beckham and the Duchess of Cambridge with his BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
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Wiggins holds his trophy as Sue Barker looks on. The cyclist told the crowd: 'We have had all that jungle stuff and X Factor the last few weeks, so for people to pick up the phone and vote in half an hour, thank you very much'
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