POSTED: November 23rd 2008
NewsUpdate
'Lightning' Bolt strikes again
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT / Sports Features Communications
MONACO: Usain Bolt, the triple Olympic sprint champion, has collected yet another prize after being voted Male World Athlete of the Year.
The 22-year-old Jamaican, who raced to Beijing glory in the 100m, the 200m and the 4x100m relay, would always obviously run away with the IAAF award just as he had run away from his rivals in all three finals in the Bird’s Nest Stadium in August.
The accolade of Female World Athlete of the Year went, almost as predictably and for the third time, to the Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva who was gold both in Beijing and in Athens in 2004 and is also world indoor champion.
Other awards:
Male Performance of the Year: Dayron Robles (Cub). Female Performance of the Year: Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth), Barbora Spotakova (Cze). Revelation of the Year: Pamela Jelimo (Ken).
Distinguished Career Award: Kajsa Bergqvist (Swe), Stefan Holm (Swe), Jefferson Perez (Ecu). Inspirational Award: Henry Rono (Ken). 80 Years of Women Athletes at the Olympic Games: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US).
Special Olympic Award: Usain Bolt (Jam), Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth), Yelena Isinbayeva (Rus), Francoise Mbango (Cam), Angelo Taylor (US), Andreas Thorkildsen (Nor).
Keywords · Usain Bolt · Yelena Isibayeva · IAAF · Male Athlete of the Year · Female Athlete of the Year
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