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Bolt, Pearson are Athletes of the Year
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November 14, 2011, Monday
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JAMAICAN Usain Bolt and Australian Sally Pearson were named Athletes of the Year by the International Association of Athletics Federations on Saturday.
Bolt, winning the award for the third time, bounced back from disqualification for false starting in the 100 meters final at the world championships in Daegu to retain his 200 title, before anchoring Jamaica to win the 4x100 relay in a world-record time.
Pearson enjoyed a phenomenal season, winning 15 of 16 races and taking the world 100 hurdles title in 12.28 seconds, the fastest time in 19 years.
Bolt beat compatriot and 100 world champion Yohan Blake, along with Kenyan David Rudisha, to the award, while Pearson pipped Kenyan world 5,000 and 10,000 champion Vivian Cheruiyot and world shot put champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand.
Bolt was in less dominant form this year after returning from a back injury that ended his 2010 season, but still clocked the fastest 100 of the season (9.76 seconds) in Brussels on September 16, the same night that Blake ran the second fastest 200 of all time - second only to the Olympic champion.
Blake's superb run in the Belgian capital earned him male performance of the year.
"This season was a really trying one for me, I really had to work hard and step up my game," Bolt told a news conference before heading to an IAAF gala in Monte Carlo to receive his award.
Pearson, 25, is the first Australian to win the award since it was introduced in 1988.
The 2008 Olympic silver medalist's Daegu run made her the fourth fastest woman of all time over 100 hurdles.
Bolt, winning the award for the third time, bounced back from disqualification for false starting in the 100 meters final at the world championships in Daegu to retain his 200 title, before anchoring Jamaica to win the 4x100 relay in a world-record time.
Pearson enjoyed a phenomenal season, winning 15 of 16 races and taking the world 100 hurdles title in 12.28 seconds, the fastest time in 19 years.
Bolt beat compatriot and 100 world champion Yohan Blake, along with Kenyan David Rudisha, to the award, while Pearson pipped Kenyan world 5,000 and 10,000 champion Vivian Cheruiyot and world shot put champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand.
Bolt was in less dominant form this year after returning from a back injury that ended his 2010 season, but still clocked the fastest 100 of the season (9.76 seconds) in Brussels on September 16, the same night that Blake ran the second fastest 200 of all time - second only to the Olympic champion.
Blake's superb run in the Belgian capital earned him male performance of the year.
"This season was a really trying one for me, I really had to work hard and step up my game," Bolt told a news conference before heading to an IAAF gala in Monte Carlo to receive his award.
Pearson, 25, is the first Australian to win the award since it was introduced in 1988.
The 2008 Olympic silver medalist's Daegu run made her the fourth fastest woman of all time over 100 hurdles.
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