Usain Bolt wins IAAF World Athlete of the Year

[Jangle]

Nine-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has won the IAAF male Athlete of the Year award for a record sixth time.

Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana, who broke the 10,000m world record by over 14 seconds in winning Olympic gold in Rio this summer, won the female award.

Bolt, 30, sealed the 'triple triple' in Rio, winning his third Olympic title in each of the 100m, 200m and 4x100m.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/38190929

[Bricktop]

foolishness...van niekerk should have won it...

[Jangle]

fi wah....one likkle world record? Bolt won 3 golds.

[Bricktop]

ahmm...in 2016 he made history TWICE... first man in history to run faster than 10 seconds for 100m, 20 seconds for 200m and 44 seconds for 400m & he smashed the 400m WR at the olympics...cmon man...

[Jangle]

One major achievement along the way to winning A gold medal.....the WR.

[Bricktop]

using that logic elaine should have won over someone who broke the 10,000 world record by 15 seconds...

[Gamma]

Yuh is a real objectionist! Anyway I agree it should be Bolt. His only feat in 2016 was to be immortalized .... This was the year he completed the triple triple.

That takes precedence over word record. Wade just chose the wrong year for his feats

[Bricktop]

Yuh is a real objectionist! Anyway I agree it should be Bolt. His only feat in 2016 was to be immortalized .... This was the year he completed the triple triple.

That takes precedence over word record. Wade just chose the wrong year for his feats

that's not how it works...it's for athletic performance in 2016...not a culmination...the immortalization is dependent on years that are not 2016

[Jangle]

using that logic elaine should have won over someone who broke the 10,000 world record by 15 seconds...

Yes. SFP won the award in 2013 just being triple gold medal winner at the WC. ET wasn't a triple gold medal winner this year.

[Bricktop]

but she did win the first olympic sprint double in 28 years & won more gold medals than ayana

[Jangle]

Good points. Well I think she should have gotten it then. Was she nominated?

[Bricktop]

yup...

[Gamma]

The immortalization took place in 2016. That is very significant.

[Karl]

Congrats, Superman!