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| Allyson Felix (L) of the United States and Usain Bolt of Jamaica |
Allyson Felix (L) of the United
States and Usain Bolt of Jamaica pose with their female and male 2012 World
Athletes of the Year awards during the IAAF athlete of the year award at the
IAAF Centenary Gala on November 24, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.(Photo by Getty
Images) 
BARCELONA, November 24, 2012 - The
self declared king of sprints Jamaican Usain Bolt picked a historic fourth IAAF
male athlete of the year award at the IAAF’s 100th anniversary gala
in Barcelona, Spain.
American Allyson Felix, whose third
olympics was 'the charm' as she finally earned the 200m Gold medal after twice
settling for silver was named the IAAF female athlete of the year.
It was yet another tough call
for the IAAF family picking out Bolt who defended his 100m and 200m Olympic
titles and additional his third gold in the 4 x 100m relay team before wrapping
up the season with the Diamond league win, ahead of the 800m gold winner Kenyan
David Rudisha and American 110m champion Aries Meritt.
