MONACO, (CMC) – Sprint sensation, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, is among three athletes selected as finalists for the 2013 male World Athlete-of-the-Year, the IAAF announced yesterday.
Britain’s Mo Farah and Ukranian high jumper Bohdan Bondarenko are the other two finalists.
Bolt, an eight-time World champion is the reigning Olympic champion in the 100, 200 and 4x100m while Farah is the current 10 000m Olympic and World Champion and also the Olympic, World and European champion in the 5 000m.
The finalists were selected after a month-long poll of the World Athletics Family including members of the international press.
The Council of the International Athletics Foundation will select the male and female winners, with the announcement taking place live on stage during the 2013 World Athletics Gala in Monaco, on Saturday, November 16.
The three women’s finalists will be announced today.