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Usain Bolt, David Rudisha, Aries Merritt: finalists for World Athlete of the Year 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
From top clockwise: David Rudisha, Usain Bolt and Aries Merritt. PHOTO/IAAF
Usain Bolt, David Rudisha and Aries Merritt are the finalists for the World Athlete of the Year award.
Track and field’s governing body said Monday that they had the most votes in a three-week poll. The winner will be announced during the IAAF’s centenary celebrations in Barcelona on November 24.
Bolt became the first man to retain both 100- and 200-meter titles at the London Olympics.
Merritt won the 110 hurdles at the Olympics. The American set a world record of 12.80 seconds at the Van Damme Memorial in Brussels in September.
Rudisha of Kenya won the 800 in London in a world record of 1 minute, 40.91 seconds.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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