Sport
Usain Bolt, Mo Farah continue to dominate in athletics
Farah emulated Ethiopian long-distance king Kenenisa Bekele by adding double world 5,000-10,000m gold to similar exploits at the 2012 London Olympics.
Like Bolt, the Somali-born Briton dominated both races, controlling the pace with aplomb and each time producing his now-trademark kick to burn off any opponents in the home stretch.
But he will likely leave his fans disappointed next year as he has opted to compete in the lucrative London Marathon rather then the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
World athletics governing body the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) awarded their men and women’s athletes of the year to Bolt and his Jamaican teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who also claimed double sprint golds.
Notably, there was for the first time an African presence on the podium in both the women’s 100 and 200m, US-based Ivorian Murielle Ahoure claiming two silvers, with Nigerian Blessing Okagbare also taking a 200m bronze.
The shadow of doping remains, however, with 2014 likely to see further moves from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to regulate testing, particularly from national bodies.
WADA audited the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission (JADCO) after 7 high-profile Jamaican athletes tested positive in 2013, WADA president John Fahey accusing the body of “dropping the ball”.
