MONACO: Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana were crowned as the IAAF's athletes of the year on Friday. Ayana also took bronze in the Rio 5000m, her only loss of the year over the distance. She becomes the third Ethiopian woman to win the IAAF award, following Genzebe Dibaba in 2015 and Meseret Defar in 2007. 00Bolt and Ayana win IAAF awards was posted in Sports of TheNews International - https://www.thenews.com.pk on December 03, 2016 and was last updated on December 03, 2016. Permanent link to the news story "Bolt and Ayana win IAAF awards" is https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/169307-Bolt-and-Ayana-win-IAAF-awards.

Source: Ethiopian News December 02, 2016 20:44 UTC