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Gay and Defar are World Athletes of the Year - Powell and Vlasic win Performance of the Year Award - IAAF.orgPublished by
Gay and Defar are World Athletes of the Year - Powell and Vlasic win Performance of the Year Award Sunday 25 November 2007 Monte-Carlo – During the celebrations of the World Athletics Gala hosted by International Athletic Foundation (IAF) Honorary President HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and IAF & IAAF President Lamine Diack in the Salle des Etoiles of the Sporting Club d’Eté Monte Carlo, 25-year-old American Tyson Gay and Ethiopia’s 23-year-old Meseret Defar were crowned as the male and female World Athletes of the Year. A three-time World champion Tyson Gay, the 2007 Male World Athlete of the Year commented: Winner of all her races this season, including two World records and a World best, Meseret Defar, the 2007 Female World Athlete of the Year commented: “I don’t have words to describe how happy I am. "This is very special for me. This is very special for Ethiopian women. Those who struggle very hard and who don't have very many opportunities to achieve the highest levels of athletics. So I dedicate this award to them." The 2007 Performances of the Year award was presented to Asafa Powell for his World record breaking performance in Rieti and Blanka Vlasic for her 2.07m third all-time best clearance in Stockholm. 2007 World Athletics Gala Awards World Athletes of the Year Performances of the Year Hero of Athletics Award Inspirational Award Newcomer of the Year Rising Star Award Vitaly Petrov UKR Read the full article at: www.iaaf.org
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