Bolt heads list

ByReuters

Published 10/11/2008 at 13:15 GMT

Jamaica's triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt was among six Beijing gold medallists shortlisted for the 2008 World Athlete of the Year awards.

ATHLETICS Usain Bolt Beijing 2008

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Bolt, who set world records in winning the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay, joined Cuba's 110 metres hurdles champion Dayron Robles and Olympic long-distance double winner Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia in the men's category.

Fellow Ethiopian 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Tirunesh Dibaba, 800 metres gold medallist and Golden League winner Pamela Jelimo of Kenya and Russian pole vault champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva were the three women chosen.

The finalists were chosen following a poll of internet fans and the International Association of Athletics Federations Family consisting of IAAF officials, member federations, ambassadors, leading athletes and selected members of the international press.

Beijing 2008