by Desmond G. Palmer, posted on 11/23/2009
Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Jamaican-born American Sanya Richards have been named, respectively, the 2009 Male and Female Athlete of The Year by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The pair was “crowned” in front of family, friends, journalists, and members of the athletics family at the World Athletics Gala at the Salles des Etoiles in Monaco last night.