Usain & Pearson are IAAF Athletes of Year for 2011, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder

Sally Pearson, Usain Bolt, 2011 IAAF Athletes of the Year,
photo by PhotoRun.net

Sally Pearson, the 2011 World Champion at the 100 meter hurdles, dominated her event in 2011. Usain Bolt, crashed in the 100 meters, then dominated the 200 meters, and anchored the world record setting Jamaican 4 x 100m relay team! Great picks for the IAAF Athletes of the year!

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Usain Bolt, IAAF Gala, photo by PhotoRun.net

BOLT AND PEARSON

MONTE
CARLO (MON): Jamaican sprinting star for third time and Australian
hurdler for first are Athletes of the year 2011 by IAAF. Usain Bolt and
Sally Pearson were awarded at the traditional IAF World Athletics Gala
in Monaco. Bolt except of the false start in Daegu finals won all his
races and world lead at 1oo m and second fastest at 2oo m. Pearson won
all races except the last at SDL finals in Brussels when she stumbled
and did not finish the race. Other finalists were Yohan Blake and David
Rudisha on men and Valerie Adams with Vivian Cheruiyot on the women
side.

Sally Pearson, 2011 IAAF Gala, photo by PhotoRun.net

Sally Pearson, Lamine Diack, Usain Bolt, 2011 IAAF Gala, photo by PhotoRun.net

For more on the 2011 seasons of Sally Pearson and Usain Bolt, RBR suggests that the curious reader check the following:

www.iaaf.org

www.runblogrun.com

www.runningnetwork.com

www.trackandfieldnews.com

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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