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Usain, Yelena honoured

AFP, Monaco
Triple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt and Russia's pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva were confirmed as IAAF athletes of the year for 2008 here on Sunday.
The 22-year-old, worldrecord breaking Bolt captured the 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold in Beijing where Isinbayeva held the Bird's Nest stadium enthralled when she defended her Olympic title with a world record 5.05m.
"He is invincible," said IAAF president Lamine Diack when asked to describe Jamaican sensation Bolt who became the third sprinter in succession to win the best athlete award after compatriot Asafa Powell (2006) and America'sTysonGay (2007).
Bolt, who was rebuked by IOC president Jacques Rogge for what he believed was disrespect towards his fellow competitors something which Bolt rejected, said that his Olympic achievements would remain with him for ever, though, he threatened he could go even faster than the i.69seconds he ran in Beijing.
'It Is something that will I remain with me for the rest of my life, and something that will remain with the people who saw it," confessed Bolt.
'And I am still surprised when I see the 100m again. I That also pushes me to
improve even more.
"What are my limits? I don't know really.
"Perhaps 9.52sec. But I must make progress in different areas, especially at the start."
Bolt said to be athlete of the year was a special occa-
sion forhim.
"To be named athlete of the year, is an extraordinary feeling," he said.
"I know that I can reach the heights that people expect of me.
"All the people that welcomed me home after the
Games was astonishing. They were even on the landing runway which is forbidden.
"Despite the rain, they stayed alongside the road in order to see me and touch me.
"But even so at the base of it
I remain the same person.' Isinbayeva, a resident of
Monaco, was delighted with her award.