LONDON — Reuters Published on Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 10:42AM EST
World and Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Kenenisa Bekele were among five contenders short-listed for the male Athlete of the Year award on Monday.
At this year's world championships Jamaica's Bolt added the 100-metre and 200-metre titles to the Olympic golds he won last year, when he was named the International Association of Athletics Federations' male athlete of the year, while Ethiopian Bekele did the same over 5,000 and 10,000 metre.
Also on the short list are American sprinter Tyson Gay, Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker and Norway's javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen.
The women's shortlist will be released on Tuesday with both winners being announced during the World Athletics Gala in Monaco on Nov. 22.
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