Bolt, Eaton and Taylor on Athlete of the Year shortlist

Usain Bolt, Ashton Eaton and Christian Taylor are the contenders to be named men’s IAAF international Athlete of the year.

Jamaican Bolt proved he's nonetheless the quickest guy on this planet by means of placing his damage troubles at the back of him to claim a a hundred and 200 metres sprint double at the arena Championships in August.

Bolt also won four×100 metres relay gold in Beijing and the sprint king has been rewarded with a hazard of being topped the fine male athlete on the earth for a 6th time.

American Eaton won a second successive international Championships decathlon gold, placing a international report score of 9045 inside the procedure and also clocking a document 400m time of forty five.00 seconds in his discipline.

Taylor received gold within the triple bounce within the chinese capital, recording the second one-longest bounce in records of 18.21m and additionally claiming the Diamond Race identify.

French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie gained the distinguished award closing year.

Dafne Schippers, Genzebe Dibaba and Anita Wlodarczyk have been on Tuesday shortlisted for the girl IAAF world Athlete of the year award.