Felix Nominated for SI Sportsman-of-the-Year

[EPelle]

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[Dave]

Re: Felix Nominated for SI Sportsman-of-the-Year

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ok. So she is the apparent "Anti Marion". Other track athletes had a better year. Tyson Gay is the first who comes to mind as does Lagat.

[26mi235]

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ok. So she is the apparent "Anti Marion". Other track athletes had a better year. Tyson Gay is the first who comes to mind as does Lagat.

The award is not for the best track athlete of the year or the best athlete of the year; Sportsman-of-the-Year is a slightly different title.

[EPelle]

Lack of home interest scuppered Felix bid for (IAAF) athlete of the year

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071123/ts ... 1123181523

"The public vote on internet counts for 30percent of the final mark. But the Americans were completely uninterested in contrast to the Chinese who voted for Lui Xiang and the Croats who went into action for Blanka Vlasic," the IAAF director of communication Nick Davies told AFP.