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| A snapshot of the 2013 Male and Female Athletes of the Year Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (third left) and Usain Bolt (second right) on stage at the World Athletics Gala in Monaco, on Saturday, |
KINGSTON, Jamaica - They did it! Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were named the 2013 Athletes of the Year, making it the first time a Jamaican duo has copped the prestigious title and only the third time in the history of the award.
The only other athletes to have done this are Americans Carl Lewis and Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 and Colin Jackson and Sally Gunnell of Great Britain in 1993.
This award, which was announced at the 2013 World Athletics Gala on Saturday in Monaco, is the fifth for Bolt and the first for Fraser-Pryce, making her the second Jamaican woman to receive the award after Merlene Ottey in 1990.
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