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Bolt & Williams declared Best Athletes of the Year

Usain Bolt received an overwhelming 1,282 votes in being voted the International Sports Press Association's male Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row. Photo: supplied
Serena Williams (above), who in 2013 aced her finest season statistically with a 78-4 record, and 11 titles, received 915 votes, ahead of Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayev (644) and Jamaican athletics star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (551). Photo: supplied
Serena Williams (above), who in 2013 aced her finest season statistically with a 78-4 record, and 11 titles, received 915 votes, ahead of Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayev (644) and Jamaican athletics star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (551). Photo: supplied
European champions Bayern Munich, who dominated football in 2013, winning their first Club World Cup title and finishing the Bundesliga season unbeaten, were the resounding winners of the Best Team award. Photo: supplied
European champions Bayern Munich, who dominated football in 2013, winning their first Club World Cup title and finishing the Bundesliga season unbeaten, were the resounding winners of the Best Team award. Photo: supplied
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Jamaica's Olympic and World champion, Usain Bolt, and American tennis star Serena Williams, have been voted International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Athletes for the second year in a row.

A panel of 470 sports journalists from 96 countries voted in this year's poll.

Bolt received an overwhelming 1,282 votes, followed by Formula One's Sebastien Vettel on 499 and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo on 437.

Williams, who in 2013 aced her finest season statistically with a 78-4 record, and 11 titles, received 915 votes, ahead of Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayev (644) and Jamaican athletics star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (551).

European champions Bayern Munich, who dominated football in 2013, winning their first Club World Cup title and finishing the Bundesliga season unbeaten, were the resounding winners of the Best Team award with 1,707 votes, 1,128 ahead of second-place winner Miami Heat, two-time NBA Champions, who racked up an incredible 27-game winning streak in 2013.

New Zealand's All Blacks Rugby team, with 14 wins from 14 matches in 2013, took third place.

This year's Best Press Facilities Award has been split into two categories - Best One Day Sporting Event and Best Press Facilities, Major Championship.

Winner of the One Day Sporting Event award was the UEFA Champions League Final.

The results of the second category were very close, with the 2013 Moscow IAAF Track and Field Championships receiving 558 votes, the FIFA Confederations Cup (545) and FINA World Championships (486).

8 Responses to “Bolt & Williams declared Best Athletes of the Year”

  • ABC (30/12/2013, 14:11) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    no surprise here...
  • ... (30/12/2013, 14:46) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    kudos to the fattest man on earth
  • Serena (30/12/2013, 17:00) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    Not a flattering picture of Serena at all.
  • question (31/12/2013, 00:07) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    when is Bolt going visit TOLA?
    • Str8Nose (02/01/2014, 18:57) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
      I guess when he obtains a visa then he can visit. Not seeing any benefit of his visit anyways.
      • You just hating (05/01/2014, 17:48) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

        Oh my and what makes you think he doesn't have a visa u really in your small brain thinks a man like that who travels all over the world bigger better and more significant places than here dont have a visa to come here?

  • cc (31/12/2013, 08:18) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    whea ayu want him here for ayu don't like island people


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