La previa de la elección del mejor atleta del año

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Transcribimos el artículo (en inglés) de la IAAF:

"2007 Athletes of the Year and the finalists are…

Monte-Carlo - Following the survey of the IAAF Family and the votes of the Internet fans, the IAAF has selected the three male and three female finalists who are still in the running to become the 2007 World Athlete of the Year.

Finalists are: (in alphabetical order)

Men
Tyson Gay USA
Haile Gebrselassie ETH
Liu Xiang CHN

Women
Meseret Defar ETH
Carolina Klüft SWE
Blanka Vlasic CRO

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The other athletes who had been shortlisted for the Athlete of the Year Award were in order of number of votes received (4th to 11th):

Men
Irving Saladino PAN
Asafa Powell JAM
Jeremy Wariner USA
Bernard Lagat USA
Kenenisa Bekele ETH
Tero Pitkämäki FIN
Zersenay Tadese ERI
Reese Hoffa USA

Women
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS
Allyson Felix USA
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN
Lornah Kiplagat NED
Sanya Richards USA
Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS
Valerie Vili NZL

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The winners of the 2007 World Athlete of the Year Awards will be announced live, on stage, during the 2007 World Athletics Gala, which will take place in Monaco, on 25 November 2007.

The IAAF Family and Public votes opened on Monday 15 October, following the conclusion of the IAAF World Road Running Championships, and closed on Wednesday 31 October at midnight CET.

Weighed at 70% the IAAF Family vote consisted in a list of 1320 recipients including IAAF Council Members, IAAF Member Federations Presidents, IAAF Committee Members, IAAF Meeting Directors, Authorised Athletes’ Representatives, IAAF Staff Members and selected members of the International Press.

As part of the Online Public Vote which weighed at 30% of the overall standings, the IAAF received a total of 165,616 votes (112,571 for the men and 53,045 for the women)."

fuente: IAAF