Nine-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has won the IAAF male Athlete of the Year award for a record sixth time.
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana, who broke the 10,000m world record by over 14 seconds in winning Olympic gold in Rio this summer, won the female award, beating Jamaica's Elaine Thompson who won 100m and 200m gold and silver in the 4x100m at the Rio Olympics.
Bolt, 30, sealed the 'triple triple' in Rio, winning his third Olympic title in each of the 100m, 200m and 4x100m.
"It's definitely a big deal," said the Jamaican of the award he also won in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Bolt will retire next year, following the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London.
He added: "When you get to be athlete of the year it means that all the hard work has paid off, so if I can win it for a sixth year means as much as the first one."
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