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High jumper champion Blanca Vlasic of Croatia, left, pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, center, and U.S. track and field sprinter Sanya Richards pose for a photo during the 2009 World Athletics Gala Awards Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Monaco. Richards won the "Athlete of the Year Award" awarded by the International Athletic Foundation.
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High jumper champion Blanca Vlasic of Croatia poses during the 2009 World Athletics Gala Awards, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Monaco.
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Pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia poses during the 2009 World Athletics Gala Awards, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Monaco.
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U.S. coach of Sanya Richards, Clyde Hart, holds his "Coaches Award" Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Monaco, awarded by the International Athletic Foundation, during the 2009 World Athletics Gala Awards.
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The mascot of the Berlin World Track and Field Championship 2009 receives a medal, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Monaco, during the 2009 World Athletics Gala Awards.
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U.S. track and field sprinter Sanya Richards, left, and high jumper champion Blanca Vlasic of Croatia pose for a photo during the 2009 World Athletics Gala Awards, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Monaco. Richards received the "Athlete of the Year Award" awarded by the International Athletic Foundation.
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, right, and U.S. track and field sprinter Sanya Richards pose for a photo before receiving their "Athlete of the Year Awards", awarded by the International Athletic Foundation, during the 2009 World Athletics Gala Awards, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Monaco.
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt arrives to receive his "Athlete of the Year Award", Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Monaco, awarded by the International Athletic Foundation during the 2009 World Athletics Gala Awards.
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