KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 30, 2009 - TIME Magazine has named ace Jamaican sprinter and world record holder for the 100 and 200 metres, Usain Bolt, among the four runners-up for its prestigious "Person of the Year" 2009.
"Running is the rawest form of athleticism; no piece of equipment can control your fate; no teammates can lift you up or slow you down. It's you and your motor to the finish. And when Bolt hit speeds approaching 30 mph (48 km/h) on the track, we witness man morph into machine," TIME wrote yesterday about the sprint star.
The ultimate award went to Ben Bernanke, the 56-year-old chairman of the United States Federal Reserves, who is credited with preventing the economic catastrophe threatened by the weakened economy this year.
The four runners-up were Bolt; the Chinese worker, credited for making that country the world's fastest growing major economy; Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi; and the Commander of the US forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal.
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