IAAF (Alshahid) -The Kenyan 800-meter runner David Rudisha and the Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic have won the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athlete of the Year awards.

The 21-year-old Rudisha became the youngest athlete to win the award after breaking Wilson Kipketer’s 13-year-old world record twice within eight days in August.

Rudisha succeeds Jamaican Usain Bolt in the coveted title that attracts more than Ksh. 20 M cash award.

The Maasai youth from Kilgories stunned many when 50 bulls were slaughtered during his homecoming party after breaking the world record.