Usain Bolt (L) shakes hands with IAAF President Sebastian Coe after being awarded 2016 male world athlete of the year in Monaco on December 2, 2016 during the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) gala. - AFP
MONACO (AFP) - Usain Bolt, winner of a sixth IAAF Athlete of the Year award on Friday, remains a beacon for clean athletes amid doping and corruption scandals that have mired the sport in recent times.
As athletics emerges from its darkest hour fighting to restore its credibility, the reality for track and field is that it will soon have to cross that rocky road without Bolt.
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