“No, I didn’t miss the bus”
Bashir Abdi received the Spike d’Or for the fifth time in his career.
He owes it to his silver medal won in the marathon at the Paris Olympic Games. The Silver Spike returned to Alexander Doom. The latter won gold in the 400m at the indoor Worlds in Glasgow and at the Euro outdoors in Rome. The Bronze Spike is for Eliott Crestan, who broke Ivo Van Damme's Belgian record over 800m and reached the semi-finals at the Paris Games.
“No, I didn’t miss the bus,” a sick Abdi smiled in a video message about his absence at the ceremony. “It was not an easy year for me, which started with an injury. At some points it even seemed that I would not be able to participate in the Games, but fortunately everything returned to normal just in time. I I am very happy to have added a second Olympic medal and a new Spike d'Or to my collection.”
The complete rankings
Dames :
Nafi Thiam 79 points
Noor Vidts 56 points
Paulien Couckuyt 12 points
Rani Rosius 7 points
Naomi Van Den Broeck 4 points
Delphine Nkansa, Helena Ponette, Elise Vanderelst, Hanne Verbruggen 1 point
Gentlemen:
Bashir Abdi 74 points
Alexander Doom 56 points
Eliott Crestan 25 points
Isaac Kimeli 4 points
Jochem Vermeulen 2 points
Jonathan Sacoor 1 point
Team of the Year: Belgian Tornados
Hopes of the year: Merel Maes and Elie Bacari
Para-athlete of the year : Maxime Carabin
Para-athletics organizer of the year: Paula Vanhoovels
