NEW YORK - Track and field world champion Tyson Gay and swimmer Katie Hoff have been named the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) sportsman and sportswoman of 2007, the organisation announced on Thursday.
Tyson Gay of the US celebrates after winning the men's 200 metres finals at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka in this August 30, 2007 file photo. [Agencies]Katie Hoff holds onto a starting block and smiles after winning the women's 200m backstroke at the US Swimming National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana August 1, 2007 in this file photo. [Agencies]The USOC also named wheelchair track and field athlete Jessica Galli its Paralympian of the year and the U.S. women's world championships gymnastics squad its team of the year.
Swimmer Michael Phelps and track and field sprinter Allyson Felix were selected as the USOC's first outstanding performers of the year.
"These individuals have truly demonstrated the strength and character of our athletes who will represent the United States in China (at the Beijing Olympics)," USOC Chief Executive Officer Jim Scherr said in a statement.
Gay won three gold medals at the IAAF world championships. He beat Jamaican world record holder Asafa Powell in the 100 metres, then broke Michael Johnson's championship record in the 200 and led the U.S. to victory in the 4x100 metres relay.
Hoff, who also won the award in 2005, set a world record in winning the 400 metres individual medley at the world championships. She anchored the U.S. team which set a world record in the 800 metres freestyle relay and won the 200 individual medley in Melbourne.
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