Three months after retiring from track and field, Bolt added another glory to his eight Olympic gold medals and 11 world champions.

Although failing to retire with another world champion in London, the Jamaican sprinter won the President's Award for his huge contributions to athletics.

Absent from the awarding ceremony, Bolt also motivated young talents to work hard in a video.

"With hard work and dedication, anything is possible. Track and field is going to be in great hands of young, and future generations will come up. All you guys need to remember hard work and dedication, keep on pushing no matter what will happen," he said.

Also on Friday, 400m hurdles world champion Karsten Warholm of Norway was named Male Rising Star Award, while Female Rising Star Award belonged to Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, triple jump winner in London.

Anna Botha, guiding Wayde van Neikerk to the 2017 world 400m title, won the Coaching Achievement Award. Cherry Alexander, who served as managing director for the IAAF World Championships London 2017, received the Women in Athletics Award that recognizes outstanding contributions made to develop, encourage and strengthen the participation of women and girls at all levels of the sport.

The inaugural edition of Athletics Photograph of the Year went to Paul Sanwell.

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