國際田聯2006年度世界最佳男女田徑選手民意投票活動繼續進行，中國炙手可熱的奧運明星劉翔的得票率下滑，截至北京時間昨天中午，劉翔已經由11日的第一位下落至第三。目前拉脫維亞鉛球奧運冠軍阿萊克納以38.21%的得票率位居榜首，短跑名將鮑威爾以22.65%居第二。經過網上投票和國際田聯成員的投票，排名男女前三位的選手將入圍，經過國際田徑基金會特別評審團的綜合考評后，將有一名選手成為年度最佳。 相關鏈接：劉翔稱雄國際田聯大獎賽總決賽

Liu Xiang of China celebrates setting a new world record in the men's 110-metre race at the IAAF Super Grand Prix athletics meeting in Lausanne July 11, 2006. Liu won the race in a world record time of 12.88 seconds.[File Photo/Reuters] Chinese ace Liu Xiang, the men's 110-meter hurdles world record holder, fell off to the third place on internet poll for the World Athlete of the Year award on Monday. Liu, who came to spotlight this year by breaking the world record with a storming 12.88 seconds in Lausanne, Switzerland, has taken up 20.17 percent of the total votes cast via internet, compared with an initially leading percentage of 56.18 when the poll started on October 11, said the IAAF on its official website.Olympic discus throw champion Virgilijus Alekna from Lithuania tops the ten-strong poll with 38.21 percent. He is followed by sprinter Asafa Powell of Jamaica with 22.65 percent. The ten-man shortlist, which was revealed on October 11 by the IAAF, also includes the likes of long distance runner Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and American sprinter Tyson Gay. The top three out of the ten athletes will be presented to a special jury of the International Athletic Foundation, who will then make a final selection of Athlete of the Year and announce the winner at the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Gala in Monaco on November 12. (Agencies)

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ace: 一流的，佼佼者 World Athlete of the Year: 年度世界最佳運動員 Olympic discus throw champion: 鉛球奧運冠軍 sprinter: 賽跑選手，常用來指短跑選手 shortlist ：入圍決選的（候選人） （英語點津陳蓓編輯）