OLYMPIC Games and World Championships gold medallist Veronica Campbell Brown has saluted International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes of the Year (AOY), Usain Bolt and American Allyson Felix on their awards.

Writing in the November edition of her online diary in the IAAF website, Campbell Brown, who was a bronze medallist in the 100m at the XXX Olympic Games in London earlier this year and a silver medallist in the sprint relays and a former finalist in the AOY nomination, wrote: “Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were the athletes chosen from a very competitive group and I extend my congratulations to them.”

Campbell Brown said she spent some time in the island doing some business for her Foundation and was happy with the progress. “I am quite pleased with the progress of my Foundation and the positive impact it is having on the lives of the girls that are being provided for and we are looking forward to further inroads.”

The Veronica Campbell Brown Foundation selected a number of young ladies last year who will receive bursaries towards their high school education through to 11th grade.

The sprinter, who recently celebrated five years of marriage to Omar Brown, said she is fully back in training for the 2013 season. “My training so far has been satisfactory and I will continue with a gradual build up to the 2013 season, which has Moscow’s World Championships as the centre piece of the year.”