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Forbes: Bolt 45th highest-paid athlete

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was ranked number 45 on the 2014 edition of Forbes’s list of the 100 highest paid athletes. Bolt was ranked just ahead of NBA star Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and behind NBA star Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks.

Forbes estimates Bolt’s total earnings in the past 12 months at US$23.2 million. The star athlete has an endorsement deal with German company Puma through 2016, which reportedly earns him approximately US$10 million a year.

Boxer Floyd Mayweather was ranked number one by Forbes with earnings of US$105 million; and Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was ranked number two with earnings of US$80 million.

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