Three Africans are in the race for the 2024 World Athletics Awards scheduled to be held in Monaco, France on December 1, Afrosport reports.
Olympic 200m champion, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, is in contention for the Men’s Track Athlete of the Year, and has been shortlisted in the category alongside Olympic 500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway.
Meanwhile, Kenya’s long distance runner and world marathon record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been shortlisted alongside Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands for the women’s out of stadium athlete of the year.
Olympic marathon champion Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia has been shortlisted for the men’s out of stadium athlete of the year alongside Olympic 20km race walk champion Brian Pintado of Ecuador.
The Women’s track athlete of the year award is between Saint Lucia’s Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred and America’s Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Olympic high jump champion from Ukraine and Olympic heptathlon champion Nafissatou Thiam from Belgium are vying for the Women’s field athlete of the year award.
Who is your Female Athlete of the Year? 🤩
Vote for your 2024 World Athlete of the Year amongst these finalists in the #AthleticsAwards.
Voting closes on Sunday 10 November at 11:59PM CET.
Link to vote 👉 https://t.co/KG4Zf4F6lC pic.twitter.com/TwHa1xqCAz
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) November 4, 2024
In the Men’s field athlete of the year category, Olympic Pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis from Sweden is in contention with Greece’s Olympic long jump champion Miltiadis Tentoglou.
In a new addition to this year’s awards, a final round of voting – cast by fans of the sport – will take place between 4-10 November to decide who the overall World Athlete of the Year is.
Who is your Male Athlete of the Year? 🤩
Vote for your 2024 World Athlete of the Year amongst these finalists in the #AthleticsAwards.
Voting closes on Sunday 10 November at 11:59PM CET.
Link to vote 👉 https://t.co/KG4Zf4F6lC pic.twitter.com/LYvBzDxFN6
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) November 4, 2024
Finalists
Women’s track athlete of the year
Julien Alfred (LCA) – Olympic 100m champion
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) – Olympic 400m hurdles champion
Men’s track athlete of the year
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) – Olympic 5000m champion
Letsile Tebogo (BOT) – Olympic 200m champion
Women’s field athlete of the year
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) – Olympic high jump champion
Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) – Olympic heptathlon champion
Men’s field athlete of the year
Mondo Duplantis (SWE) – Olympic pole vault champion
Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) – Olympic long jump champion
Women’s out of stadium athlete of the year
Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) – world marathon record-holder
Sifan Hassan (NED) – Olympic marathon champion
Men’s out of stadium athlete of the year
Brian Pintado (ECU) – Olympic 20km race walk champion
Tamirat Tola (ETH) – Olympic marathon champion
