World Athletics announces Athlete of the Year nominees

13.10.2022 - 17:55 nbcsports.com

Americans Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Chase Ealey, Noah Lyles and Grant Holloway are among the 10 women’s and 10 men’s nominees for World Athletics Athlete of the Year awards.

A three-way voting process will determine the five women’s and five men’s finalists: World Athletics Council (50%), World Athletics family (25%) and a fan vote (25%) via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube likes and Twitter retweets on the post for the specified athlete.

Voting closes at the end of Oct. 31. After the finalists are named, the winners will be announced in early December. Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah and Norwegian Karsten Warholm won the awards last year.

The last Americans to win were Dalilah Muhammad (2019) and Ashton Eaton (2015). Female Athlete of the Year Nominees Tobi Amusan, Nigeria, 100m HurdlesBroke world record in World Championships semifinals, then won the world title two hours later Chase Ealey, USA, Shot Put World Championships and Diamond League titles, plus had the Nos.

athletics Karsten Warholm Noah Lyles Faith Kipyegon Grant Holloway Tobi Amusan Ukraine Usa Norway Nigeria Jamaica Peru Kenya

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