On Tuesday, the finalists for the 2023 World Athlete of the Yr award have been unveiled on World Athletics’ social media pages. This award showcases the exceptional performances of the 2023 season that captivated the observe and discipline viewers.
The ten finalists, representing eight nations, have left their mark on the world of athletics. Their stellar accomplishments spanned numerous disciplines, from triumphs on the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest to setting world data at one-day assembly circuits, street races and different prestigious occasions throughout the globe.
Listed here are the 5 male and 5 feminine finalists.
Male finalists:
Neeraj Chopra (IND) – Javelin
- World champion
- Asian Video games champion
Ryan Crouser (USA) – Shot Put
- World champion
- World report holder (23.56 metres)
Mondo Duplantis (SWE) – Pole Vault
- World champion
- Diamond League champion with a world report (6.23 metres)
Kelvin Kiptum (KEN) – Marathon
- London and Chicago Marathon winner
- Males’s marathon world report (2:00:35)
Noah Lyles (USA) – 100m/200m
- World 100m and 200m champion (first man to win the double at worlds since 2015)
- Undefeated in six finals at 200m
Feminine finalists:
Tigist Assefa (ETH) – Marathon
- Berlin Marathon winner
- Girls’s marathon world report holder (2:11:53)
Femke Bol (NED) – 400m/400m hurdles
- World 400m hurdles champion
- World indoor 400m report holder (49.26 seconds)
Shericka Jackson (JAM) – 100m/200m
- World 200m champion and 100m silver medallist
- Diamond League 100m and 200m champion
Religion Kipyegon (KEN) – 1,500m/Mile/5,000m
- World 1,500m and 5,000m champion
- Set world data over 1,500m, mile and 5,000m (3:49.11/4:07.64/14:05.20)
Yulimar Rojas (VEN) – Triple Soar
- World champion
- Diamond League champion
The finalists have been chosen via a three-way voting course of involving the World Athletics Council, the World Athletics Household and observe and discipline followers on-line. Followers had the chance to solid their votes on-line via World Athletics’ social media platforms, contributing to a record-breaking two million votes.
Canadian decathlon world champion Pierce LePage was one of many 11 nominees for the award however didn’t advance from the voting course of. Voting concluded on October 28.
Pierce LePage and Damian Warner take gold and silver in males’s decathlon
The World Athletes of the Yr award will probably be named on Dec. 11, as a part of the 2023 World Athletics Awards in Monaco.
