Faith Kipyegon will not be defending her Women’s Track Athlete of the Year title despite shattering the 1500 meter World & Olympic record, as well as complete a hat-trick of Olympic gold medals in that event.
Faith Kipyegon will not defend her Women’s Track Athlete of the year title after missing out on the top two finalists for this year’s awards.
The 30-year-old was crowned in 2023 after she set three world records, won two global titles, and became the first Kenyan woman to win both the 1500m and 5000m at the World Championships.
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Kipyegon won Paris Olympics 1500m gold medal before bagging bronze in 5000m. Her achievements were deemed insufficient for her to repeat last year’s heroics. Ruth Chepngetich will be Kenya’s only representative after making the Women’s out of stadium athlete of the year final list.
The top two leading athletes in each category – track, field and out of stadium – have been chosen from the first round of voting, which comprised votes from the World Athletics Council, World Athletics Family and a public vote on social media.
World Athlete of the Year: Faith Kipyegon, Beatrice Chebet & Gabby Thomas beaten in social media vote
World Athlete of the Year: Faith Kipyegon, Beatrice Chebet & Gabby Thomas beaten in social media vote
One of these two athletes will take the crown in their category. Now, in a new addition to this year’s awards, a final round of voting, cast by fans of the sport, will take place between November 4-10 to decide who the overall World Athlete of the Year is.
The Athletes of the Year in each category, as well as the overall winner, will be revealed at a ceremony in Monaco on December 1 as part of the World Athletics Awards 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
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