World Athletics Announces Nominees for Women’s World Athlete of the Year

On Wednesday, World Athletics (WA) announced the nominees for Women’s World Athlete of the Year. These candidates were selected by an international panel of athletics journalists and representatives of the World Athletics Council.

Shortlist of candidates includes Jamaican sprint prodigy Shelly Ann Fraser Price When sherika jackson Players who were expected to join the finalists due to their remarkable performances this season.

Track Candidates

Tobi Amsan (NGR) 100m Hurdles World Champion, Diamond League, Commonwealth and African 100m Hurdles Champion. Amu set a world record of 12.12 seconds in the 100m hurdles.

Shelley Ann Fraser Price (JAM) 100m world champion and 5th gold medalist in the same event. Diamond League 100m champion. Fraser-Pryce posted his world-leading 10.62, as he has broken 10.70 meters seven times this season.

Kimberly Garcia (PER) World 20K racewalking champion, Peru’s first ever WA Championship medal. World champion in 35K racewalking and achieved his double crown in racewalking in South American record. WA Race Walking Team Championship 20K Bronze Medalist

Sherika Jackson (JAM) World 200m Champion and Diamond League 200m Champion. Jackson recorded his world-leading 21.45, placing him second in the all-time world rankings.

Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 1500m World Champion, Diamond League 1500m Champion. Kipyegon he ran a world-leading Kenyan record of 3:50.37. That’s just him 0.3 seconds off the world record.

Sydney McLaughlin (USA) 400m hurdles world champion and 4x400m champion. He broke the world record in the 400m hurdles at the U.S. Championships with a time of 51.41, then broke the world record to 50.68 to win the world title.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, (BAH) 400m World Champion, Indoor 400m World Champion, NACAC 400m Champion.

field athlete candidate

Yurymar Rojas (VEN) Indoor and outdoor triple jump world champion. Diamond His league triple his jumps Rojas, who is also his champion, broke his world record in Belgrade to his 15.74 m.

Yaroslava Makhchik (UKR) World Indoor High Jump Champion, World High Jump Silver Medalist, European High Jump Champion. Mafchik jumped her 2.05 m for the world’s best and equaled the outdoor national record.

Chase Ealy (USA) World shot put champion and world silver medalist in indoor shot put. He is the 2022 Diamond League shot put champion with the world’s best throw of 20.51m.

A three-way vote will determine the finalists. The WA Council and WA Family vote via email and fans can vote online through his WA social media platform on Facebook. Instagram When twitterEach nominee’s individual graphic will be posted this week, and each Facebook and Instagram like or Twitter retweet will count as one vote.

WA Council votes account for 50% of the results, while WA Family votes and Public votes each account for 25% of the final results. Voting closes at midnight on Monday, October 31, 2022. His five men’s and women’s finalists will be announced in November, and the winner will be announced in December.Jamaican Elaine Thompson Heller won last year’s award

The winner will be announced on World Athletics’ social media platforms in early December.