Alfred, McLaughlin-Levrone, Tebogo, Ingebrigtsen Nominated for Athlete of the Year

The finalists in the various categories for this year’s World Athletics Awards have been confirmed.

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.

For women’s track athlete of the year St. Lucia’s Olympic 100 metres champion Julien Alfred and America’s Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion will battle for the title.

The men’s track athlete of the year will be between Norway’s Olympic 5,000 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana.

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 and 10 to decide who the overall World Athlete of the Year is.

The athletes of the year gala will be held in Monaco on Sunday December 1.