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World Athletics has announced the nominees for the 2024 Women’s and Men’s Track Athlete of the Year, with six finalists in each category, and voting is open until October 27.
World Athletics has announced the list of nominees for Women’s Track Athlete of the Year and Men’s Track Athlete of the Year as part of the World Athletics Awards 2024.
The format has changed slightly due to the higher number of disciplines on the track with World Athletics noting that there are six nominees for the category. However, with the other categories, there will be just two finalists.
The nominees for 2024 Women’s Track Athlete of the Year are:
Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia
• Olympic 100m champion
• World indoor 60m champion
Beatrice Chebet, Kenya
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• Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion
• World 10,000m record
Faith Kipyegon, Kenya
• Olympic 1500m champion
• World 1500m record
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, USA
• Olympic 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion
• World 400m hurdles record
Marileidy Paulino, Dominican Republic
• Olympic 400m champion
• Diamond League 400m champion
Gabby Thomas, USA
• Olympic 200m champion
• Olympic 4x100m and 4x400m champion
The nominees for 2024 Men’s Track Athlete of the Year are (in alphabetical order):
Rai Benjamin, USA
• Olympic 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion
• World 400m hurdles leader
Grant Holloway, USA
• Olympic 110m hurdles champion
• World indoor 60m hurdles champion and world record
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway
• Olympic 5000m champion
• World 3000m record
• Olympic 100m champion
• Olympic 200m bronze
Letsile Tebogo, Botswana
• Olympic 200m champion
• World 200m leader
Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Kenya
• Olympic 800m champion
• Diamond League 800m champion
The vote to determine the Track Athlete of the Year finalists is now open on World Athletics social media platforms and will close on October 27.
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