World Athletics announces list of nominess for track athlete of the year award

Letsile Tebogo is one of the nominees in track athlete of the year award.

As part of the World Athletics Awards 2024, World Athletics has announced the nominees for Women’s Track Athlete of the Year and Men’s Track Athlete of the Year.

Given the higher number of disciplines on the track, there are six nominees for this category, though – as with the other categories – there will be just two finalists.

In what has been another memorable year for the sport, the nominations reflect some of the standout performances achieved at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Athletics Indoor Championships, one-day meeting circuits and other events around the world.

Nominees for 2024 Women’s Track Athlete of the Year:

Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia

• Olympic 100m champion • World indoor 60m champion 

Beatrice Chebet, Kenya

• 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

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Nominees for 2024 Men’s Track Athlete of the Year

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 

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway

• Olympic 5000m champion• World 3000m record 

Noah Lyles, USA

• 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

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