Kipyegon, Hassan nominated for World Athlete of the Year award

Two times Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon is among 10 nominees for the Female World Athlete of the Year award , World Athletics announced on Friday.

Kipyegon had an outstanding season this year after retaining her title at the Tokyo Olympic Games and defeated her fierce competitor Sifan Hassan to reclaim the Diamond League Championship title in Zurich, Switzerland.

She will compete for the award against nine other nominees who include Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands.

World Athletics is pleased to confirm a list of 10 nominees for Female World Athlete of the Year who were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics.

"The nominations reflect the remarkable range of exceptional performances that the sport has witnessed this year, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, one-day meeting circuits and other events around the world,” said World Athletics.

The nominees for 2021 Female World Athlete of the Year are;

Valarie Allman, USA

- Olympic discus champion

- Diamond League discus champion

- North American discus record

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, PUR

- Olympic 100m hurdles champion

- Broke the Olympic 100m hurdles record

- National record 12.26 moved to equal fourth on the world all-time list

Sifan Hassan, NED

- Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion

- Olympic 1500m bronze medallist

- Broke the world 10,000m record

Faith Kipyegon, KEN

- Olympic 1500m champion

- Diamond League 1500m champion

- Kenyan 1500m record

Mariya Lasitskene, ANA

- Olympic high jump champion

- Diamond League high jump champion

- Jumped world-leading 2.05m

Sydney McLaughlin, USA

- Olympic 400m hurdles champion

- Olympic 4x400m champion

- Set two world 400m hurdles records

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, BAH

- Olympic 400m champion

- North American 400m record

- North American indoor 400m record

Athing Mu, USA

- Olympic 800m and 4x400m champion

- World U20 indoor 800m record

- North American U20 records at 400m and 800m

Yulimar Rojas, VEN

- Olympic triple jump champion

- Diamond League triple jump champion

- World triple jump record

Elaine Thompson-Herah, JAM

- Olympic 100m, 200,m and 4x100m champion

- Diamond League 100m champion

- National 100m and 200m records, second fastest of all time

On Thursday, the World Athletics unveiled the male nominees with Marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei being named.

The female and the male World Athletics of the Year winners will be announced at the World Athletics award gala in December 2021.