Daniel Ebenyo is among the three finalists announced for the International Fair Play Award, celebrated as part of the World Athletics Awards 2023.
Ebenyo, in the closing stages of the men’s half marathon at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23, saluted his teammate Sebastian Sawe as Sawe overtook him for gold.
Ethiopia's Letsenbet Gidey went back to comfort Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan after Hassan’s dramatic fall on the home straight. This happened after Gidey secured silver in the women’s 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.
After finishing eighth in the 10,000m final in Budapest, Britain’s Jessica Warner-Judd was the only athlete to wait and shake hands with the final-placed runner who completed the event some distance behind the rest of the field.
Last month, World Athletics invited fans to take to social media to cast their vote for the moment that has best exemplified fair play this year.
Following that voting period, the social media scores were combined with jury votes to determine the three finalists.
The International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) was established 60 years ago to promote the principles of fair play in the sport: fair competition, respect, friendship, team spirit, equality and sport without doping.
It honours those who respect the written and unwritten rules of the sport, which include integrity, solidarity, tolerance, care, excellence and joy, and who set an example for others, on and off the field.
The CIFP’s first collaboration with World Athletics dates back to the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris. Ten awards have been handed out since then.
This year’s award winner will be revealed on World Athletics’ platforms in the lead-up to the World Athletics Awards in Monaco on 11 December.
