World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge has been nominated for the men’s World Athlete of this Year.
Earlier in the year, Kipchoge won the Tokyo Marathon in 2:02:40 and extended his winning streak with a Berlin Marathon victory, where he set a new world record of 2:01:09.
Others selected include world 200m champion Noah Lyles of USA, World discus champion Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia, World 400m hurdles champion Alison dos Santos of Brazil, world pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis of Sweden and World 3000m steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morroco.
World 110m hurdles champion Grant Holloway of USA, World 5000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway, World javelin champion Anderson Peters of Grenada and World triple jump champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal have also been nominated.
The voting process starts this week with a three-way voting process that will determine the finalists.
Fans can vote online via the World Athletics social media platforms. The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family will cast their votes by email.
Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on social media this week and a 'like' on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube or a retweet on Twitter will count as one vote.
The World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50 percent of the result, while the World Athletics Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25 percent of the final result.
Voting for the World Athletes will close at midnight on Monday, October 31. At the conclusion of the voting process, five women and five men finalists will be announced by World Athletics on their social media platforms in early December.
