World and Diamond League 1500m champion Faith Chepng’etich will contest for the Women’s World Athlete of the year after being named in the 10-woman shortlist by World Athletics.
Chepng’etich won the world title in Oregon before capping off her exciting season with a Diamond league crown. She also ran a new national record and a world lead 3:50.37, missing the world record by just three tenths of a second.
She is only the second woman to claim back to back Olympic titles in the 1500m race after her triumphs at the 2016 and 2020 games, the latter with a record.
A losing nominee at last years awards, Chepnge’tich will come up against stellar cast of track and field stars who include Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan who holds the world, commonwealth, African and Diamond League 100m hurdles tittles.
Five time world champion Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce is in the running as well as her Jamaican compatriot and world 200m champion Shericka Jackson.
The voting process has begun and will close on October 31st which will see five finalists in the two categories will be announced with the overall winners set to be revealed in early December.
The athletes were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics.
Their performances in the 2022 World athletics championship in Oregon, World Indoor championship in Belgrade and in the Diamond League as well as other one day meets counted towards their nomination.
A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics fraternity will cast their votes by email, while fans can vote online via the World Athletics social media platforms.
Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube this week; 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.
