World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge was crowned the world Male Athlete of the Years in the 2019 World Athletics.
The Olympic marathon winner topped other four candidates to retain the title during the World Athletics Gala in Monaco on Saturday night.
The 35 year old runner, became the first man to run marathon under two hours when he clocked 1:59.40 during October Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria.
Apart from that achievement, he also won the 2019 London marathon with a course record of 2:02:37.
The 2018 Berlin marathon champion defeated World Cross Country and World 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda, World 200m champion Noah Lyles (USA), World 400m hurdles champion Karsten Warholm (Norway) and World pole vault champion Sam Kendricks (USA)
World 800m record holder David Rudisha was the first Kenyan to win the accolade in 2010.
The 400m hurdler Dalilah Muhammad from USA won the Female Athlete of the Year Award pipping Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei, Jamaican Shelly Ann Fraser and Sifa Hassan of the Netherlands.