Fresh from setting the new world marathon world record, Kelvin Cheruiyot Kiptum has been nominated for this year’s World Athletics Awards.
Kiptum is among the of 11 nominees for Men’s World Athlete of the Year in what has been a memorable year in athletics where records were broken.
The nominees are
- Neeraj Chopra, IND, javelin
- Ryan Crouser, USA, shot put
- Mondo Duplantis, SWE, pole vault
- Soufiane El Bakkali, MAR, 3000m steeplechase
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen, NOR, 1500m/mile/5000m
- Kelvin Kiptum, KEN, marathon
- Pierce LePage, CAN, decathlon
- Noah Lyles, USA, 100m/200m
- Alvaro Martin, ESP, race walk
- Miltiadis Tentoglou, long jump
- Karsten Warholm, NOR, 400m hurdles/400m
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