Kenyans Emmanuel wanyonyi, Sebastian Sawe and Edmund Serem were received top honours at the World Athletics of Years Awards held yesterday in Monaco, France.
The Olympic and world 800m champion Emmanuel wanyonyi was named the men’s track athlete of the year.
Wanyonyi, won world and Diamond League titles in the 800m and achieved four of the top six performances of the year, including a world lead of 1:41.44 in Monaco.
Edmund Serem, woth world under 20 3,000m steeplechase champion, became a world bronze medallist as he finished third in the 3000m steeplechase behind New Zealand’s Geordie Beamish and Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali in Tokyo.
He was runner-up in the Diamond League final and achieved top four finishes in four other Diamond League meetings during the season.
Sabastian Sawe was confirmed as the out of stadium athletes of the year after winning both London Marathon and the Berlin Marathon.
He also ran a world lead time of 2:02:16.
World Athletes of the Year for 2025
Women’s World Athlete of the Year: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
Men’s World Athlete of the Year: Mondo Duplantis (SWE)
Women’s track: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
Women’s field: Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)
Women’s out of stadium: Maria Perez (ESP)
Men’s track: Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN)
Men’s field: Mondo Duplantis (SWE)
Men’s out of stadium: Sabastian Sawe (KEN)
Women’s Rising Star: Zhang Jiale (CHN)
Men’s Rising Star: Edmund Serem (KEN)