Kenyan Legend Eliud Kipchoge has been nominated for 2021 Male World Athlete of the year.
Kenya marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge has been nominated for 2021 Male World Athlete of the Year.
The two-time Olympic Champion and 2019 winner of the award will battle it out with Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei,Ryan Crouser (USA),Mondo Duplants (Sweden),Jakob Ingetgtsen (Norway),Pedro Pichard (Portugal), Daniel Stahl (Sweden) ,Damian Warner (Canada),and Karsten Waeholm (Norway).
According to World Athletics,a three-way voting process will determine the finalists .
The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family cast their votes by email,while fans can vote online via world Athletics Social media platforms. Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram this week, a like’ on Facebook and Instagram or a retweet on Twitter will count one vote.
The World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50% of the result, while the World Athletics Family’s votes and public votes will each count for 25% of the final result.
Voting for the World Athletics of the year closes at midnight on Saturday 6th November. At the conclusion the voting process,five men and five women finalists will be announced by World Athletics.
The male and female World Athletes of the year will be announced live at the World Athletics Awards 2021 in December
