World Athletics has announced  the finalist for the 2024 Athletes of the year Awards. 

11 Olympic champions have made the shortlist for the prestigious awards, with the winners set to be announced in a ceremony in Monaco on Sunday, 1 December.

The list of finalists from the worlds of track, field, and road includes Olympic 400m champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Paris 2024 pole vault champion Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis and Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan.

The top two leading athletes in each category – track, field and out of stadium – have been chosen from the first round of voting, which comprised votes from the World Athletics Council, World Athletics Family and a public vote on social media. 

One of these two athletes will take the crown in their category. 

Finalists:

Women’s track athlete of the year

Julien Alfred (LCA) – Olympic 100m champion

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) – Olympic 400m hurdles champion

Men’s track athlete of the year

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) – Olympic 5000m champion

Letsile Tebogo (BOT) – Olympic 200m champion

Women’s field athlete of the year

Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) – Olympic high jump champion

Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) – Olympic heptathlon champion

Men’s field athlete of the year

Mondo Duplantis (SWE) – Olympic pole vault champion

Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) – Olympic long jump champion

Women’s out of stadium athlete of the year

Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) – world marathon record-holder

Sifan Hassan (NED) – Olympic marathon champion

Men’s out of stadium athlete of the year

Brian Pintado (ECU) – Olympic 20km race walk champion

Tamirat Tola (ETH) – Olympic marathon champion

Voting closes on Sunday 10 November. The Athletes of the Year in each category, as well as the overall winner, will be revealed at a ceremony in Monaco on Sunday 1 December as part of the World Athletics Awards 2024.