Tobi Amusan has been nominated for the 2022 Women’s World Athlete of the Year, making her the First Nigerian ever to receive the nomination.
Amusan has had a fantastic 2022, breaking the 100 metres
hurdles world record on her way to winning gold at the World Athletics
Championships in Oregon in a time of 12.12 seconds.
The 25-year-old backed up that performance by striking gold
again at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham before retaining her Diamond
League Trophy in Zurich in a new meeting record of 12.29s. The previous record
which stood for 22 years was held by an American legend, Gail Devers.
She is also the African champion and record holder after
retaining her title in Mauritius in June.
Another notable nominee is Jamaican star, Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Pryce, who is the reigning world 100m champion, and Diamond League 100m
champion and ran a world-leading 10.62s among her seven sub-10.70s 100m races
of the season.
World 200m champion and Diamond League 200m champion,
Shericka Jackson, also of Jamaica is also nominated. She ran a world-leading
21.45s to move to second on the world all-time list.
World 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion, Sydney Mclaughlin is
also on the shortlist after breaking the world 400m hurdles record with 51.41s
at the US Championships. She further improved the world record to 50.68s to win
the world title.
Chase Ealey (US), Kimberly Garcia (Peru), Faith Kipyegon
(Kenya), Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine), Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas), Yulimar
Rojas (Venezuela) complete the 10-woman shortlist.
A three-way voting process involving the World Athletics
Council, the World Athletics Family, and fan online voting will determine the
finalists.
The World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50%, while
the World Athletics Family’s votes and fan votes will each count for 25%.
Voting closes at midnight on Monday, October 31st followed
by the announcement of the five finalists.
The winners will be revealed on World Athletics’ social
media platforms in early December.
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