The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has released a list of 20 athletes nominated for the 2017 World Athlete of the Year awards.
\n\u201cThe IAAF is pleased to confirm a list of 10 men and 10 women nominees who were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of the IAAF.
\n\u201cThis week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2017 World Athletes of the Year, ahead of the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, scheduled for\u00a0Monaco on November 24,\u2019\u2019 the world athletics ruling body said in a statement.
\nIt listed the male nominees to include Mutaz Barshim of Qatar, Elijah Manangoi of Kenya, Pawel Fajdek of Poland, Mohamed Farah of Great Britain and Sam Kendricks of the U.S.
\nThe rest are Luvo Manyonga of South Africa, Omar McLeod of Jamaica, Christian Taylor of the U.S., Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa and Johannes Vetter of Germany.
\nThe female nominees include Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia, Maria Lasitskene who is an Authorised Neutral Athlete (ANA), Hellen Obiri of Kenya, Sally Pearson of Australia and Sandra Perkovic of Croatia.
\nOthers are Brittney Reese of the U.S Caster Semenya of South Africa, Ekaterini Stefanidi of Greece, Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium and Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland.
\nTidesports source reports that a three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
\nThe IAAF Council and the IAAF Family will cast their votes by email, while fans can vote online via the IAAF\u2019s social media platforms.
\nIndividual graphics for each nominee will be posted on social media platforms facebook and twitter later this week, with a \u201clike\u2019\u2019 or \u201cfavourite\u2019\u2019 counting as one vote.
\nThe IAAF Council\u2019s vote will count for 50 per cent of the result, while the IAAF Family\u2019s votes and the public votes will each count for 25 per cent of the final result.
\nTidesports source reports that voting will close on October 16, with three men and three women finalists to be announced by the IAAF at the conclusion of the voting process
\nThe male and female World Athletes of the Year will be announced live on stage at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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