Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Mondo Duplantis among finalists for the 2024 World Athletics Athlete of the Year awards

World Athletics announced the finalists of this year’s Athlete of the Year awards on Monday, 4 November.

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.

A public vote to choose the Athletes of the Year winners in each category and the overall winners will occur between 4-10 November.

World Athletics 2024 Athletes of the Year finalists

Women’s track athlete of the year
Julien Alfred (LCA)
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)

Men’s track athlete of the year
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Noway)
Letsile Tebogo (Botswana)

Women’s field athlete of the year
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine)
Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)

Men’s field athlete of the year
Mondo Duplantis (Sweden)
Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece)

Women’s out of stadium athlete of the year
Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya)
Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)

Men’s out of stadium athlete of the year

Brian Pintado (Ecuador)

Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia)

More to follow…