Eliud Kipchoge, the two-time Olympic marathon champion and world record holder, has been named one of five finalists for the 2022 Men’s World Athlete of the Year Award.
The World Athletics has announced the names of the five finalists chosen from an initial list of ten.
Kipchoge’s nomination comes on the heels of his world record-breaking performance in the Berlin Marathon last September, in which he lowered his world record to 2:01:09. Kipchoge also won the Tokyo Marathon earlier this year.
The five athletes, who represent five countries and three area associations, have achieved sensational performances in a variety of athletics disciplines in 2022, at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22, World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22, one-day meeting circuits, and other events around the world, according to World Athletics.
Kipchoge, 37, received the prestigious award in 2018 and 2019, as well as making the final list for the 2020 and 2021 awards.
He will face stiff competition from world pole vault champion (indoors and outdoors) Mondo Duplantis from Sweden, world 3000m steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco, world 5000m champion, world 1500m silver medalist (indoors and outdoors) Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway and world 200m champion Noah Lyle from the US.
The voting process for the finalists closed on October 31, and the World Athletes of the Year will be announced on World Athletics’ social media platforms in early December, as part of the World Athletics Awards 2022.
