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The finalists for the 2024 Athlete of the Year Award have been announced with 11 Olympics champions being shortlisted for the prestigious award. However, 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist and six-time World Champion Noah Lyles hasn’t made into the list among the top athletes of the world in 2024. The American track and field sprinter clinched the gold medal in the Olympics this year, after winning the 100m race against Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson.
Noah Lyles also managed to win a bronze medal in 200m meter race in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Talking about the finalists, Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone are two of the big names to be announced for the Athlete of the Year Award in 2024. Swedish-American pole vaulter Duplantis went on to win his second consecutive gold in the 2024 Olympics while American sprinter Levorone clinched two gold in Paris in 400m track race and 400m hurdles respectively.
Winner to be decided on November 10, will be announced on December 1
Top two athletes in each category from track, field and out of stadium were selected in the first round of voting which also included votes from World Athletics Council, World Athletics Family and a public vote on social media. Now, one of the two athletes from each category will be announced as a winner. The voting will held between November 4 and 10 and the winner will be decided on November 11. However, the winner for the 2024 Athlete of the year award will announced during an award ceremony in Monaco on December 1.
Here’s the list of finalists for 2024 Athletes of the year award
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
