Elaine Thompson-Herah and Karsten Warholm named World Athletes of the Year

Karsten Warholm and Elaine Thompson-Herah named World Athletes of the Year

American Athing Mu, who won the women's 800m in Tokyo, was named the female rising star. 17-Year-old Erriyon Knighton won the male rising star award.
During this livestream, The Athlete & The Fanatic World Athletics Picks.

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The nominees for 2021 Female World Athlete of the Year are (in alphabetical order):

- Valarie Allman, USA
- Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, PUR
- Sifan Hassan, NED
- Faith Kipyegon, KEN
- Mariya Lasitskene, ANA
- Sydney McLaughlin, USA
- Shaunae Miller-Uibo, BAH
- Athing Mu, USA
- Yulimar Rojas, VEN
- Elaine Thompson-Herah, JAM

The nominees for 2021 Male World Athlete of the Year are (in alphabetical order):

- Joshua Cheptegei, UGA
- Ryan Crouser, USA
- Mondo Duplantis, SWE
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen, NOR
- Eliud Kipchoge, KEN
- Pedro Pichardo, POR
- Daniel Stahl, SWE
- Miltiadis Tentoglou, GRE
- Damian Warner, CAN
- Karsten Warholm, NOR

The nominees for 2021 Female Rising Start Athlete of the Year are (in alphabetical order):

➡️ Keely Hodgkinson, GBR
➡️ Silja Kosonen, FInland
➡️ Christine Mboma, Nambia
➡️ Athing Mu, USA
➡️ Zerfe Wondemagegn, Ethiopia

The nominees for 2021 Male Rising Start Athlete of the Year are (in alphabetical order):

➡️ Sean Burrell
➡️ Erriyon Knighton
➡️ Emmanuel Wanyonyi
➡️ Tadese Worku
➡️ Sasha Zhoya

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