2022 Women’s World Athlete Award: Amusan selected as one of the five finalists

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On Monday, the World Athletics released a statement that Nigeria’s World 100m hurdles champion and record holder Tobi Amusan made it as one of the five finalists for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year 2022 Award.

The names of the five finalists for Women’s World Athlete of the Year were confirmed as the countdown to the World Athletics Awards 2022 continues.

The finalists in alphabetical order include:

Tobi Amusan, NGR
- World 100m hurdles champion
- Diamond League, Commonwealth, and African 100m hurdles champion
- Set a world 100m hurdles record of 12.12

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, JAM
- World 100m champion, claiming a fifth gold medal in the event
- Diamond League 100m champion
- Ran a world-leading 10.62 among her record seven sub-10.70 100m races of the season

Kimberly Garcia, PER
- World 20km race walk champion, winning Peru’s first-ever World Athletics Championships medal
- World 35km race walk champion in a South American record to complete a race walk double
- World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships 20km bronze medallist

Sydney McLaughlin, USA
- World 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion
- Broke the world 400m hurdles record with 51.41 at the US Championships
- Further improved the world record to 50.68 to win the world title

Yulimar Rojas, VEN
- World indoor and outdoor triple jump champion
- Diamond League triple jump champion
- Improved her world record to 15.74m in Belgrade

According to World Athletics, a record 1.3 million votes were registered by emails and online voting via the World Athletics social media platforms.

A three-way voting process to determine the finalists for the 2022 World Athletes of the Year was concluded on October 31. The winner will be announced on World Athletics’ social media platforms in early December.

Here are your Female Athlete of the Year Finalists 👀

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Find out who will be crowned winner at the #AthleticsAwards on 5 December 👑 pic.twitter.com/qXh46J1Gmb

— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) November 14, 2022

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