Damian Warner nominated for WA Male Athlete of the Year
Warner is nominated alongside nine other male athletes, but where is Andre De Grasse?
On Thursday, World Athletics announced the nominees for the Male Athlete of the Year award. The shortlist of nominees features Canadian gold medallist Damian Warner, who set an Olympic record on his way to decathlon gold. These nominees were selected by an international panel of athletics journalists and council representatives from World Athletics.
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The nominations reflect not only the remarkable performances from track and field at the Olympic Games, but also one-day meets on the World Athletics circuit and other events around the world. Missing from the list of nominees is triple Tokyo Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse, who returned to the Olympic podium in the 200m with his first gold medal.
The nominees:
- Damian Warner (CAN) – Decathlon gold medallist, setting a new Olympic record of 9,018 points. Fourth all-time in the men’s decathlon.
- Karsten Warholm (NOR) – 400m hurdles world record holder and Olympic gold medallist. (Ran the world record in the Olympic final)
- Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) – Olympic marathon champion, the largest margin of victory since 1972.
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) – 1,500m Olympic gold medallist at 20 years old, European indoor 1,500m champion. Set both the European 1,500m and 5,000m record this season.
- Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) – Double Olympic medallist, 5,000m gold and 10,000m silver.
- Field athletes who all won gold medals in their respective events– pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis (SWE), shot-putter Ryan Crouser (USA), triple-jumper Pedro Pichardo (POR), discus-thrower Daniel Stähl (SWE) and long-jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE).
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A three-way vote will take place to determine the five finalists. The World Athletics Council will cast their votes while fans can vote online via the World Athletics social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted this week, and a ‘like’ on Facebook and Instagram or a retweet on Twitter will count as one vote.
The World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 75 per cent of the final result, while the public vote will each count for 25 per cent. The voting for this award closes at midnight on Saturday, Nov. 6. The male and female Athlete of the Year will be named in December at the World Athletics Awards.
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