Benson Kipruto and Ruth Chepng’etich nominated for prestigious world awards – Individuals Each day
Benson Kipruto and Ruth Chepng’etich have been nominated to vie for the World Athletics males’s and girls’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year awards, respectively.
Kipruto, the Tokyo Marathon reigning champion, will vie towards 5 nominees for this 12 months’s award as Chepng’etich, the Chicago Marathon document breaker, faces the identical variety of contestants in her class.
“As a part of the World Athletics Awards 2024, World Athletics is happy to verify an inventory of 5 nominees for Women’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year and 5 nominees for Men’s Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year.
“In what has been another memorable year for the sport, the nominations reflect some of the standout performances achieved at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Athletics Cross Country Championships, Label road races, and other events around the world,” World Athletics mentioned in an announcement.
Ethiopia’s Asefa Kebede will probably be among the many contestants Chepng’etich will face. The Ethiopian is a Tokyo Marathon winner and enjoys a quantity two marathon time of 2024.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, an Olympic marathon champion who enjoys an Olympic document, in addition to Ethiopia’s Tigist Ketema, a winner in each the Berlin Marathon and the Dubai Marathon, are different sturdy contestants.
Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Ngetich, who enjoys data in each World 5km and 10km and a World half marathon lead, has additionally been nominated.
Kipruto’s rivals
On the opposite hand, Kipruto will battle towards Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha, who enjoys a World half marathon document and a World 10km lead. Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, a World Cross Country Championships gold winner and Valencia 10km winner, has additionally been nominated.
Ecuador’s Brian Daniel Pintado, who’s an Olympic 20km race stroll champion
and an Olympic marathon race stroll blended relay silver medallist in addition to Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia, have additionally been entered as contestants. Tola is an Olympic marathon champion and has an Olympic document as one in every of his badges.
“The vote to determine the Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year finalists is now open on World Athletics social media platforms. It will close on 3 November,” the organisers added.
