Vote on your athletes of 2024

Decide your high performers of the yr in a number of classes in our annual AW readers’ ballot

Close to the top of the yr it’s time so that you can choose your athletes of 2024. The alternatives are beneath with the voting type on the finish of this text. All the contenders with pictures are within the November difficulty of AW journal, too, which you should purchase right here. Deadline for votes is midnight Friday November 8 with the outcomes revealed within the December difficulty of AW journal.

Worldwide male athlete

Mondo Duplantis
Nonetheless solely 24, he’s simply getting higher and higher. Duplantis broke his males’s pole vault world document thrice in 2024 (taking his total tally to 10), in addition to retaining his world indoor, European and Olympic titles. His closing leap in Paris will reside lengthy within the reminiscence and he completed off his season by profitable one other Diamond League title, too.

Cole Hocker
The American had been an outdoor guess going into the Olympic 1500m closing, although by that point he had received world indoor silver, his nationwide title and had run a sub-13min 5000m. Because the world watched Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen duking it out at Paris, Hocker delivered the knockout blow with an Olympic document of three:27.65.

Grant Holloway
The American received the world indoor title and in eight races indoors ran the seven quickest occasions of the yr, breaking his personal world document with 7.27. Outdoor he went underneath 13 seconds six occasions and landed what had beforehand been an elusive Olympic title.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen
He took 1500m and 5000m European gold (for the third time) in Rome, then ran 3:26.73 to turn into the primary athlete since Asbel Kiprop to interrupt 3:27 for 1500m. He bounced again from Olympic metric mile disappointment to win 5000m gold in Paris then broke the long-standing 3000m world document with 7:17.55.

Noah Lyles
He took world indoor silver within the 60m earlier than profitable the 100m and 200m US titles. Lyles edged an enthralling males’s Olympic 100m closing earlier than Covid and the prowess of Letsile Tebogo meant he needed to accept 200m bronze and sit out the 4x100m.

Letsile Tebogo
He broke the 300m world document with a run of 30.69, then rose to the event on the Olympics, the place he took 200m gold and clocked the second-fastest 4x400m cut up in historical past of 43.03 as his nation took silver. There was additionally a 100m PB of 9.86 within the Olympic closing, the place he was sixth.

Miltiadis Tentoglou
The Greek turned the one man apart from Carl Lewis to efficiently defend the lads’s Olympic lengthy bounce title. He additionally received a second consecutive world indoor title, plus his third European gold in a row, with a profitable leap of 8.65m representing the furthest anybody has jumped in virtually 5 years.

Ethan Katzberg
The Canadian misplaced simply one of many 12 hammer competitions he took half on this yr, however by that September defeat he had firmly established himself on the high of the three in his occasion. He produced the 5 longest throws of 2024, together with his greatest (84.38m) transferring him to ninth on the all-time lists. A throw of 84.12m secured his first Olympic title however certainly there are extra to return.

Hamish Kerr
The New Zealander equalled the Oceania excessive bounce document of two.36m in profitable the world indoor title in Glasgow, then produced the identical peak throughout a memorable Olympic closing that he received following a jump-off with American Shelby McEwen.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi
With the 800m present process some speedy modifications throughout 2024, the Kenyan has been to the fore. He broke 1:42 4 occasions throughout the season, together with the 1:41.11 in Lausanne that solely simply fell in need of David Rudisha’s world document. Wanyonyi additionally received a brilliantly aggressive and searingly fast Olympic closing.

Worldwide feminine athlete

Julien Alfred
If the Saint Lucian felt any trepidation about her first season as knowledgeable then it didn’t present. World indoor 60m gold arrived in Glasgow and he or she then peaked completely for the Olympics, flying to 100m gold within the pouring Parisian rain after which taking 200m silver.

Femke Bol
The Dutchwoman took world indoor 400m and 4x400m gold, additionally breaking the world indoor 400m document twice to decrease it to 49.17. There have been European 400m hurdles and 4x400m titles in Rome, whereas she lowered her European document to 50.95 within the former. She may solely take hurdles bronze on the Olympics, however led her group to gold within the combined 4x400m relay and silver within the ladies’s 4x400m relay in Paris.

Beatrice Chebet
A profitable and sensible defence of her world cross nation title was adopted by a landmark 10,000m efficiency during which she turned the primary girl to run underneath 29 minutes with 28:54.14. Olympic gold within the 25-lap occasion and the 5000m adopted.

Ruth Chepngetich
One other Kenyan to supply a landmark efficiency, the 2019 world marathon champion destroyed Tigist Assefa’s world document for 26.2 miles in Chicago, changing into the primary girl to run underneath 2:10 with an astonishing 2:09:56 that noticed her win the race by seven minutes and 36 seconds.

Sifan Hassan
The Dutchwoman tried an Olympic 5000m, 10,000m and marathon treble – and received medals in every. Managing to compete in all three would have been a feat in itself however Hassan got here away with bronze from each of her observe assignments, then received a dash end with Tigist Assefa to take marathon gold.

Religion Kipyegon
There had been pre-season issues that the reigning world and Olympic champion may not be at full energy as a result of harm. She put that principle to mattress as she lowered her personal 1500m world document to three:49.04, then stormed to her third consecutive Olympic title over the gap. Her solely defeat got here within the 5000m closing, the place she completed second.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh
The Ukrainian needed to accept excessive bounce silver on the world indoors, then proceeded to swat away the competitors outside. European gold was secured in Rome, as was a primary Olympic title in Paris. She broke the world document of two.09m that had stood since 1987 with a leap of two.10m on the Paris Diamond League.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Throughout 2024 she broke her 400m hurdles world document twice and was fourth-fastest girl on the earth over the flat 400m with 48.75. She was a category aside in profitable Olympic 400m hurdles gold for a second time, clocking 50.37, then helped USA to 4x400m relay gold, too.

Nafi Thiam
Dominated out of motion by severe harm in 2023, the Belgian demonstrated her extraordinary mixed occasions abilities by first taking the European heptathlon title after which seeing off stern competitors from world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson to win her third consecutive Olympic gold.

Gabby Thomas
The American left Paris with three Olympic gold medals, producing an impressively assured efficiency to win the 200m forward of Julien Alfred and the serving to her nation to 4x100m and 4x400m success. She additionally ran 5 of the six quickest occasions for the 200m this yr and 50.37 for 400m.

British male athlete

Emile Cairess
The 26-year-old raced sparingly in 2024, however he made it depend each time. His first outing of the yr introduced a half marathon PB of 60:01 in Napoli in February, nevertheless it was on the London Marathon in April the place he made headlines, clocking a PB of two:06:46 to turn into the second-fastest Briton in historical past in ending third. Cairess adopted that up with an excellent fourth place on the Paris Olympics in 2:07:29.

Charlie Dobson
This has been a giant breakthrough yr for the 24-year-old expertise, of whom a lot is anticipated. Individually, he lowered his 400m PB to 44.23, received European silver and the British title, then rounded off his season with victory within the Diamond League closing. Additionally a part of the relay squad that took Olympic 4x400m bronze in Paris.

Jacob Fincham-Dukes
After ending fourth on the European Championships, the 27-year-old retained his nationwide lengthy bounce title earlier than changing into Britain’s solely subject occasion finalist on the Paris Olympics, coming fifth.

Louie Hinchliffe
The shock package deal of British sprinting this yr, the 22-year-old Yorkshireman was coached to the NCAA 100m title in June by the legendary Carl Lewis, clocking 9.95 earlier than taking the British title to ebook his Olympic slot. He didn’t attain the ultimate in Paris, however landed 4x100m relay bronze and has now turned skilled.

Matthew Hudson-Smith
Because the world and Commonwealth silver medallist informed AW final month, he feels he has “unlocked a brand new means” within the 400m this yr. Broke his personal European document thrice, culminating in a run of 43.44 to win Olympic silver and was a key determine within the British males’s line-up that received 4x400m bronze in Paris.

Romell Glave
The 24-year-old sprinter landed his first main championships medal with European bronze within the 100m on the Stadio Olimpico in Rome in June. Later within the season he then ran a wind-assisted 9.90 at Stratford.

Josh Kerr
The Scot may need missed out on his high goal of Olympic gold, however 2024 was hardly a failure. He received the world indoor 3000m title in Glasgow in March, then broke the British 1500m document with 3:27.79 to land silver in Paris. Kerr additionally broke Steve Cram’s British mile document in Eugene and rounded off his yr with a course document of three:44.3 on the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York.

George Mills
Lowered his indoor 1500m and 5000m PBs in the beginning of the yr and reached his first Olympics, setting himself the problem of the 1500m and 5000m double. The workload proved to be a heavy one however the undoubted spotlight of the yr for Mills was profitable European 5000m silver in Rome, his first main senior championships medal.

Ben Pattison
Whereas the most important championships didn’t fairly go to plan for final yr’s world 800m bronze medallist, he nonetheless produced a searing run of 1:42.27 on the Monaco Diamond League that moved him second on the British all-time rankings, behind solely Seb Coe.

Sam Reardon
A hamstring harm meant he was unable to assert an Olympic spot on the British Championships however the 22-year-old lowered his 400m PB to 44.70 on the London Diamond League and was then a late call-up for Paris, the place he received bronze medals within the combined and males’s 4x400m.

British feminine athlete

Scout Adkin
The Scottish hill runner took silver within the uphill solely race on the European Off-Street Working Championships in Annecy, taking the British group to silver, earlier than being topped ladies’s winner of the World Mountain Working Affiliation (WMRA) World Cup final month.

Amber Anning
A superb yr noticed the 23-year-old win the NCAA indoor 400m title in March, whereas the out of doors season introduced with it a British title, plus an outstanding nationwide document of 49.29 on the best way to fifth place within the Olympic closing. There was additionally the small matter of bronze medals within the combined and ladies’s 4x400m relay finals. She was additionally 4x400m NCAA champion.

Dina Asher-Smith
The previous 200m world champion created historical past by changing into a six-time European gold medallist due to wins within the 100m and 4x100m relay. Individually the Olympics didn’t go to plan however the 28-year-old helped the ladies’s line-up to win 4x100m silver in Paris, then completed the season strongly and received the Lausanne Diamond League.

Elizabeth Hen
The Boulder-based 3000m steeplechaser received European bronze within the occasion in Rome and successfully sealed her Olympic place on the similar time. She then lowered her British document on the Stade de France, clocking 9:04.35 when ending seventh.

Georgia Bell
Remarkably, the 31-year-old started the yr as a part-time athlete however completed it as a full-time one with an Olympic 1500m bronze, European 1500m silver and British document of three:52.61 to her title.

Molly Caudery
A superb begin to the yr introduced world indoor pole vault gold in Glasgow, whereas the actual fact there was disappointment at a bronze medal within the European Championships illustrated how shortly the 24-year-old has progressed. She broke the British document in June with 4.92m – nonetheless the world lead – however then did not make the Olympic closing.

Keely Hodgkinson
This was the yr during which she turned silver to gold with a command efficiency in Paris, emulating Dame Kelly Holmes by changing into Olympic 800m champion. The 22-year-old additionally defied sickness to win her second consecutive European title outside, whereas her run of 1:54.61 in London lowered the British document and is the quickest time on the earth this yr.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson
An harm downside that pressured her to withdraw from the European Championships had induced concern, however the world heptathlon champion lastly bought the Olympic medal she had craved, pushing Nafi Thiam all the best way.

Daryll Neita
Got here agonisingly near the European 200m title, having to accept silver, earlier than touchdown 4x100m relay gold in Rome. The 29-year-old then took the 100m nationwide title and completed fifth within the Olympic 200m closing, earlier than being a key a part of the silver medal-winning 4x100m line-up in Paris.

Calli Hauger-Thackery
The 31-year-old received particular person bronze and led the British group to gold within the half marathon on the European Championships. Having failed to complete the Olympic marathon, she bounced again to turn into the second-fastest feminine British runner ever over the gap in Berlin.

Worldwide male junior

Jaydon Hibbert
Jamaica’s promising triple jumper got here near an Olympic medal in Paris, ending fourth with a greatest leap of 17.61m. The 19-year-old stole the present on the Racers Grand Prix earlier within the yr by setting a stadium document and world lead of 17.75m.

Tomas Jarvinen
In his first World Below-20 Championships, the 18-year-old Czech led the decathlon from begin to end and scored 8525, simply 10 factors shy of the world under-20 document. His rating moved him to second on the world U20 all-time listing.

Niels Laros
The 19-year-old started his summer time marketing campaign by setting a 1000m world under-20 document of two:14.37 on house soil. On the Olympic Video games he completed sixth within the 1500m closing in 3:29.54 – breaking Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s European under-20 document of three:30.16.

Bradley Nkoana
The 19-year-old joined team-mate Bayana Walaza to turn into an Olympic medallist as he helped safe 4x100m silver for South Africa in Paris. The bronze medallist from Lima clocked a private better of 10.03 within the 100m this July – a nationwide under-20 document.

Bayanda Walaza
South Africa’s new sprinting star clocked 10.13 on the nationwide junior championships. The 18-year-old ran the lead-off leg within the Olympic 4x100m closing in Paris, profitable silver earlier than making the journey to the World Below-20 Championships, the place he received gold in each the 100m and 200m.

Quincy Wilson
The 16-year-old turned America’s youngest-ever observe Olympian when he ran within the first spherical of the lads’s 4x400m relay in Paris, the place his group went on to win gold. He had damaged the under-18 world document twice on the US trials, together with an effort of 44.59 earlier than happening to chop his private greatest even additional with 44.20.

Worldwide feminine junior

Sembo Almayew
After ending fifth within the 3000m Olympic steeplechase closing she turned the primary Ethiopian world under-20 steeplechase gold medallist, setting a championships document of 9:12.71 in Lima.

Torrie Lewis
The 19-year-old Australian received the Xiamen Diamond League 200m, clocking 22.96. She additionally received the Oceania title in June and reached the semi-finals in Paris 2024 earlier than competing within the 4x100m heats. She set a 200m PB of twenty-two.88 in profitable world under-20 silver in Lima.

Lurdes Gloria Manuel
The Czech made her senior worldwide debut on the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, forming a part of the 4x400m group. She completed fourth on the European Championships in Rome, operating a nationwide under-20 document of fifty.52 earlier than reaching the semi-finals in Paris.

Sarah Moraa
The Kenyan has adopted within the footsteps of her cousin, world 800m champion Mary, this yr. The 19-year-old received the African Championships earlier than being topped the world under-20 champion after dominating the 800m, clocking 2:00.36 to safe gold.

Alana Reid
Coaching alongside Sha’Carri Richardson, the 19-year-old has positively picked up some sprinting ideas. The Jamaican comfortably led the 100m on the World U20 Championships to win her first world title in 11.17, weeks after operating the lead leg within the ladies’s 4x100m Olympic closing the place her group completed fifth.

Angelina Matter
After making her first Olympics and being anticipated to problem for a medal, the 19-year-old European silver medallist missed out on the excessive bounce closing via harm. Only one month later she took World Below-20 Championships gold with a 1.91m clearance.

British male junior

Ed Hen
Now primarily based in the US, the Poole AC athlete received bronze on the World U20 Championships in Lima in 8:21.00, lower than half a second behind the winner, Andreas Halvorsen of Norway. Elsewhere he broke 8:00 for 3000m with 7:59.99 indoors.

Daniel Goriola
Received the UK senior 110m hurdles title in Manchester aged 19 and his season’s better of 13.22 (0.6) within the junior occasion locations him No.2 on the British all-time rankings behind David Omoregie though he DNF’d in his World U20 semi-final. Indoors, his 7.72m over 60m hurdles places him No.2 on the UK all-time rankings behind Jon Ridgeon.

Sam Lunt
Broke Alastair Chalmers’ UK under-20 document for 400m hurdles with 50.00 to qualify for the world U20 closing in Lima, the place he completed fifth aged 18. Additionally received the England Athletics title and clocked 46.94 for the flat 400m.

Matthew McKenna
The Walton athlete improved his 800m greatest this yr from 1:56.4 to 1:46.84, a time that solely two British 17-year-olds, Ben Pattison and Max Burgin, have overwhelmed. He additionally used his pace to win a tactical European under-18 closing in 1:52.91.

Jake Odey-Jordan
Recovered from the error of easing down too early in his European U18 200m warmth and went on to win two medals on the World Below-20 Championships. Simply 16, the US-based sprinter received 200m bronze and 4x100m silver and ended the season with a better of 20.55 (0.1).

Teddy Wilson
The one European to make the world under-20 males’s 100m closing, the Shaftesbury Barnet sprinter positioned seventh earlier than being a part of the silver medal-winning 4x100m group. His 10.29 (0.5) in Lima tops the UK junior rankings and he’s additionally No.1 at 60m with 6.70.

British feminine junior

Lyla Belshaw
The Colchester Harrier received the European under-18 1500m title in a championship document of 4:13.01 forward of GB team-mate Isla McGowan. Solely 16, she ran even faster with 4:12.19 at Watford for No.2 on the UK all-time under-17 rankings behind Phoebe Gill and impressed with 2:02.93 for 800m.

Thea Brown
With a heptathlon rating of 5807 – a PB by greater than 400 factors – the Sale Harrier received silver on the European Below-18 Championships. Within the 100m hurdles she completed fourth within the Olympic trials and her 1.87m excessive bounce places the 17-year-old No.3 on this yr’s UK senior rankings.

Innes FitzGerald
After profitable the European under-20 cross-country title plus Inter-Counties, English Colleges and English Nationwide titles, she completed seventeenth on the World Cross in Belgrade earlier than happening to fourth within the World Below-20 3000m in a PB of 8:57.01. The 18-year-old additionally broke Paula Radcliffe’s English Colleges 3000m document from 1992.

Phoebe Gill
After breaking the long-standing European under-18 800m document with 1:57.86 in Belfast, she received the UK senior title in Manchester aged 17 and went on to complete fourth in her Olympic semi-final in Paris. The St Albans runner tops the UK under-20 1500m rankings in 2024 with 4:05.87.

Katie Pye
After beating Lyla Belshaw within the Mini London Marathon, the Aldershot athlete clocked 9:09.67 to go No.3 on the UK all-time 3000m rankings and he or she received the European under-18 title at 3000m in Slovakia earlier than a UK College Video games 1500m win on the eve of her seventeenth birthday.

Nia Wedderburn-Goodison
The 19-year-old Harrow sprinter was fourth on the earth under-20 100m closing. Her 11.21 PB put her No.5 on the UK all-time under-20 rankings and he or she ran a wind-assisted 11.19, too.

Para male athlete

Ezra Frech
The American starred in each observe and subject on the Paralympics. In a pulsating T63 100m, he clocked 12.06 and received by two hundredths of a second over Denmark’s Daniel Wagner. Frech then set a Paralympic document of 1.94m within the T63 excessive bounce.

Marcel Hug
The Swiss received his seventh Paralympic gold medal in Paris, with victory within the T54 marathon. He additionally claimed silver within the 1500m/5000m and bronze over 800m, taking his total tally to fifteen medals. Hug additionally continued his dominance within the Marathon Majors, securing wins in Boston, London, Berlin and Chicago.

Mpumelelo Mhlongo
The South African was already a double world T44 100m champion however had but to assert gold on the Paralympics. That each one modified in Paris when he clocked 11.12, beating Cuba’s Yamel Luis Vives by eight hundredths of a second. He additionally received T64 200m bronze.

Dan Pembroke
Just some months on from retaining his world F13 javelin title, Pembroke replicated the feat on the Paralympics. The Briton set two world data in as many throws in Paris, beating the earlier mark of 71.01m with 71.15m and 74.49m in rounds three and 4. He received by virtually 5 metres.

Markus Rehm
The prolific German lengthy jumper received a fourth consecutive Paralympic gold medal in Paris. He dominated the competitors and had a greatest distance of 8.13m, the one athlete within the subject to clear 8.00m.

Ben Sandilands
The Briton backed up his T20 1500m world title final yr with Paralympic gold in Paris, operating a world document of three:45.40 to win by over 4 seconds and stand on the highest of the rostrum.

Para feminine athlete

Hannah Cockroft
In her fourth Paralympics, she picked up her eighth and ninth golds, with victories in each the T34 100m and 800m. Cockroft and fellow Brit Karé Adenegan completed one-two in each of the occasions.

Catherine Debrunner
The Swiss athlete had an historic Paralympics, profitable gold within the T53 400m and 800m, in addition to the T54 1500m, 5000m and marathon. She additionally claimed silver within the T53 100m, to not point out having fun with success on the London, Berlin and Chicago marathons.

Omara Durand
The Cuban sprinter accomplished the ‘triple triple’ in Paris, with golds within the T12 100m, 200m and 400m for the third consecutive time. With two titles from London 2012 additionally received, Durand has stood on the highest of a Paralympic podium 11 occasions.

Sabrina Fortune
The Brit added a Paralympic F20 shot put title to her three world golds with a world document of 15.12m, beating her earlier greatest by 29cm together with her opening throw within the French capital.

Fleur Jong
The Dutch celebrity dominated this season and picked up world and Paralympic golds within the T64 100m and lengthy bounce. Jong leapt to a Paralympic T64 lengthy bounce document of 6.53m and received by over half a metre.

Sammi Kinghorn
The Briton secured her first ever Paralympic gold medal – within the T53 100m – a victory that topped a busy schedule that additionally noticed her declare silver within the T53 400m and 800m, T54 1500m and combined 4x100m relay.

Masters male athlete

M70 Ian Broadhurst
Received World Masters M70 double gold at each 400m (64.13) and 300m hurdles (47.99). His hurdles time was a UK document and a 64.09 400m warmth bettered the UK mark on the flat. He additionally received medals in each relays.

M45 Dwain Chambers
The previous world indoor 60m champion made a shock look within the European Masters, profitable 60m gold after setting a world M45 document of 6.81 and likewise making the UK senior semi-finals.

M60 Andrew Ridley
Received World Masters gold in opposition to high Kenyan opposition at each 800m and 1500m. His marks at 800m (2:07.45) and mile (4:41.81) bettered the M60 world data and his profitable 1500m time in Gothenburg simply missed the world mark however was a European greatest. Additionally received 4x400m relay silver.

M55 Darren Scott
Received 200m gold at each European Masters and World Masters Championships, choosing up further medals within the quick dash there at 60m and 100m respectively. Set UK bests at 200m each indoors (23.95) and out (23.04), with the latter bettering the world document.

M55 Mark Symes
Received an M55 800m and 1500m double on the World Masters, in addition to European Indoor 1500m silver. His 4:17.45 in Gothenburg was a UK out of doors document and he additionally bettered the UK observe mile (4:36.10) and highway mile data (4:45).

M65 John Wright
Received a person dash triple on the World Masters and set a European document 56.22 on the 400m, whereas his 12.43 100m time equalled Steve Peters’ UK greatest. Additionally anchored Britain to 4x400m gold.

Masters feminine athlete

W60 Clare Elms
Received 5 European indoor gold medals and set W60 world data at 1500m (4:57.14) and mile (5:25.19). She additionally set world indoor data at these occasions and altogether 14 UK data or bests together with further marks at 800m (2:29.64), 3000m (10:33.34), 5000m (18:35.95) and the highway mile (5:21) with the latter additionally being a world greatest.

W55 Irie Hill
Britain’s most profitable ever masters vaulter carried on her dominance with W55 golds in each the European Masters and World Masters. She set a world indoor document of three.30m and a UK out of doors document of three.22m.

W85 Kathleen Stewart
Turned 85 simply earlier than the World Championships the place she dominated the 200m in 41.83 and the 400m in a world document 99.24. She received the W80 dash treble within the British Championships.

W75 Moira West
Hit W75 in the beginning of the out of doors observe season and received the dash double on the World Championships, additionally setting UK data on the British Championships of 15.84 at 100m and 33.30 at 200m. Additionally set a UK document within the lengthy bounce of three.33m.

W85 Evaun Williams
Britain’s most profitable age group thrower received W85 World Masters gold at shot, discus, hammer, javelin, weight and weight pentathlon. She set world data in Gothenburg within the shot (9.42m), discus (22.42m), weight (11.97m) and javelin (24.78m).

W50 Paula Williams
Received European Masters and World Masters shot golds, in addition to setting a British document of 13.96m in Gothenburg. She additionally received hurdles and 4x100m bronze outside and a 60m and javelin bronze within the indoor championships. Indoors she additionally set UK data within the 60m hurdles (9.59) and shot (13.56m).

Mel Watman Efficiency of 2024

Duplantis does it once more – world pole vault document on the Paris Olympics.

Mahuchikh magnificent – breaking the long-standing world excessive bounce document with 2.10m within the Diamond League in Paris.

Alekna excellent – beating the long-time world discus document with 74.35m in Ramona.

Shock from Hocker – American’s scorching dash claims Olympic 1500m gold.

Queen Kipyegon – 3:49.04 world 1500m document at Paris Diamond League.

Chepngetich’s Chicago fireworks – world marathon document of two:09:56.

McLaughlin-Levrone out on her personal – dominating Olympic 400m hurdles win in a 50.37 world document.

Chebet on high of the world – 28:54.14 world 10,000m document in Eugene to create historical past.

Hassan’s closing flourish – marathon gold in Paris after profitable Olympic bronze just a few days earlier within the 5000m and 10,000m.

All the above contenders with pictures are within the November difficulty of AW journal, too, which you should purchase right here. Deadline for votes is midnight Friday November 8 with the outcomes revealed within the December difficulty of AW journal.

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