Olympic champions Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan have been named female and male athlete of the yr on the World Athletics Awards in Monaco.
Tebogo, who was additionally named male observe athlete of the yr, turned Botswana’s first Olympic champion in Paris when he received the 200m in an African document time of 19.46 seconds.
The 21-year-old additionally helped to set a brand new African document when taking silver within the males’s 4x400m relay.
“It feels superb to know that the followers are at all times there for us athletes,” stated Tebogo. “It was a fantastic yr. This implies so much.”
Netherlands’ Hassan received bronze within the 5,000m and 10,000m in Paris earlier than claiming gold within the girls’s marathon to grow to be the primary athlete in 72 years to win medals in all three occasions on the similar Video games.
The 31-year-old was additionally named feminine out of stadium athlete of the yr, whereas Ethopia’s Tamirat Tola, who received males’s marathon gold in Paris, claimed the male award.
“I by no means thought I used to be going to win this one,” stated Hassan. “This yr was loopy.”
American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who smashed her personal world document in successful 400m hurdles gold in Paris, took the feminine observe athlete of the yr prize.
Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis, who broke his personal world document in successful pole vault gold, was named male discipline athlete of the yr, with Ukrainian excessive soar gold medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh taking the feminine award.
