Female world record holder for 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan has been nominated for the World Athlete of the Year award.
Amusan, who is currently the world, Commonwealth and African champion in the 100m hurdles, is among the top 10 nominees for the award.
The 25-year-old’s nomination was announced in a Wednesday tweet by World Athletics.
See tweet:
Female Athlete of the Year nominee 🇳🇬
Retweet to vote for @Evaglobal01 in the #AthleticsAwards. pic.twitter.com/HxeeVomjw2
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) October 12, 2022
The world athletics body said that the nominees were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas.
Nominated alongside the Nigerian are the Jamaican duo of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, the US duo of Sydney McLaughlin and Chase Ealey, and Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas.
Bahamas’s Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, and Peru’s Kimberly Garcia were equally nominated.
“A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
“The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family will cast their votes by email, while fans can vote online via the World Athletics social media platforms. Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube this week; a ‘like’ on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube or a retweet on Twitter will count as one vote.
“The World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50% of the result, while the World Athletics Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25% of the final result.
“Voting for the World Athletes of the Year closes at midnight on Monday 31 October. At the conclusion of the voting process, five women and five men finalists will be announced by World Athletics.
“The winners will be revealed on World Athletics’ social media platforms in early December,” read a World Athletics statement announcing the nomination.
Amusan became the first Nigerian world champion when she won the 2022 World Championships 100m hurdles gold medal, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds in the semifinal, followed up by a wind-assisted 12.06 s in the final to take gold.
However, the latter record was not acknowledged due to the heavy in-race tailwind that assisted the feat.
She completed a groundbreaking season with a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games while her Diamond League title.