Kipyegon, Obiri, Gidey, Tompson Eleyn apply for a rank of the athlete of year according to World Athletics

The world track and field athletics association (World Atletics) declared pretenders to a rank of the best athlete of year according to the organization. The list included Kenyans Perez Dzhepchirchir (run on long distances), Faith Kipyegon (run on long distances), Helen Onsando Obiri (run on averages and long distances), Netherlanders Femke Bol (run with barriers) and Sifan Hassan (run on long distances), Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey (run on long distances), Ababel Yeshanekh (run on long distances), the Englishwoman Lora Myur (run on averages and long distances), the representative Venezuela Rokhas Yulimar (the threefold...