Meet the nominees for Male World Athlete of the Year 2020

World Athletics on Monday announced a list of ten nominees for Male World Athlete of the Year 2020, who were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics.

The nominations reflect the remarkable range of exceptional performances that the sport has witnessed this year, despite the challenges that the global Covid-19 pandemic presented.

"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 and Instagram this week; a 'like' on Facebook and Instagram or a retweet on Twitter will count as one vote," the World Athletics said.

The World Athletics Council's vote will count for 50 per cent of the result, while the World Athletics Family's votes and the public votes will each count for 25 per cent of the final result.

A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.

Voting for the World Athletes of the Year closes at midnight on November 15. At the conclusion of the voting process, five men and five women finalists will be announced by World Athletics.

The nominees for 2020 Male World Athlete of the Year are:

Donavan Brazier, USA

Ran world-leading 800m times indoors (1:44.22, North American indoor record) and outdoors (1:43.15) - won all seven of his races over all distances.

Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda

Broke world records at 5000m (12:35.36), 10,000m (26:11.00) and 5km on the roads (12:51) - was fourth at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships on his debut over the distance.

Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenya

Ran world-leading 3:28.45 over 1500m- undefeated in three 1500m races.

Jacob Kiplimo, Uganda

Won world half marathon title in a championship record of 58:49 - ran a world-leading 7:26.64 over 3000m, the fastest time in the world since 2007.

Ryan Crouser, USA

Undefeated in 10 shot put competitions, his 22.91m world-leading performance moved him to equal third on the world all-time list.

Noah Lyles, USA

Undefeated in five finals - ran a

world-leading 19.76 over 200m.

Daniel Stahl, Sweden

Won 17 of his 19 discus competitions - threw a world-leading 71.37m.

Johannes Vetter, Germany

Won eight of his nine javelin competitions - threw a world-leading 97.76m, the second farthest throw in history.

KarstenWarholm, Norway

Ran a world-leading 46.87 in the 400m hurdles, the second-fastest performance in history - undefeated in nine 400m/400m hurdles races and set a world best of 33.78 in 300m hurdles.

Mondo Duplantis, Sweden:

Broke the world record in the pole vault twice (6.17m and 6.18m) and produced the highest outdoor vault of all time (6.15m) - undefeated in 16 competitions.

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