The 10 athletes shortlisted for the 2018 IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year award have been announced.
Bahamian Shaunae Millier-Uibo – the lone Caribbean athlete on the list – makes the cut after going unbeaten across five events in 15 races (13 finals & 2 preliminaries), including a 200m/4x100m relay double at the Continental Cup.
Miller-Uibo also won both the Commonwealth Games and Diamond League 200m titles and has three wins at 400m with the world’s fastest time since 2006.
Also nominated was South Africa’s Caster Semenya who won gold medals over 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games, African Championships, Diamond League final and IAAF Continental Cup.
Semenya is also Commonwealth champion at 1500m and African Champion at 400m and has world leads at 800m & 1000m.
Completing the nominees for 2018 Female World Athlete of the Year are:
Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain)
– European champion & world lead at 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay
– Second over 100m in the Diamond League final and Continental Cup
– Commonwealth Games relay gold and 200m bronze
Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya)
– World steeplechase record by eight seconds, backed up by the third-quickest mark of all-time
– Winner of seven out of eight steeplechase finals including the Continental Cup, African Championships and Diamond League
– Commonwealth Games silver at 1500m
Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)
– World lead at one mile and 3000m, the latter set when winning at the Continental Cup
– European champion at 5000m; European records at 5000m and half marathon
– World indoor medals at 1500m and 3000m
Caterine Ibarguen (Colombia)
– Continental Cup winner, Diamond League champion and Central American & Caribbean – champion at both long and triple jumps
– World lead & unbeaten in eight finals at triple jump
Mariya Lasitskene (Russia/Authorized Neutral Athlete)
– Winner of 25 out of 26 contests at high jump, including the World Indoor Championships, European Championships, Diamond League final and Continental Cup
– World leads both indoors and out
Sandra Perkovic (Croatia)
– Winner of 11 out of 13 contests at discus throw, including the European title for a record fifth time
– Had the seven longest throws of the year
Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)
– European champion, world lead and unbeaten at heptathlon
– World number three at high jump
Anita Wlodarczyk (Poland)
– European champion, IAAF Challenge winner and world lead at hammer throw
A three-way voting process will determine the finalists. The IAAF Council and the IAAF Family will cast their votes by email, while fans can vote online via the IAAF’s social media platforms.
The IAAF Council’s vote will count for 50% of the result, while the IAAF Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25% of the final result.
The male nominees will be announced on Tuesday.
The male and female world athletes of the year will be announced live on stage at the IAAF Athletics Awards ceremony in Monaco on December 4.