Faith Kipyegon has been nominated for the Sportswoman of the Year Gong, for this year’s Laureus Sports Awards.
Kipyegon set three world records last year in her traditional 1500m, the 5,000m and the mile, though the 5,000m record was later broken by Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia.
She has been nominated for the award alongside Shericka Jackson and Sha’Carri Richardson as well as Spanish footballer Aittana Bonmati, American Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin and Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek.
Kipyegon became the first woman to win the double of 1,500 and 5,000 metres at the World Championships.
In the men’s award, Lionel messi, Max Verstappen, Novak Djokovic, Mondo Duplantis, Noah Lyles and Erling Haaland have been nominated.
Djokovic, a four-time winner of this Award, won in Melbourne, New York and Paris to move to 24 major titles, matching Margaret Court for the all-time mark in tennis.
Verstappen won this Award in 2022 and last year set records with ten consecutive Grand Prix wins and 19 victories in one season as he became the fifth Formula One driver to record a hat-trick of championship wins.
Duplantis raised his own pole vault world record on two further occasions, either side of a second world title. No sprinter had swept the board at a World Championship since Usain Bolt in 2015, until Lyles took gold in the 100, 200 and 4 x 100 metres relay.
Haaland scored 52 goals as Manchester City won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup.
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