Kelvin Kiptum nominated for World Athlete of the Year award
Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya celebrates after winning the 2023 Chicago Marathon professional men's division and setting a world record marathon time of 2:00.35 on October 08, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.
Kiptum’s sterling performance in the 42 kilometre race this year has seen him nominated for the first time ever
The Valencia Marathon 2022 winner bagged the London Marathon title in two hours, one minute and 25 seconds in April this year to become the second fastest man over the distance after compatriot Eliud Kipchoge (2:01:09)
As for Kiptum, he will faces a star-studded list that includes world champions Neeraj Chopra (India, javelin), Ryan Crouser (USA, shot put), Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco, 3,000m steeplechase), Mondo Duplantis (Sweden, pole vault), Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway, 1,500m/mile/5,000m), Pierce Lepage (Canada, decathlon), Noah Lyles (USA, 100m and 200m), Alvaro Martin (Spain, race walk), Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece, long jump) and Karsten Warholm (Norway, 400m hurdles/400m)
World marathon new record holder Kelvin Kiptum will get a shot at the coveted World Athlete of the Year (male) award for the year 2023, but there is no place for his predecessor Eliud Kipchoge in the 11-man list announced by World Athletics on Thursday.
Kiptum’s sterling performance in the 42-kilometre race this year has seen him nominated for the first time.
