Kelvin Kiptum's star continues to shine as the 23-year old Kenyan was drafted in the preliminary list of 11 nominated for the World Athletics 'Male Athlete of the Year' award, just a few days after his crushing run to set a new marathon world record in Chicago.
Kiptum became the first man to ever run a marathon in under 2:01 when he clocked 2:00:35 in winning the Chicago Marathon, clearing 34 seconds off the previous world record held by Eliud Kipchoge.
For the award, Kiptum will look to become only the third Kenya to win it. Kipchoge won it back to back in 2018 and 2019 in the backdrop of both his Ineos 1:59 run as well as his world record at the Berlin Marathon. But to clinch the award, Kiptum will face off stiff competition. American Noah Lyles who clinched three gold medals at the World Championships in Budapest is seen as the front runner, having won the 100m and 200m double before adding on the 4x100m relay gold with Team USA.Another athlete top on the list to bag the award is Swedish Pole Vaulter Mondo Duplantis who broke the world record this season as he won the Diamond Trophy. He also clinched the world title.
The World Athletics Council's vote will count for 50% of the result, while the World Athletics Family's votes and the public votes will each count for 25% of the final result.
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