Golden girl, Tobi Amusan, nominated for Women’s World Athlete of the Year award

Nigeria’s golden girl, Tobi Amusan, has become the first Nigerian ever to be nominated for the Women’s World Athlete of the Year award.

This is as the World Athletics on Wednesday, confirmed a list of 10 nominees for the 2022 Women’s World Athlete of the Year award , and Amusan was among the nominees.

The 10 athletes were selected by an international panel of athletics experts comprising representatives from all the six continental areas of World Athletics.

Persecondnews reports that 25-year-old Amusan’s nomination is coming after she set a world record of 12.12 seconds in 100 metres hurdles earlier this year at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.

She was nominated alongside Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, who is the world 100m champion after claiming a fifth gold medal in the event.

Fraser-Pryce is also the Diamond League 100m champion and has a world-leading 10.62 among her record seven sub-10.70 100m races of the season.

Others on the nominees list include world shot put champion and a world indoor shot put silver medallist, Chase Ealey of the U.S.; Kimberly Garcia, the world 20km race walk champion who won Peru’s first-ever World Athletics Championships medal; Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson, the world 200m champion and Diamond League 200m champion; Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, being a world 1500m champion and Diamond League 1500m champion.

Also on the list is Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who is the world indoor high jump champion and world high jump silver medallist; Sydney McLaughlin of the U.S., with her profile as world 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion; Shaunae Miller-Uibo of Bahamas, World 400m champion and NACAC 400m champion; and Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas, the world indoor and outdoor triple jump champion and Diamond League triple jump champion.

Persecondnews gathered that a three-way voting process will determine the finalists with the World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family casting their votes by email.

Also, individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube this week, with a “like” on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube or a retweet on Twitter counting as one vote.

It is also reported that the World Athletics Council’s vote will count for 50 percent of the result, while the World Athletics Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25 percent of the final result.

Voting for the World Athletes of the Year will close at midnight Oct. 31, 2022, after which five women and five men finalists will be announced by World Athletics.

The winners will be revealed on World Athletics’ social media platforms in early December, while further information about the World Athletics Awards 2022 will be announced in the coming weeks.