CAA wishes you and all your loved ones health and happiness in the New Year
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has elected the best athletes and officials of the year 2023.
BEST AFRICAN FEMALE ATHLETES
- FAITH KIPYEGON: KENYA 1500 m, Mile, 5000 m
Double World champion of 1500 m and 5000 m
World Record of 1500-Mile and 5000 m
During the Diamond League meeting in Florence, for her second track race of the season, KIPYEGON broke the 1500m world record in 3:49.11. In Paris, a week later, during the third 5000m race of her career, KIPYEGON broke the world record for this distance. A month later, at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, she broke the mile world record by five seconds, in 4:07.64. She performed a double at the 2023 Budapest World Championships by winning the 1500m and 5000m. She also won the shortest event of the Diamond League Finals (1500m), clocking 3:50.72 - the fifth fastest time ever.
Africa played its part well during the year 2023 with the coronation of Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, Kelvin Kiptum and Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa as Best athletes of the year. Falilatou Tchanile-Salifou (president of the Togolese athletics federation) was elected woman of the year. Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Giday (world vice-champion in the 10,000 m) won the International Fair Play Prize. Kenya’s Faith Cherotich and Emmanuel Wanyonyi were named as rising stars in 2023.
Important decisions regarding World Athletics’ World Plan, working groups and competition rules were among those made at the 233rd World Athletics Council Meeting in Monaco on 7-8 December.
In his summary of the year, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe highlighted the success of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 held in August; a first-rate event that left stakeholders and fans in no doubt that athletics is a sport that is punching its weight and on the move.
The African Athletics Development Center (AADC) in Dakar opened its doors to a class of 13 residents from 10 French-speaking countries.
The names of the five finalists for Men’s World Athlete of the Year honours have been confirmed, as the countdown to the World Athletics Awards 2023 continues.
The names of the five finalists for Women’s World Athlete of the Year honours have been confirmed, as the countdown to the World Athletics Awards 2023 continues.
Soufiane El Bakkali, Kelvin Kiptum (Men), Tigist Assefa, Faith Kipyegon, Gudaf Tsegay (Ladies) are the Africans in the race for the titles of world athletes of the 2023 season.
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2023 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2023. Soufiane El Bakkali, Kelvin Kiptum (Men), Tigist Assefa, Faith Kipyegon, Gudaf Tsegay (Ladies) are the Africans in the race for the titles.
11 nominees for Men’s World Athlete of the Year
Neeraj Chopra, IND, javelin
Ryan Crouser, USA, shot put
Mondo Duplantis, SWE, pole vault
Soufiane El Bakkali, MAR, 3000m steeplechase
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, NOR, 1500m/mile/5000m
Kelvin Kiptum, KEN, marathon
Pierce LePage, CAN, decathlon
Noah Lyles, USA, 100m/200m
Alvaro Martin, ESP, race walk
Miltiadis Tentoglou, long jump
Karsten Warholm, NOR, 400m hurdles/400m
11 nominees for Women’s World Athlete of the Year
Tigist Assefa, ETH, marathon
Femke Bol, NED, 400m/400m hurdles
Shericka Jackson, JAM, 100m/200m
Faith Kipyegon, KEN, 1500m/mile/5000m
Haruka Kitaguchi, JPN, javelin
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, UKR, high jump
Maria Perez, ESP, race walk
Gudaf Tsegay, ETH, 5000m/10,000m
Sha’Carri Richardson, 100m/200m
Yulimar Rojas, VEN, triple jump
Winfed Yavi, BRN, 3000m steeplechase
Voting for the World Athletes of the Year closes at midnight on Saturday 28 October. At the conclusion of the voting process, five women and five men finalists will be announced by World Athletics on 13-14 November.
The winners will be revealed on World Athletics’ social media platforms on 11 December.
Further information about the World Athletics Awards 2023 will be announced in the coming weeks.
