On last Monday World Athletics announced name of five finalists for Female World Athlete of Year 2020. The five finalists represents five different countries and three area associations. Though having many challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they performed very well on various athletics disciplines in 2020.
The World Athletics Awards 2020 will be held live on December 5 as a virtual event where The Female World Athletes of the Year will be announced live. The show will be telecast live on the World Athletics YouTube channel, Facebook page and also in their Twitter handle.
The five finalists of The Female World Athletes of the Year nominated on voting. The World Athletics Council and the World Athletics Family cast their votes by email, while fans voted online via social media platforms. The Council's vote counted for 50 per cent of the result, while the Athletics Family's votes and the public votes each counted for 25 per cent of the final result. Voting process for the Female World Athlete of the Year closed on November 15.
Now see who are the five Finalists for Female World Athlete of Year 2020.
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Sifan Hassan, Netherlands
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Letesenbet Gidey, Ethiopia
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Peres Jepchirchir, Kenya
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Yulimar Rojas, Venezuela
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Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaica
Five finalists, one winner.
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) November 26, 2020
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