Women’s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepng’etich and Valencia Half Marathon champion Agnes Ngetich have been nominated for the World Athletics Out of Stadium Female Athlete of the Year award.

They will compete against Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan, as well as Ethiopia’s Tigist Ketema and Sutume Kebede.

In the men’s category, Kenya’s Tokyo Marathon winner and Olympic bronze medalist Benson Kipruto is nominated alongside Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, and Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola for the prestigious honor.

Voting for the finalists is open on World Athletics’ social media and will close on November 3

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