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MonacoThe IAAF is pleased to announce the names of the 10 men and 10 women who have been shortlisted for the 2011 World Athlete of the Year Award.
The 10 male and female candidates have been selected by an IAAF panel of 8 athletics experts. An email poll involving the World Athletics Family will begin today and close on Sunday 23 October, midnight CET.
At the conclusion of the voting process, three male and three female finalists will be selected and announced by the IAAF.
The Council of the International Athletic Foundation will then select the male and female winners from the finalists with the announcement taking place live, on stage, during the 2011 World Athletics Gala, on 12 November 2011.
The candidates are:
in alphabetical order
Men
Yohan Blake, Jamaica
Usain Bolt, Jamaica
Mo Farah, Great Britain
Robert Harting, Germany
Kirani James, Grenada
Patrick Makau, Kenya
Koji Murofushi, Japan
David Rudisha, Kenya
Christian Taylor, USA
Jesse Williams, USA
Women
Maria Abakumova, Russia
Valerie Adams, New Zealand
Veronica Campbell Brown, Jamaica
Tatyana Chernova, Russia
Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenya
Anna Chicherova, Russia
Lashinda Demus, USA
Carmelita Jeter, USA
Amantle Montsho, Botswana
Sally Pearson, Australia
The email voters will be: IAAF & IAF Council Members; IAAF Member Federations; IAAF Committee & Commission Members; IAAF Meeting Directors; IAAF Ambassadors; Athletes’ Representatives; Top Athletes; Members of the International Press; IAAF Staff Members.