KINGSTON, Jamaica — Double World Championships sprint gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica has been nominated on the long list of candidates for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award.

Bolt who shook off injuries and setbacks this year to win the men’s 100m and 200m titles at the World Championships in Beijing, China was nominated along with Holland’s Dafne Schippers – the women’s 200m champion in the sprints category.

The two athletes have amassed the most votes in the sprints category in the first round of voting for the 2015 IAAF World Athlete of the Year award, the IAAF website said.

According to the rules of the competition – a list of nine men and nine women – one from each of the following categories: sprints, hurdles, middle and long distance, road running, race walking, jumps, throws, combined events and multi-terrain – will firstly be selected by the IAAF family between October 7 and 25.

An international panel of 10 experts will then select the finalists – three men and three women – the names of whom will be announced on November 17 and 18.

From those finalists, the Council of the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) will select the male and female World Athletes of the Year.

The announcement of the winners will take place live on stage during a special ceremony in Monaco at the IAAF World Athletics Gala on Saturday 28 November.

Source: Jamaica Observer:Paul Reid

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