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Kenya's Elijah Motonei Manangoi celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's 1500m final during the World Athletics Championships in London Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
World 1,500m champion Elijah Manangoi tops the online poll for the 2017 IAAF Male Athlete of the Year as World 5000m Champion Hellen Obiri is placed third in the social media voting that concluded on Monday.
The three-way voting process will determine the finalists with IAAF Council and the IAAF Family casting their votes by email, while fans voted online via the IAAF’s social media platforms.
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