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Kenya's Chepngetich misses out as Hassan and Tebogo crowned

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Laureates holding their awards US hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (Women's track athlete of the year), Ethiopian athlete Sembo Almayew (Women's rising star), Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo (Men's track athlete of the year), Italian high jumper Mattia Furlani (Men's rising star), Ethiopian long-distance runner Tamirat Tola (Men's out of stadium athlete of the year) and Dutch middle and long-distance runner Sifan Hassan (Women's out of stadium athlete of the year) pose on stage during the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco on December 1, 2024.[AFP]

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named 'Athletes of the Year' by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday.

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