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Elijah Manangoi, Hellen Obiri nominated for World Athlete of the Year 2017

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London 2017 World Champs gold medalist Elijah Manangoi and her counterpart Hellen Obiri feature on a  list of 10 men and 10 women nominees who were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of the IAAF.

The voting process kicked off on 2nd October, for the 2017 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017 in Monaco on Friday 24 November.

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