World record holder, Tobi Amusan, has been named among other women nominated in the World Athletics Awards 2022.
Below is the list of the women and the records and achievements they made recently.
Tobi Amusan, NGR
- World 100m hurdles champion
- Diamond League, Commonwealth and African 100m hurdles champion
- Set a world 100m hurdles record of 12.12
Chase Ealey, USA
- World shot put champion and world indoor shot put silver medallist
- Diamond League shot put champion
- Threw a world-leading 20.51m
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, JAM
- World 100m champion, claiming a fifth gold medal in the event
- Diamond League 100m champion
- Ran a world-leading 10.62 among her record seven sub-10.70 100m races of the season
Kimberly Garcia, PER
- World 20km race walk champion to win Peru’s first ever World Athletics Championships medal
- World 35km race walk champion in a South American record to complete a race walk double
- World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships 20km bronze medallist
Shericka Jackson, JAM
- World 200m champion
- Diamond League 200m champion
- Ran a world-leading 21.45 to move to second on the world all-time list
Faith Kipyegon, KEN
- World 1500m champion
- Diamond League 1500m champion
- Ran a world-leading Kenyan record of 3:50.37, just three tenths of a second off the world record
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, UKR
- World indoor high jump champion and world high jump silver medallist
- European high jump champion
- Jumped a world-leading 2.05m, equalling the outdoor national best
Sydney McLaughlin, USA
- World 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion
- Broke the world 400m hurdles record with 51.41 at the US Championships
- Further improved the world record to 50.68 to win the world title
Shaunae Miller-Uibo, BAH
- World 400m champion
- World indoor 400m champion
- NACAC 400m champion
Yulimar Rojas, VEN
- World indoor and outdoor triple jump champion
- Diamond League triple jump champion
- Improved her world record to 15.74m in Belgrade
