Elaine Thompson-Herah Named Feminine Athlete of the Yr
Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah has closed a record-breaking 2021 season, by successful the Feminine World Athlete of the Yr award on the World Athletics Awards held nearly on Wednesday.
Thompson-Herah produced one of many best dash seasons in historical past this 12 months, retaining her Olympic 100m and 200m titles in Tokyo and turning into the primary girl in historical past to win back-to-back Olympic dash doubles; and including a 3rd gold medal within the 4x100m relay.
On high of her Olympic triple, she additionally clocked world-leading instances of 10.54 and 21.53 over 100m and 200m respectively, shifting to second on the world all-time lists and coming inside touching distance of the long-standing world information.
“I simply take it 12 months by 12 months,” mentioned Thompson-Herah. “I went very near the world file so you understand, something is feasible. No spikes hanging up any time quickly!
“The World Championships in Oregon is most positively my subsequent large goal,” she added. “It’s near residence, I hope family and friends can come out and watch. I hope I get some crowd as nicely. That couldn’t occur in Tokyo however hopefully, in Eugene, I can get my family and friends to return and cheer me on.”
Elaine Thompson-Herah is the third Jamaican girl to win the award, becoming a member of Merlene Ottey (1990) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2013). Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell are the one male sprinters to win Athlete of the Yr.
This 12 months’s Male Athlete of the Yr award went to Karsten Warholm of Norway/
Warholm uncorked one of the outstanding performances in athletics historical past when he stormed to gold within the 400m hurdles on the Tokyo Olympics. Having already damaged the world file with 46.70 in Oslo within the lead-up to the Video games, Warholm exceeded all expectations within the Japanese capital to assert gold in a surprising world file of 45.94. In a race of unbelievable depth, the highest three athletes completed contained in the pre-2021 world file.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe congratulated all of the winners and finalists on their extraordinary achievements this 12 months.
“We now have this 12 months celebrated some jaw-dropping performances in Tokyo, on the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi and thru our one-day assembly circuits – the Wanda Diamond League and the Continental Tour. So we’re delighted to recognise a few of our stars at tonight’s awards,” he mentioned.
“As a sport, we’re in an extremely sturdy place. 2021 has been a superb 12 months. We cemented our place as the #1 Olympic sport popping out of Tokyo, now we have essentially the most God-given gifted athletes on the planet and our sport is essentially the most accessible of all sports activities. Thanks to all our athletes around the globe. I’m trying ahead to watching what you may all do in 2022.”
Elaine Thomspon-Herah started preparation for the 2022 season beneath new steering. She introduced her departure from the MVP Monitor Membership in October.
