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Qatar's hurdle wonder Abderrahman Samba, Kenyan marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Swedish pole vault sensation Armand Duplantis are part of a five-man shortlist announced on Tuesday by the ruling body IAAF for the annual athletics awards.
Samba ran the fatest 400m hurdles in 26 years in the Paris Diamond League at the Charl`ty Stadium in a time of 46.98. It's just the second time ever that anyone has run under 47 seconds.
Only Kevin Young, when running his world record of 46.78 at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, has ever gone faster..
Kipchoge shattered the world record for its biggest improvement in 51 years two months ago in Berlin, clocking 2 hours 1 minute 39 seconds.
Duplantis also shone in the German capital in August when he raised his personal best by 12 centimetres to win the European title with a massive 6.05m.
Kevin Mayer also made the final five as the Frenchman raised the decathlon world record, and so did the year's fastest sprinter Christian Coleman of the US.
The women's shortlist was published on Monday, featuring British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith, Kenyan steeplechaser Beatrice Chepkoech, Belgian heptathlete Nafissatou Thiam, Colombian long and triple jumper Caterine Ibarguen, and Bahamas sprinter Shaunae Miller-Uibo.
The winner of the vote - carried out among IAAF council members, IAAF family and fans - will be announced at the World Athletics Awards on December 4 in Monaco. The IAAF Council's vote counted for 50 percent of the result, while the IAAF Family's votes and the public votes each counted for 25 percent of the final result. Voting closed on November 13.
The Finalists
MEN
Christian Coleman (USA)
- World indoor record and world indoor champion at 60m
- World lead and IAAF Diamond League champion at 100m
Armand Duplantis (SWE)
- European champion at pole vault with a world-leading height
- World U20 champion
- Eight world U20 records or bests, indoors and out
Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
- London Marathon champion
- Berlin Marathon champion with the biggest improvement on a men's marathon world record since 1967
Kevin Mayer (FRA)
- World indoor champion at heptathlon
- World record at decathlon
Abderrahman Samba (QAT)
- World lead and unbeaten in nine finals at 400m hurdles, setting the world's quickest time since 1992
- Asian Games champion at 400m hurdles and 4x400m
- IAAF Continental Cup winner
- Asian indoor 4x400m champion
WOMEN
Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
- European champion and world leader at 100m, 200m and 4x100m
- Second over 100m in the IAAF Diamond League final and IAAF Continental Cup
- Commonwealth Games 4x100m gold and 200m bronze
Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)
- World steeplechase record by eight seconds, backed up by the third-quickest mark of all time
- Winner of seven out of eight steeplechase finals including the IAAF Continental Cup, African Championships and IAAF Diamond League final
- Commonwealth Games silver at 1500m
Caterine Ibarguen (COL)
- IAAF Continental Cup winner, IAAF Diamond League champion and Central American andu8200?Caribbean champion at both long jump and triple jump
- World lead and unbeaten in eight finals at triple jump
Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
- Unbeaten across five events in 15 races (13 finals and 2 preliminaries), including a 200m/4x100m double at the IAAF Continental Cup
- World lead and three wins at 400m with the world's fastest time since 2009
- Commonwealth Games and IAAF Diamond League champion at 200m
- World bests at indoor 300m and 150m straight
Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)
- European champion, world lead and unbeaten at heptathlon
- World number three at high jump
