Dutch runner is rewarded for her 3 Olympic medals in the area of a week at the 2024 Games in Paris, where Tebogo won the males’s 200m gold.
Published On 2 Dec 2024
Dutch marathoner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, haveactually been called Athletes of the Year by World Athletics.
Hassan, who likewise won the out-of-stadium award, was rewarded for her unbelievable efficiency in the French capital which extended beyond the marathon and to the track.
In the area of 7 days, she won 2 bronze medals in the 5,000 metres, having likewise run a heat and the 10,000-metre, and a magnificent gold in the marathon when she outsprinted Ethiopia’s then world record holder Tigist Assefa to win by simply 3 seconds.
“I neverever idea I was going to win this one,” stated Hassan after getting her award in Monaco on Sunday. “This year was insane. It’s not just me – all the professionalathletes haveactually been incredible.”
Tebogo got his award after endingupbeing the veryfirst African Olympic champ in the 200m, crossing the line at the Stade de France in 19.46 seconds, edging out preferred American professionalathletes Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles.
“This indicates a lot,” stated Tebogo who doubled up with the guys’s track award. “It’s not simply about the group that is around you, there are a lot of fans out there that actually desire us to win something excellent for the continent.
“It was a genuine surprise to hear my name since I didn’t anticipate this.”
The World Athletics likewise chose to benefit lotsof other professionalathletes who shone at the Olympics.
Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis won the guys’s field classification after an unbeaten 2024, winning Olympic gold and setting a brand-new world record of