Doha: The star Qatari hurdler Abderrahman Samba has been nominated for the World Athlete of the Year by IAAF.
Fans can vote online via the IAAF's social media platforms. Individual graphics for each nominee will be posted on Facebook and Twitter later this week; a 'like' or 'favourite' will count as one vote.
Samba, recent Asian Games gold winner and champion of eight Diamond League finals, is one of the 10 men nominated for the prestigious prize by the world body.
He is in a tremendous form winning many prestigious tournaments including the IAAF Continental Cup in Czech Republic.
To vote for him: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
Samba set tracks on fire in Jakarta during the Asian Games and won a gold in record time. Favourite Samba rose to the expectations and ran a blistering 400m hurdles setting a new Games record of 47.66 seconds erasing the old time of 48.42 seconds.
This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2018 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018 in Monaco on Tuesday, December 4.
The list of 10 men and 10 women nominees were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of the IAAF.
A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
The IAAF Council and the IAAF Family will cast their votes by email. The IAAF Council’s vote will count for 50% of the result, while the IAAF Family’s votes and the public votes will each count for 25% of the final result.
Voting closes on November 13. At the conclusion of the voting process, five men and five women finalists will be announced by the IAAF.
The male and female World Athletes of the Year will be announced live on stage at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2018.
The male nominees are Abderrahman Samba, Tomas Walsh, Kevin Mayer, Luvo Manyonga, Noah Lyles, Emmanuel Korir, Eliud Kipchoge, Armand Duplantis, Christian Coleman and Timothy Cheruiyot.
