Amusan competes with Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica and others for the Athlete of the Year Award.
Tobi Amusan, a world record holder from Nigeria, has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the 2022 World Athlete of the Year Award.
The Senior Media Relations Manager of World Athletics, Maggie Durand, nominated Amusan and other candidates for the December prize in a statement that The Guardian obtained yesterday.
However, the Nigerian 100-meter hurdler will compete against other great athletes, like Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, Chase Ealey of America, Kimberly Garcia of Peru, Shericka Jackson of Jamaica, Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, and Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahrain).
In July of this year, Amusan garnered widespread attention as she twice broke the World Record on route to capturing the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles.
Amusan won a gold medal in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England before adding the Diamond League gold medal in Zurich a few days after setting the world record for the 100-meter hurdles in 12.12 seconds at the World Championship in Oregon, United States.
The African 100-meter hurdles champion is Amusan, who was born on April 23, 1997. In addition to placing fourth in the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, she had also placed fourth at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Ogun State-born Amusan, who won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and was the NCAA champion in 2017, has a chance to make history by being the first Nigerian to win the World Athletics Athlete of the Year title.
Amusan expressed her gratitude for being named as one of the top 10 women in the globe for the previous year while discussing her nomination for the honor yesterday.
“By the grace of God, I have accomplished a great number of ‘firsts for a Nigerian,’ and this is yet another.
Being the first Nigerian to be nominated for World Athlete of the Year makes me feel really honored.
The athlete stated on her Facebook page, “This is my first international nomination and I want us to win it. I have twice been nominated Nigerian Athlete of the Year by the Athletic Heat platform.
The finalists will be chosen in the meanwhile using a three-way voting procedure.
Voting will take place online through the World Athletics social media channels, with the World Athletics Council, World Athletics Family, and fans casting their ballots by email.
Each candidate will have a unique graphic shared on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube; each “like” on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, or each “retweet” on Twitter, counts as one vote.
The votes of the World Athletics Family and the general public will each contribute 25% to the ultimate outcome, with the votes of the World Athletics Council accounting for 50% of the outcome.
The World Athletes of the Year voting ends on Monday, October 31 at midnight. World Athletics will declare five women’s finalists and five men’s finalists after the voting process. Early December will see the winners announced on World Athletics’ social media channels.
In the meanwhile, Tonobok Okowa, president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has urged Nigerians to cast as many votes as possible for Amusan in her quest to become the first Nigerian to win World Athlete of the Year honors from World Athletics.
Okowa thinks Amusan is worthy of not just the nomination but also this year’s title of “Best in the World.”
Tobi is the cherry on top of the amazing season we’ve had, according to Okowa, who said yesterday that 2022 has been a very great year for Nigerian sportsmen.
“The nomination of Tobi is a significant step for our federation and country since no Nigerian athlete has ever advanced to this level. In order to ensure that our beloved Tobi is named the finest in the world in December, we must now take it a step further by doing our bit.
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