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Rojé Stona excluded from WA’s Athlete of the Year nomination
October 15, 2024
Olympic discus champion Roje Stona has not been selected on World Athletics' field events' Athlete of the Year nomination list.
Stona, who clinched the 2024 Olympic discus with a record 70.0m was not mentioned in the nomination list of five male athletes posted by World Athletics yesterday.
The Jamaican thrower's coach and American athlete Ryan Crouser was, however, mentioned on the list, having won the Olympic and World Indoor Championships shot put titles this year.
Accompanying him on the list is Swedish pole vault legend Mondo Duplantis who won the Olympic title this year and also broke his world record again.
Also making the list of nominees are Spain's Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun, the Olympic triple jump champion and world leader; Canadian Ethan Katzberg, Olympic hammer throw champion and world leader; and Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece, the Olympic and World indoor long jump champion.
The Women's nomination list comprises Americans Valerie Allman and Tara Davis-Woodhall who are Olympic champions of the discus and long jump, respectively. Also mentioned was Australian Olympic pole vault champion Nina Kennedy and Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine, who is the Olympic high jump champion and world record holder.
Closing out the list is Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium, the Olympic heptathlon champion.
The vote to determine the Field Athlete of the Year finalists is now open on World Athletics' social media platforms, and will close on October 20.
Nominees for the track Athlete of the Year awards will be released on October 21 and the nominees for the Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year awards will be announced in October.
