MONACO (AP) — American sprinters Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix are among the candidates for world athlete of the year.
The IAAF announced Tuesday the 10 men and 10 women candidates for the award.
David Rudisha, the Kenyan world-record holder in the 800 meters, and breakthrough French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre were on a list that was minus injured Jamaican star Usain Bolt.
Steve Hooker, Bernard Lagat, Christian Cantwell, David Oliver, Zersenay Tadese, Teddy Tamgho and Andreas Thorkildsen were also nominated by the track and field world governing body.
For the women, world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis of Britain joined Veronica Campbell Brown, Blanka Vlasic, Milcah Chemos Cheywa, Meseret Defar, Fabiana Murer, Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Olga Rypakova and Anita Wlodarczyk.
