Mhonors silver medal at heptathlon at world track and field championships last week in Doha, Qatar, Nafissatou Thiam is not named among the top 10 European women's athlete of the year, unveiled on Friday the European Athletics Federation Friday.
On the other hand the world champion, the British Katerina Johnson-Thompson is part of this short-list. Another British Dina Asher-Smith who won the 100-200m double in Doha is among the favorites of this referendum.
Russians Anzhelika Sidorova, world champion and European champion in the pole vault, and Mariya Lasitskene, European indoor champion and world champion at the height, the German Malaika Mihambo, in gold at length, Gesa Felicitas Krause, bronze at the World Championships over 3,000m steeplechase, and Konstanze Klosterhalfen, 3rd in the Worlds over 5,000m and European vice-champion on the indoor 3,000m, Dutchman Sifan Hassan, double world champion 1,500m-10,000m in Doha Italy's Eleonora Giorgi, in bronze at the 50km World Championships and European distance champion, and Poland's Joanna Fiodorow, vice-world champion at the hammer, complete the set proposed by 'European Athletics'.
Voting is done in part by Internet users who can speak online until 18 October at noon. Their voice counts for 25%. The media, the members of the federation and a panel of European Athletics experts are the other three juries, 25% each.
The awards ceremony will be held on October 26th at the Golden Tracks Gala Annual in Tallinn, Estonia.
In the men's race, are named the Russian Mikhail Akimenko, vice-world champion at the height, the Polish Pawel Fajdek, world champion hammer, the Swede Perseus Karlstrom, in bronze at the Worlds on the 20km walk, the young German Niklas Kaul , world champion in the world of decathlon, Estonian Magnus Kirt, vice-world champion in the javelin, Marcin Lewandowski of Poland, in bronze at 1,500m in Doha where he is European champion indoors, Russian Sergey Shubenkov, vice-president world champion over 110m hurdles, Daniel Stahl of Sweden, world record champion, Bosnian Amel Tuka, vice-world champion in 800m and Norwegian Karsten Warlholm world champion in the 400m hurdles and European champion indoors on 400 .
The ten nominees for Women's Hope of the Year are Femke Bol (PB / 400m hurdles), Amy Hunt (GB / 200m), Tilde Johansson (Sue / length / 100m), Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukr / height), Polina Miller (Rus / 400m), Anna Emilie Moller (Dan / 3.000m steeple / 5.000m), Jemma Reekie (GB / 800m / 1.500m), Ewa Swoboda (Pol / 60m / 100m), Jorinde Van Klinken (PB / weight / disc ) and the Spanish Maria Vicente (Esp / heptathlon).
Jonathan Sacoor is also not on the men's short list, which consists of Yasiel Brayan Sotero (Esp / Disc), Maksim Nedasekau (Blr / Height), Cyprian Mrzyglod (Pol / Javelin), Myhaylo Kokhan (Ukr / Hammer) , Niklas Kaul (All / decathlon), Jason Joseph (Sui / 110m hurdles), Wilfried Happio (Fra / 400m hurdles), Jimmy Gressier (Fra / 5.000m / 10.000m), Necati Er (Tur / triple jump) and Max Burgin (GB / 800m).
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