Elaine and Eliud by Athletics Weekly readers

Eliud Kipchoge takes NN Mission Marathon, photo by NN Running

Elaine Thompson Herah, 2021 Pre Classic, photo by How Lao Photography

Athletics Weekly is one of oldest global magazines on track & field. AW was founded in 1945 (using a number 3 on its first issue, as post war England did not allow premier magazines, only established publications) and Track & Field News founded in 1948.

AW picked Elaine Thompson Herah and Eliud Kipchoge as their top athletes for 2021.

Elaine and Eliud by AW readers

LONDON (GBR): Elaine Thompson-Herah and Eliud Kipchoge were voted international athletes of the year by readers of AW. Sifan Hassan and Faith Kipyegon were second and third – as were Andre de Grasse and Karsten Warholm. Christine Mboma and Sasha Zhoya took the junior plaudits. Elaine Thompson’s 10.54 beat Karsten Warholm’s 45.94 in the vote for performance of the year.

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Dave Hunter
Dave Hunter is an award-winning journalist who is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News. He also writes a weekly column and serves as Senior Writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track & field competition domestically and in such global capitals as Moscow, Birmingham, Zurich, Brussels, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Zagreb, Ostrava, and Doha. Hunter frequently serves as the arena or stadium announcer for championship track & field gatherings, including the Ivy League, the Big East, the Mid-American Conference, the NAIA, the Big Ten, and the Millrose Games. Hunter has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments. He ran his marathon P.R. 2:31:40 on the Boston Marathon course back in the Paleozoic Era. To find out more about Dave, visit his website: www.trackandfieldhunter.com He can be reached at: dave@trackandfieldhunter.com
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