Monaco, Nov 24 (UNI) Star athletes Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya and Dalilah Muhammad of US have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2019, held at the Grimaldi Forum here.
The IAAF announced the awards here on Saturday.
Kipchoge, 35, the winner of the award last year, added to his phenomenal marathon CV in 2019, capturing his fourth victory at the London Marathon with a 2:02:37 course record, the third fastest performance of all time. He followed up in October by blasting through the distance's two-hour barrier with a 1:59:40.2 performance at the Ineos159 Challenge in Vienna.