Resounding decision by the international athletics federation, which did not include the two Italian medalists at the Tokyo Games among the candidates
The winner of the most anticipated and most important competition of the Olympics is not among the nominees for the World Athlete of the Year award. Marcell Jacobs was excluded from World Athletics, the international athletics federation, from the list of 10 candidates running for the men’s title. There gold medal of the 100 meters flat at the Tokyo 2020 Games (as well as triumph in the 4×100 together with Tortu, Desalu and Patta) was not selected by the international jury of athletics experts, made up of representatives from all six continental areas. The 2021 World Athletics Awards will be delivered in December. Out of the nominees for the award too Gianmarco Tamberi, gold medal in high jump in Tokyo.
Among the ten candidates are instead Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda), winner of the Olympic 5000 meters, Ryan Crouser (USA), winner of the Olympic shot put competition, Armand Duplantis (Sweden), winner of the Olympic pole vault competition, Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway), winner of the 1500m Olympic race, Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya), winner of the Olympic marathon, Pedro Pichardo (Portugal), winner of the Olympic triple jump competition, Daniel Stahl (Sweden), winner of the Olympic discus throwing competition, Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece), winner of the Olympic long jump competition, Damian Warner (Canada), Olympic decathlon winner, Karsten Warholm (Norway), winner of the Olympic 400m hurdles competition.
MEI: “WE ARE AMAZED, BUT WE CARE ABOUT THE RESULTS ON THE TRACK”
The news was also commented on by Stefano Mei, president of Fidal (Italian Athletics Federation): “We were amazed and even a little surprised, but we will not set up a crisis unit – his words to Italpress -. We take note of the choice of this jury, which spans the six continents. It is a judgment for an important award, but personally I am concerned with the results on the track, not the honors. There are other important things. Of course, I was surprised, but I wouldn’t make a tragedy of it. “Someone pointed the finger at the top of World Athletics and in particular at the president, the Englishman Sebastian Coe: “I’ve always been a loyal athlete, I hope everyone is – said Mei about it -. Having said that, I’m not thinking of a conspiracy. If I call Coe? We’ll see in the next few days: we’ll think about it and we certainly won’t put up with it. a crisis unit “.
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